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10 unusual facts about Sonny Perdue


Arborist

Chuck Leavell – two-time recipient of the Georgia Tree Farmer of the Year award, and author of the children's book, The Tree Farmer. In 2006 Leavell was appointed by Governor Sonny Perdue to the Georgia Land Conservation Council.

Jeff Dauler

In 2010, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue named him a member of the Georgia Film, Video & Music Advisory Commission.

Milton, Georgia

On August 4, 2006, Governor Sonny Perdue appointed a five-person commission to serve as the interim government of Milton.

Prayer Warriors

Alabama Governor Bob Riley urged his constituents to act as prayer warriors, and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue designated a three-day prayer weekend that he cast as a spiritual battle.

Richard T. Warner

He serves on Governor Sonny Perdue’s Georgia Film, Video and Music Advisory Commission; the Grady Board of Trust of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications; Atlanta’s Grady Hospital Board; and is a past president of the American Marketing Association’s Atlanta chapter.

Rick Goddard

In 2003, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue appointed Goddard to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Military Coordinating Committee, which is chartered to provide direct support to Georgia’s military installations and military servicemembers in Georgia.

Satilla River

Governor Sonny Perdue said, “Water is one of Georgia’s most important and precious resources... the litter trap installed by Waycross is a model of stewardship for the state and the nation.”

Transportation in Atlanta

Under Governor Sonny Perdue, the plans were dropped from the Regional Transportation Plan, in favor of the expansion of the rural state road network outside of Atlanta.

Vernon Keenan

Keenan joined the GBI in 1973 and was appointed director of the agency in January 2003 by Governor Sonny Perdue.

William Bradley Bryant

William Bradley "Brad" Bryant was appointed superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia by Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2010, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Kathy Cox.


Georgia Department of Transportation

In February 2009, Governor Sonny Perdue, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, and Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson announced a plan that would remove almost all authority from GDOT and the legislature and put it under themselves in a new State Transportation Authority.

Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act

On April 17, 2006, The Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act (GSICA) was authored by Georgia State Senator Chip Rogers, carried in the House by Georgia State Representative John Lunsford and signed into law by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue.

Rome High School

In 2007, two years after the inclusion of the Writing section, Governor Sonny Perdue and Georgia Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox released through the Office of the Governor a list of the 25 Georgia schools with the highest SAT scores of 2007 seniors.