PLAINS, Ga. — The longtime mayor of Jimmy Carter’s hometown, a self-described conservative, doesn’t talk politics with the Democratic former president.
The two men from Plains have always had other matters to discuss. Together, they’ve helped plan the town’s Fourth of July fireworks, its annual Peanut Festival and Christmas events. For years, they socialized over barbecue or a low-country boil when the mayor hosted Carter’s birthday parties.
They’re on separate sides of the political aisle, but partisan topics didn’t come up.
