In these days of caustic rancor, there are few examples where Left and Right agree. Until now.
The source of this rare bipartisanship is Mahendra Patel, 56, a native of India (and longtime U.S. citizen) who is jailed in Cobb County on a questionable charge of attempted child kidnapping. It’s Day 45, and he sits without bond.
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Cobb GOP chairperson Mary Clarice Hathaway called the charges “completely egregious on so many different levels.”
She added, “To take someone’s freedom away should not be done flippantly by a district attorney — Democrat or Republican. While this is not an election issue, we are stepping in because it is simply the right thing to do.”…