City, county give joint address on state of governments

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  • Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham Copeland (left) and Baldwin County Commission Chair Emily Davis display unity at the joint state-of-the-city/county address. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham Copeland (left) and Baldwin County Commission Chair Emily Davis display unity at the joint state-of-the-city/county address. IAN TOCHER/Staff
  • Baldwin County Democratic Committee Chairman Quentin T. Howell helped coordinate the meeting. IAN TOCHER/Staff
    Baldwin County Democratic Committee Chairman Quentin T. Howell helped coordinate the meeting. IAN TOCHER/Staff

    Fittingly for Black History Month, when Baldwin County Commission Chair Emily Davis and Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham Copeland gave a joint report Feb. 13, it marked the first time locally that two Black politicians, and two women, gave such an address.

    “I don’t think 10 years ago we would have dreamed this. And with all the unfortunate things that’s going on throughout our country, not just our …