What Governor Brian Kemp’s Do-Nothing Approach Means for My Hometown

We get forty thousand bikers, half a million fairgoers, and overflowing ICUs

Kristle Chester

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The Georgia National Fair Midway 2007 by Andy Middleton Photography CC
“Georgia National Fair” by Andy Middleton Photography is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Forty thousand bikers descended on Perry, Georgia — my hometown, population 20,624.¹ It was Tuesday, August 10, 2022. As the National Bikers Rally kicked off at the Georgia National Fairgrounds, the ICU at Taylor Regional

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Kristle Chester

Freelancer. Data geek. Gardener. Baker. Spaniel lover. Georgian. MA International Commerce and Policy.