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Candidate touts dependability

By Cameron McWhirter

cmcwhirter@ajc.com

Nathan Deal’s campaign for governor is not about glamour.

Recently, his campaign SUV stopped outside Cartersville at Bartow Precast, a small company that makes concrete septic tanks, grease traps and storm drain enclosures.

Deal met the company’s president, Michael Tidwell, and learned about his struggles to keep going during the recession without laying off employees.