Why I went to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s fundraiser to restore Billy Carter’s gas station in Georgia

'You ought to stop for a couple of days in Plains and just relax and enjoy the ambience of southwest Georgia and see how the people live,' says Jimmy Carter.

PLAINS, GEORGIA–It was the summer of 2006, and I began at home to make covert plans to once again visit Plains, Georgia. Without my long-suffering wife Alison knowing it, I purchased tickets to a special auction being held in Plains towards the end of August as a community fundraiser to res...

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