Joel Wernick: Charting the course
Danny Carter
ALBANY — A former colleague, Nolan Walters, once put together a special project for his paper on the 10 most powerful people in Columbus, Ga.
It was a well-written piece by the former Albanian, one I often thought of copying here. But, what a difficult task coming up with the truly most influential and powerful people in the city — not just the most widely known, but the most powerful.
The first picks would be fairly easy. For example, in Albany, Joel Wernick would be near, if not at, the top of anyone’s list.
When I called Joel Wernick
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