JanuaryEd JenkinsFormer U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins represented the 9th District from 1977-93.The longtime Democrat from Jasper “really looked after his district,” said Gainesville lawyer Julius Hulsey. “He worked hard in Congress and got a lot of money for Hall County and Gainesville.”In 1990, the Almanac of American Politics described Jenkins as “one of the smartest operators on Capitol Hill.” The publication praised his dispassionate questioning of then-Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North during the Iran-Contra hearings and cited his efforts to protect the textile industry.Johnnie WileyJohnnie Wiley, co-founder of J&J Foods in Gainesville, began the grocery store in 1976, along with his brother-in-law Junior Reece.