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Some of his past and present PR clients include major corporatoons as well as political organizations. He also was communications director for Fast Auto Loans of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2009/oct/21/ed-kent21_20091020-195606-ar-20814/|title=Where's Compassion for Virginians Without Credit?|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref> |
Some of his past and present PR clients include major corporatoons as well as political organizations. He also was communications director for Fast Auto Loans of Virginia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2009/oct/21/ed-kent21_20091020-195606-ar-20814/|title=Where's Compassion for Virginians Without Credit?|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|accessdate=15 August 2011}}</ref> |
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In September 2011 Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia appointed him as a member of the newly-created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board, a position he presently holds.<ref>http://gov.georgia.gov/pressreleases/2011-09-02/deal-announces-immigration-enforcement-review-board</ref> Some called Kent's views on multiculturalism extreme, and thousands signed a petition asking Deal to remove Kent from the board. Kent also took heat when he criticized the U.S. for resettling Somali refugees in America, calling Somalis a "primitive people."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/phil-kent-georgia_n_3529279.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Caitlin | last=MacNeal | title=Georgia Gov.'s Immigration Board Appointee Calls Gay Couples 'Sob Stories' | date=1 July 2013}}</ref> |
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Philip A. Kent, aka Phil Kent, is a media consultant and president of Phil Kent Consulting, Inc.
President of Atlanta-based Phil Kent Consulting Inc. public relations/marketing company from 2003 until the present. He is also co-publisher of the Atlanta-based Insider Advantage Georgia Internet news agency and co-publishes JAMES magazine. His current articles/columns can be found at Insider Advantage. [1] He frequently appears on national news and talk radio as a media commentator. [2] Phil is the author of the books The Dark Side of Liberalism and Foundations of Betrayal: How the Liberal Super-Rich Undermine America [3]
Phil Kent also served as press secretary and public affairs advisor to the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond between 1981 and 1982.[4] Philip Kent worked for the newspaper The Augusta Chronicle for twenty-five years.[4] In 1997 Kent was appointed to an indigent defense board but declined the appointment.[5]
Some of his past and present PR clients include major corporatoons as well as political organizations. He also was communications director for Fast Auto Loans of Virginia.[6]
In September 2011 Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia appointed him as a member of the newly-created state Immigration Enforcement Review Board, a position he presently holds.[7] Some called Kent's views on multiculturalism extreme, and thousands signed a petition asking Deal to remove Kent from the board. Kent also took heat when he criticized the U.S. for resettling Somali refugees in America, calling Somalis a "primitive people."[8]
Biography
· President of Phil Kent Consulting Inc. a public relations/media company based in Atlanta, Ga.
· Regular panelist on Fox5 Atlanta WAGA-TV’s Sunday public affairs program “The Georgia Gang.”
· Former president of the Atlanta-based Southeastern Legal Foundation.
· Former press secretary to the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C.
· Former editorial page editor and columnist for the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle.
· Graduate, University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School of Journalism
· 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Honorably Discharged.
· Former Senior Warden, St. Hilda’s Anglican Catholic Church, Atlanta, Ga.
References
- ^ www.insideradvantage.com
- ^ "Georgia Gang's Philip A. Kent". My Fox Atlanta. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Phil+Kent&search-alias=books&text=Phil+Kent&sort=relevancerank
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
foxwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Editor declines position". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Where's Compassion for Virginians Without Credit?". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ http://gov.georgia.gov/pressreleases/2011-09-02/deal-announces-immigration-enforcement-review-board
- ^ MacNeal, Caitlin (1 July 2013). "Georgia Gov.'s Immigration Board Appointee Calls Gay Couples 'Sob Stories'". Huffington Post.
External links
- [1] Phil Kent Consulting
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