The Athens-Clarke Commission, did in fact, approve the Pynchonesque manager-approved tiered water plan, 7-3.

It turns out that’s OK to completely revamp some things (CDBG, Kathy Hoard's water plan) at the last minute, but not others (Carl Jordan's water plan). If consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, we’re dealing with some real geniuses here.

I won’t give you the blow-by-blow – that’s what Channel 7 is for – but I will offer a few highlights.

Hoard kicked off the debate by stating that she is “not an economist or a pseudo-economist.” I assume that’s a slap at Carl Jordan, who has an economics degree, and Kelly Girtz, who is close to finishing up his master’s in doing what Carl tells him to.

When 10th Congressional District newbie Nancy Schaefer ran for mayor of Atlanta in 1993, guess who ran her campaign?

Tim Echols.

Echols also worked closely with Schaefer, the founder of the Christian nonprofit Family Concerns, when Echols founded Teenpact, a Christian leadership school.

For the past year, Echols has been Rep. Paul Broun’s campaign spokesman, which helps explain why he and his boss are being so nice to Schaefer.

“We wish her the best,” Echols said. “We have nothing negative to say.”

The AJS’s Jim Galloway says state Sen. Nancy Schaefer might jump into the 10th Congressional District race.

Galloway notes that Schaefer, R-Turnerville, represents the northern end of the district, where Rep. Paul Broun drew much of his support in last year’s runoff. Broun is from Athens, in the center of the district, and state Rep. Barry Fleming is from Harlem, near Augusta, on the southern end.

She’s also a Christian conservative, so she could take some of those votes away from Broun as well. And she’s a senator, so it could turn into yet another Senate vs. House battle, since Fleming already has the support of about half the House Republican Caucus.