I was elected president of Lake Martin HOBOs in March 2021. After the election, one of my friends and I engaged in an interesting conversation about two subjects – change and what is a HOBO?
The first subject is a large, philosophical one, of which I am probably not smart enough to comment on unless I bring the parameters into a more reasonable scope: change on Lake Martin.
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