Over the weekend, cubalibre noted this in a comment…

Looking over the sites for the candidates for Attorney General, I noticed that on Sam Olens’ site, Bill Floyd, Mayor of Decatur, is listed under Olens’ “Endorsements” by city officials. Really? The mayor of Decatur supports a candidate for AG who’s already indicated that he’s going to join the AGs who are filing suit against the federal gov’t over the healthcare that passed? I’m very curious about this.

Here’s the press release that Olens put out vowing to challenge health care reform.

I contacted Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd about the endorsement.  Here is his response…

I have been a supporter of Sam Olen’s from the beginning. His leadership as chair of the ARC was extremely beneficial for all of us who live in this region. His support of the Metro Atlanta Mayors Association (MAMA) is without question, one of the things that gave the mayors organization statue in the ARC and provided us as mayors, the opportunity to participate in the discussion and decision making process of key issues such as transportation , land use and water. The detail of how his leadership and support benefited all cities, and Decatur in particular, is lengthy and I won’t elaborate, but that is the basis for my support.

Honestly, I am not well versed on the health care issue and therefore can not comment on the validity, or lack of it, of any suit against “health care reform”. But in today’s environment it is short sighted to let a position on one issue drive support for a particular candidate. This will lead, in my opinion, to disappointment. My decision to support Sam is based on character and record.