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A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voting c
« on: March 31, 2021, 09:38:26 pm »
A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voting curbs as undemocratic

March 31, 2021 at 6:18 p.m. ET

ATLANTA (AP) — Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders on Wednesday began to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging the concerns of civil-rights activists who say the measure threatens the democratic process.

The chief executives of Delta Air Lines DAL, -1.27% and Coca-Cola KO, -0.83% called the law “unacceptable,” opening an unusual rift with Republican leaders who championed the legislation and typically enjoy a cozy relationship with the state’s business community.

Business leaders in Georgia, home to more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies, typically wield significant clout over the direction of the state’s politics and they were blamed by civil rights activists for not opposing the law before passed this month. The comments from Delta and Coca-Cola could add pressure on the state’s other marquee brands, including UPS UPS, +0.80% and Home Depot HD, +0.14%, to take a stronger stand.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-step-backward-coca-cola-joins-fellow-top-atlanta-employer-delta-in-blasting-new-georgia-voting-curbs-as-undemocratic-01617229141


Both Delta and CocaCola can move the hell to California as far as I'm concerned.

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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2021, 09:54:23 pm »
Heh. I ain't had a Royal Crown in a long, long time.  :beer:

But then, I ain't had a CoCola or a Pepsi either.

Would love to help, but I drink sweet tea like it's going out of style. Nothing Coke has interests me much.
Last fizzy drink I had was probably either a root beer or a creme soda, and that was well before the Wuhan flu came around. Heck maybe a year before that.
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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2021, 11:15:14 pm »
No one really GAF about what some Woke-aid drinking CEO thinks.   Make your New "Whiteless" Coke and fly your cattle pen planes.  It's simple you... are not special.
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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2021, 02:56:19 pm »
Georgia House Passes Bill Removing Delta Tax Break After CEO Criticism

Nate Church 1 Apr 2021

Georgia Republicans voted to strip Delta Air Lines of a multi-million dollar jet fuel tax break Wednesday.

Later on the same day that Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian released a memo to employees on what he called “unacceptable” new voting laws in Georgia, the state’s House of Representatives voted to strip the company of a tax break on jet fuel. The response came via a late provision to tax bill HB 477, adding new levies on jet fuel as of July 1.

Hours before, Bastian excoriated the aforementioned voting rights bill, which adds ID requirements for mail in votes, restricts the use of ballot drop boxes, expands weekend voting access, and bans the practice of “line warming.” Bastian said it was an “excuse” to “restrict voting rights,” and that the “entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie: that there was widespread voter fraud in Georgia in the 2020 elections.”

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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2021, 11:12:38 am »
I never liked Coke anyway.  Delta?....them either.
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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2021, 11:15:29 am »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 01, 2021, 02:56:19 pm
Georgia House Passes Bill Removing Delta Tax Break After CEO Criticism

Nate Church 1 Apr 2021

Georgia Republicans voted to strip Delta Air Lines of a multi-million dollar jet fuel tax break Wednesday.

Later on the same day that Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian released a memo to employees on what he called “unacceptable” new voting laws in Georgia, the state’s House of Representatives voted to strip the company of a tax break on jet fuel. The response came via a late provision to tax bill HB 477, adding new levies on jet fuel as of July 1.

Hours before, Bastian excoriated the aforementioned voting rights bill, which adds ID requirements for mail in votes, restricts the use of ballot drop boxes, expands weekend voting access, and bans the practice of “line warming.” Bastian said it was an “excuse” to “restrict voting rights,” and that the “entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie: that there was widespread voter fraud in Georgia in the 2020 elections.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/01/georgia-house-passes-bill-removing-delta-tax-break-ceo-criticism/
LOLOLOLOL....ok...this is good!   pointing-up
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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2021, 11:39:50 am »
Quote from: mrpotatohead on April 02, 2021, 11:15:29 am
LOLOLOLOL....ok...this is good!   pointing-up

Yep! It's called fighting fire with fire!
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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2021, 11:49:15 am »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on April 02, 2021, 11:47:48 am
The Georgia Senate voted no.   :crying:  @mrpotatohead

Say it ain't so!...

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Re: A step backward’: Coca-Cola joins fellow top Atlanta employer Delta in blasting new Georgia voti
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2021, 12:15:33 pm »
No, the Georgia Senate didn't vote.  The Georgia legislature is a madhouse in the closing days of their term.  Each yearly session is limited to 40 days.  Once that expires, the legislature must wait until next year (unless the Governor calls a special session).
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