John Savage oral history interview, 1987 May 1 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The collection consists of an oral history interview with John Savage on May 1, 1987 in which he discusses his family background; education; interest in politics; the Georgia Republican Party; Georgia political systems; political philosophy; personal beliefs; 1970 House campaign; family support for campaigns; processing legislative bills; taxation; Georgia progress; hostility to Atlanta; the marriage bill; eye research bills; state movie commission; handicap access; lobbyists; Georgia education system; education in Black Muslim philosophy; Georgia state pension investment; rural background; working with other representatives; Sidney Marcus; changes in party affiliation; reasons for leaving political career; Jimmy Carter and George Busbee as governors; dental practice; committee assignments; Constitutional Revision Committee; insurance premiums; primary voting laws; dental assistance for legislators; decision to move to Ansley Park; interest in educational issues; Education Committee; Clint Deveaux; dental bills and dental profession; Georgia dental schools; need for power sharing in state government; Speaker of the House; campaign for Lt. Governor; Republicans in Georgia; Mack Mattingly; and type of people who win Georgia gubernatorial campaigns