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I have been meaning to give everyone an update as to what is going on with the firehouse. I don't have much time right now but it is rolling along. I believe it is going to take months of fund raising and possibly until a new mayor is seated. It may be sooner if there is a tragedy. I shake my head every time I think of how vulnerable we needlessly have to be.
I would like to acknowledge all of the councilmembers that have seen the necessity for #7 and have voted in overriding the mayor's veto. I would also like everyone to know what two of our councilmembers have done above and beyond voting for the override. I would like to commend both Ceasar Mitchell and Cleta Winslow for the introduction and successful passing of their legislation to reopen our #7. Ceasar Mitchell is a stand up guy. I talked to him early on and he told me that it is unfortunate but because of the budget and the age of the station it has to be closed. He came to a Georgia Stand up meeting and he spoke to the members about the closing and other pressing issues. Through his listening to the concerns of the members he was open minded enough to realize that the way the closing happened, 3 days notice, was not the way things should work. After that meeting Ceasar started drawing up the legislation with the help of his right hand man, Wayne Martin Jr. He not only did this, he also took out of his council budget 13,000 to go toward the funding of the reopening of the station. Cleta Winslow our councilmember and neighbor, like Ceasar, committed 4,387.90 from District 4 budget and an additional 16,934 to go forward an assessment of the repairs and costs for #7. I thank them very much
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