I’ve previously covered Tim, most notably in the:
1st Report
4th Report
3rd Report
In the spring of 2020, during the height of the Covid 19 scare, Fleming by some accounts, was simply all over the place.
Early on he was apparently in full-on authoritarian mode as was whispered about at the time & later confirmed by the AJC.
Dang, Tim, tyrant much? Not to mention the HIPAA concerns.
Well, it seems that the ole Flemster decided to do a total 180 to make up for it. Makes sense as he’s a typical politician, after all. Just lick his thumb & hold it up to see which the way the wind’s blowing.
I remember reading this piece by the great Dick Yarbrough, a man cut from a similar cloth as yours truly (a DGD & one who is conservatively liberal when not being liberally conservative), when it first came out:
I was like — “Dang, Dick! Get ‘em!”
But seriously, it seemed to speak to a major lack of awareness & discipline, a point that was not lost on some political watchers as all of this was going down.
And then, not too long after, Fleming shocked many by resigning.
At the time, the scuttlebutt was that finger quotes needed to be put up when using the word “resigned.” As in, he was asked to resign by Gov. Kemp, as a source had told me.
Another source, a well-known statewide politico, told me this — “it’s the worst best-kept secret in GA politics” regarding Tim’s sudden departure & purportedly we’re not just talking about the aforementioned.
No, per multiple accounts, there was something else & it was apparently a big deal in which several folks left the Governor’s Office at about the same time.
Now, trying to crack that one has been tough & as of yet, I do not have enough information to solve it.
Maybe one day…
- MBM