One Man’s Opinion

Continued from page 17 basic fitness and competency tests for continuing service after a benchmark birthday, such as 75.

I am a big believer in the many values of proven performance and experience, but there comes a time when the best leaders realize it is time to step aside or focus on shaping and building that next leadership team. At least to my knowledge, none of us live or can perform at near-optimum levels in perpetuity. To slightly misquote “The Gambler” song by Kenny Rogers, “You got to know when to hold’em, know when to fold’em, know when to walk away, and know when NOT to run.”

Thank you, Senator McConnell, President Biden, and others, for your decades of public service. Please consider making the intelligent choice before a stroke or, possibly worse, make that selection for you. It is time to plan for your successor, organize your affairs, and then take the long road home.

Bill Crane owns the full-service communications firm CSI Crane. More information at www.CSICrane.com

Georgia to Get Quite a Kick

Continued from page 21 the hundreds of millions of dollars. And though I have personally been a soccer fan and player since about age eight, the entire state is about to get a big Kick out of this coming soccer wave heading for metro Atlanta and north Georgia. Play ball!

Bill Crane owns the full-service communications firm CSI Crane. More information at www.CSICrane.com

Remembering 9/11

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Communities throughout the nation mark the day our country was attacked and remember the brave police, firefighters, and many other first responders who tried to save and help people trapped in the burning buildings. People from various countries were in those buildings, and according to reports, 2,753 died in the World Trade Center and the surrounding areas, 184 died at the Pentagon, and forty passengers and the crew died in Pennsylvania, with 6,000 injured.

I personally knew two people who died in one of the towers and was acquainted with several others from Long Island, New York who were members of my church.

Several thousand more have died over the past twenty-two years from illnesses related to the terrorist attacks. Many first responders and survivors of the attacks developed cancers years later after breathing the toxic air at ground zero. The City of Tucker will never forget!