America has long struggled to deliver a fair and equitable democracy to all of its citizens. The firing in 1978 was a political situation primarily between my partner Bernie [Marcus] and a gentleman, that has passed away now, who was his boss. I love CNN, I love Cartoon Network. The Blank foundation also emphasizes environmental sustainability and aims to support programs that foster this message in the Westside. Home Depot cofounder, Arthur Blank, is a longtime Democratic supporter and donated $250,000 to committees supporting Joe Biden between July and September in 2020, Another Home Depot cofounder, Bernie Marcus, is an. Thats great. (And Im not forgetting Colin Kaepernicks protests against police violence, and how the league effectively blackballed him before paying him off to avoid a certain-to-be-nightmarish public trial.). But COVID vaccination, as a consequence of being made political by belligerent partisans, many of whom love football more than life itself, is terrifying territory for the NFL. Its a story about making bad choices and the impact of young people. There are people and other countries who are posting things pretending to be US, pretending to stand for peaceful protest, but they are trying to incite us into violence and chaos to try and do more harm! Atlanta, GA 30318 And today that's 2,200 stores in Canada, United States and Mexico probably have a market capitalization today of about $300 billion. What Would Trump Steal That is So Ultra Top Secret and Why? We believe that voting rights are critically important, and our home state of Georgia is at the center of the struggle. All the issues that Colin [Kaepernick] raised at that time [2016-2107] about the social injustice and lack of equality and equity in the criminal system and all those issues, I think they were real then and they're certainly real now. (Confidentiality, you know.) Though the 78-year-old who's now the owner of the Atlanta Falcons NFL team was aware of their political differences, he said it never had any bearing on their shared values. The statement reads: "We are at our very best. Friday on Political Rewind: Mary Rodgers grew up among some of Broadway's biggest names, from Sondheim to Bernstein. And then as Dr. King wrote in his last book, which his wife published a year after he passed away. Nationality: United States Executive summary: Co-Founder of Home Depot. Virginia Prescott is theGracie Award-winning host of On Second Thought for Georgia Public Broadcasting. And at the top of that is who is being served comes first. He's done a lot of work in terms of animal rights, which has been great and been appreciated by all of those agencies and all those institutions. Not about dogfighting. ,> U#kw1%dHT6qZq]9Ki o In Fall 2021, we launched our new Democracy program area with $10 million in grants designed to strengthen key democracy organizations to be resilient for the long haul of this work. /ca 1.0 GALEO has also handed out flyers at city events, supermarkets, and churches that target Latinos. Dueling Visions for Minnesota: Scandinavia or South Dakota? 9, Blank is a strong supporter of the Democratic Party. February 4, 2021 4:12 pm ET. They want to have a home-field advantage. They all have a great set of values. I said, Paul? Soon after, Blank met his third wife Angela Macuga whom he married in 2016 and later announced their plans to divorce in 2019. Blank told Business Insider that despite their differences, running a company is "not a red issue or a blue issue" and is instead about sharing the same values. "This notion of divisiveness has become, in my humble opinion, maybe, post-Civil War, probably one of the most stressful times I've ever seen in our country," he said. In 1978, both he and future Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank were fired during a corporate power struggle at Handy Dan. Now 78, he is largely beloved in Georgia as an entrepreneur, owner of two professional sports teams and a prolific philanthropist. So, I would say it was very successful. He's committed to his wife now, his children. /Filter /DCTDecode The NFL could and should be a leader among other giant corporations in taking stark stands against belligerent stupidity like racism (which it is sort of good at in a lipservice/signage kind of way, considering 70% of its players are black) and sexism (where it has a long ways to go, despite promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink shoes), but also right now for wait for it COVID vaccinations. So, that represents that melting-pot philosophy: Were all in this together. 2, In the late 1970s, Arthur Blank was an officer at Handy Dan, a regional hardware store chain in Southern California. For more information about Life Itself, visit the . All Rights Reserved. Their frustration is real, and it must be acknowledged and addressed. The documentary will premiere exclusively Nov. 23, 2020 at 8 p.m.on Georgia Public Broadcasting. Arthur Blank is an American entrepreneur and a co-owner of the home improvement retail giant The Home Depot. You know, better than in the 40s and 50s, but not where we should be. Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email. We are better than this We are better than this as a country. It's the customers. Low Expectations and Dark Hopes for the New Year, Minnesotas Wealthiest Social Security Beneficiaries Shouldnt Be First in Line for Help, Time to Limit HOAs Solar Panel Policing Powers, Pop Quiz: How Many People Actually Know Whats Going On?. 2010-2023 Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. "His approach obviously is different. And in fact, one of her famous expressions was: You do the right things for the right reasons and live with the consequences of them. And I'm trying to build that into my life as well. Players and coaches appear giving quick testimonials. And that's one of our core values as well: Include everybody. my patience level probably is not the level it would have to be to sustain myself in this political atmosphere today. Mercedes-Benz Stadium aims to be the first stadium to receive LEED Platinum certification. Blank allowed the previous front office to make shortsighted moves that still are costing the. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Then I would not be bashful about asking questions. Stay up to date with what you want to know. But thus far Blank and those connected to the stadium appear committed to using this opportunity as one to enhance and not exploit this community. Mercedes-Benz Stadium will also be home to Atlantas MLS team, Atlanta United FC. So you take your time, you get the words out and people will listen to you. So I think that from those days in college where I raised my hand and I know my buddies around the class would think, Oh, boy, here goes another 5-minute answer, you know? If you do not want us and our partners to use cookies and personal data for these additional purposes, click 'Reject all'. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. /Title ( A r t h u r b l a n k p o l i t i c s) By clicking Sign Up, I confirmthat I have read and agreeto the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. JFIF K K C I've always believed that the circumstances around me might change, but these core values, which we discuss in the book, they're not mine, they really belong to all of us. It is in effect protecting the teams owner, a guy regularly reviled by sportswriters, players and fans as a (very wealthy) toxic idiot. Blank spent 19 years as the company's president before succeeding Marcus as CEO. It's a beautiful thing. But COVID vaccination, as a consequence of being made "political" by belligerent partisans, many of whom love football more than life itself, is terrifying territory for the NFL. ", CNN -- Ted [Turner] did a great thing. Enter your email address to be notified about new posts. And we need to figure out, you know, how do we move past that and how do we learn from that and how do we get connected with our current reality? He and an associate, Bernie Marcus, began experimenting with product discounts in one Handy Dan outlet and observed positive effects of decreasing costs as a percentage of sales and an increase in customer volume. In our case, the fans, customers, guests or grantees, whatever the case may be, you're going to find out the ultimate truth of what you need to do to build a business response to issues, spot opportunities, deal with problems, whatever it may be. I have what's called a veil state, or I am a stutterer. Can We Please Kill Off the Tipping Mumbo-Jumbo? A protest has purpose. "And I'm not 100 years old I'm getting there, but I'm not but the things I see and deal with are just inherently not what's made this country great. But what, I ask, would be the effect of a dozen or so top current and former stars, coaches and league executives stepping up to a camera and telling pro footballs millions (and millions) of fans to get vaccinated for the sake of other people like the season ticket holders sitting next to them if not themselves? These are the kinds of people we need in leadership today, not thinking about red, blue, purple. Owner Arthur Blank of the Atlanta Flacons reacts before a game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes Benz Superdome on November 10, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. !, Do not fall for this foolishness!!! The Westside also suffers from severe flooding problems, and the stadium has a 1.1 million gallon storm vault underground to trap and reuse their rain water, and help prevent flooding. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. Looting is NOT THE ANSWER!!! But you want your core values to be the same, ideally. Please stop the violence!, Im not in Atlanta, but if I were I would have been standing with our Mayor! To many Atlantans, myself included, leaving Turner Field was symbolic of the white flight that has defined the city since the 1960s. Because It Delivers Comfort, Status and Cash. They all have a great set of eyes and they're all different. We have to be better than burning down our own homes because if we lose Atlanta what else do we have?, I want you to go home. Through their work, we envision a social movement in which communities of color are fully empowered, active in civic life, and working together to promote equity, fair treatment, and self determination for all. I know you see my partner, Bernie, on Fox News very often. He said, All of that really gave me time not only for redemption, but more importantly, for reflection. And he said, I really realized that I had done a lot of good things in my life putting aside and playing ball. Download the FOX 5 Atlanta appfor breaking news and weather alerts. Blank is a strong supporter of the Democratic Party. As I've said, 95% of my estate is going to be recycled back through our foundations and they will provide their insights and their leadership and their views and values that their father and their mothers would be very proud of. By Bob Bahr October 12, 2021, 5:48 pm. The family foundation has already invested over $20 million into the surrounding community. A message sent to Arthur Blank from President Obama in 2018, thanking him for his commitment to affordability at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium after Blank cut concession prices by 50%. But I know where his heart is and his heart is really in a good place. About Arthur Blank Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store. } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br /Length 7 0 R The Athletic's Felipe Crdenas joined Georgia Public Broadcasting's Orlando Montoya tohelp breakdown what fans can expect this year on and off the field. "People are coming from different places, which is okay, but it's not okay when they're disrespectful; it's not okay when they're not kind. Blank credits his mother with giving him his first lesson in entrepreneurship. They all understand it's, you know, you have an opportunity to be here on Earth and how do you want to leave it? w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr Please, please stop this violence!! Those come first. The Home Depot co-founder, Arthur Blank, candidly shares details of an impromptu meeting in an airport hangar when he was asked to step down, the company's short-term mistake of replacing him. The 74-year-old Blank, who Forbes estimates has an estimated net worth of $3.1 billion, is the director of Cox. He also goes public about the pain of learning of Michael Vicks role in an illegal dogfighting ring, along with other ups and downs in a life of unimaginable financial success. And myself, if you will, I'm at the very bottom of the pyramid as a servant leader and somebody who is there to provide leadership, but also provide whatever that needs to be done for us to be successful. It's hard to believe. If you don't make good choices, you can end up being in really bad places. ATLANTA - Falcons team owner Arthur Blank has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the team's final game of the regular season. 8 In 2012, Blank signed the Giving Pledge and committed to giving more than half of his wealth away to philanthropic efforts in his lifetime. Arthur Blank (Atlanta Falcons owner and co-founder of Home Depot) 2020Joe Biden 2016Hillary Clinton 2012Barack Obama Maxine Clark (founder and former CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop) 2016Hillary Clinton Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney) 2016Marco Rubio, then later Hillary Clinton 2016Kamala Harris Jack M. Greenberg (former CEO of McDonald's) Its more like cowardly, and meatheaded. Today, Blank is the Chairman of AMB Group LLC, parent company of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. A little shaky now. A reckless high-profile meathead, now out the $60 million remaining on his contract. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The portfolio includes nearly $10 million in grants to 12 nonprofits that represent a diverse set of organizations with a strong presence in Georgia and the Southeast. After stepping down as CEO of Home Depot in the early 2000s, Blanks interests centered on a variety of Atlanta-based sports franchises and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, a private foundation that has awarded over $560 million. Weve never won a Super Bowl, and this years loss in Super Bowl LI was especially hard to take. endobj Home Depot co-founders pictured in 1979, a year after the first store opened. We expect to learn a great deal from these groups and have that learning inform our strategy on voting access and civic participation in Georgia and beyond. MATTIE'S CALL: A 9-month-old baby girl was reported missing from the Ellenwood area with a man police say was diagnosed with a mental illness. So that's really what it was about. Arthur M. Blank is responsible for the sorry state of the Falcons. ATLANTA Protests over the death of George Floyd have been gaining national attention. We need to recognize those truths. Left to right: Dennis Ross, Arthur Blank, Bernie Marcus, Pat Farrah, Ron Brill. It is my hope that we take this terrible moment in our history to elevate that conversation toward productive action and lasting, positive change. His faith is very strong. It's the fans. We were living in a single-bedroom apartment in Queens. Like many other enormous corporations the NFL, selling a slick, bristling mix of testosterone and patriotism, ducks away from anything with a whiff of political conflict. So it was good. I stayed in touch with him to some degree when he was in prison. It's our job is to serve the American people and I think we need to have more focus on that.". /AIS false Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur M. Blank released a statement Monday on the importance of fair elections and democracy: "Free and fair elections are vital to the health of our. But Id like to say to CNN right now: Karmas a mother. In his new book, Good Company, Blank follows his own success to show that purpose and profit can and should coexist. endobj Blank who grew up in New York City said he believes the US is going through one of the most tumultuous times in its history. The system has worked well for the multi-billionaire and co-founder of The Home Depot. Where did your parents come from with your grandparents? We all came from someplace else, other than the other Native Americans. I want you guys to come up with real solutions. My dad didn't look at who it was. GPBs Virginia Prescott asked Blank about some of those stories in a conversationpresented in collaboration with Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlantas Book Festival in Your Living Room, the National JCC Literary Consortium and the Atlanta History Center. /Type /ExtGState This isnt just a short-cut, this is a long-term play with significant input and investment into the community and its future, said Scott Jenkins, the general manager of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, to The Daily Beast. But Its All Too Familiar. %&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz And Blanks role in this project extends beyond the stadium. Its also part memoir of how his ethics evolved from watching his father run a neighborhood pharmacy in Queens, New York, to launching multi-billion dollar ventures. The public discourse on these and other issues is too divisive, too political. GPB is committedto bringing you comprehensive news coverage from Georgia, across the country and around the world. Max died when Arthur was 15, leaving his mother to grow what became a multi-million-dollar business. Political Donations: Blank has largely donated to Democratic causes, most notably: $32,400 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2013; $28,500 to the Obama Victory Fund in '08; and. I mean, it wasn't like, You're Republican or Democrat. It's an inverted pyramid that speaks to our whole orientation and all of our businesses today. Open, honest dialogue is needed on a much greater scale. A company where we already know from law suits the teams executives treated its cheerleaders like Vegas escorts and, yup, traded nudie pictures of them changing outfits. This is not in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. 1 0 obj They were trying to indicate that what the military had fought for these rights, the civil rights, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, etc. I'll flip words around, you know, subconsciously and, and make sentences complete. I do know it is hard. We don't have any fans in our building, and this is what we plan on doing: We're going to, you know, promote season tickets for 100 bucks or $10 a ticket. And I remember waiting for, you know, probably two minutes. "This grant will help The Center add to its existing . This is not a good way to make a living. I want you to talk to 10 of your friends. Were usually very happy to talk, very happy to share our opinions and what have you I have enough humility to understand that the people were serving know better. And it's all connected not only to associates, but to the communities in which we live and operate. This is not a protest. The organization works directly with election officials to maintain accurate and complete voter lists and to secure their election technology infrastructure. Brian and Arthur welcomed their daughter Blake into the world via Arthur's sister Aoife, who acted as a surrogate for the couple, back in September -- with Brian previously teasing the documentary before Blake's arrival. The Center for Election Innovation & Research (CEIR) mission is to ensure elections are secure, voters have confidence in election outcomes and democracy thrives as civic engagement grows. stream 260 14th St. NW Politicians, business owners and celebrities are speaking out to share their thoughts on Floyds death, the issues his killing have brought to the forefront and the protests that turned to chaos, specifically in Atlanta. Well, I shouldn't say I'm not. . Stop making people feel so fearful. Prior to the construction of the Georgia Dome they played at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium with the Atlanta Braves, and you could see the spot where Hank Aaron surpassed Babe Ruth in home runs. Atlanta Falcons employees are most likely to be members of the Republican Party. During the past year, GALEO staff and volunteers have participated in events at food banks, churches, and schools, where they provide information while assisting with free COVID-19 testing and food distribution. Both John Lewis John, just a month before he passed away and Andy Young have said to me that we do have to recognize that things are better than they used to be. A study by ESPN and FiveThirtyEight in October 2020 showed Blank is a bipartisan contributor to political campaignsbut contributed more to Democratic candidates from 2012 to 2020. How? After stepping down as CEO of Home Depot in the early 2000s, Blank's interests centered on a variety of Atlanta-based sports franchises and the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, a private foundation that has awarded over $560 million. In a time when more than half of Americans are dissatisfied with the state of our democracy, the most powerful way to demonstrate and have our voices heard is through the vote. Our history of voting rights is a constant struggle, a repetitive cycle of expansion followed by restriction. 15, Two of Blanks children, Dena Kimball and Kenny Blank, sit on the board of directors of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. And I remember he told me, he said, You know, when [I went into] the prison system, they gave me three pair of underwear, three shirts, three pair slacks, three socks and one pair of shoes, and that was it. He said, That was all I was going to have, as opposed to the lifestyle he was leading before. Arthur Blank is worried that capitalism is getting a bad rap. The Georgia Dome was also built for the Olympics, and construction for Philips Arenathe Hawks home, which sits next door to the Dome and where the previous basketball arena, the Omni Colosseum, once satbegan in 1997. So it really never defined me. During the 2020 elections, Blank contributed $300,000 to Biden Victory Fund, $35,000 to the Democratic National Convention, and tens of thousands of dollars to state Democratic Party committees. Blank retired from the company in 2001 as co-chairman. 16 Blanks son, Kenny Blank, also sits on the foundations board and is the executive director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival. /SA true Blank, who is worth about $6.2 billion, per Forbes, is one of the higher donors among Biden's billionaire backers, who outnumber Trump's at 134 to 101, although more of Biden's backers have given the $2,800 personal maximum. In the 1940sGeorgia mountains, eight children were taken into the woods and left to die. Now, the last game we had in the Georgia Dome before we moved to Mercedes Benz Stadium in August of 2017, wewere honoring all of our ring of honor members and he was one of them. How do I do my part in it? And if all goes to plan, its also going to help a depressed community thats heard big talk before. The problem for the big, powerful, macho NFL, as it is for every other giant public entity, is that racism and cancer are kind of the easy stuff. Paul, are you OK? I was going to call his secretary, thinking Paul got a heart attack or something. I mean, I was stuttering when I was senior class president, [and in] student government. The 79-year-old philanthropist has supported educational projects to promote civil rights and racial justice. ', We have to be better than this moment. Atlanta rapper, advocate Killer Mike has message for protestors https://t.co/zb3oMHK7sx, "You are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country. Walz Cooperation With Law Enforcement Deserves Praise, Not Punishment, If You Think Republicans Cant Ban Abortion in Minnesota, Look No Further than Iowa, Russia, Ukraine and My Seven Months with YouTube.
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