Nancy Pelosi: “I am saddened to add my personal thoughts and prayers to their wonderful comments about Maynard Jackson. America has…”

“I am saddened to add my personal thoughts and prayers to their wonderful comments about Maynard Jackson. America has lost a great statesman today, and our hearts are saddened for his family and thousands of his colleagues and friends who loved him and worked with him on so many issues. For his many friends at the United States Conference of Mayors where he served in key leadership roles, to those who worked with him in building the magnificent Atlanta airport in his tenure as mayor, to the many people that he touched as he worked tirelessly to bring the Olympics to Atlanta, the list goes on and on, Maynard Jackson, Jr., was larger than life, physically, politically and in every way. Maynard Jackson was the essence of a public person. Being first elected the mayor of Atlanta and then reelected and term-limited for another term, Maynard found other venues in which to serve his beloved Atlanta. He was an entrepreneur, one who mentored many young people who had expressed an interest in starting their own businesses.”