Saturday, September 6, 2008
News Word: Where there’s smoke …
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Last week, City Council voted to override Mayor Shirley Franklin’s decision to shutter Atlanta’s oldest fire station as part of a round of budget cuts. Despite council’s vote to fund the station, the decision to re-open it rests with the mayor — and herroner ain’t budging.
"Why would the mayor just let this money sit in an account in order to just win an argument with the City Council? There is no good reason other than to impose her will."
— Jim Daws, head of the city's firefighters’ union, to the AJC
“This is certainly a different Council than the one I’ve been serving on during this administration or the previous administration. People have been more independent in their thinking — and not necessarily in agreement with the administration. This is a new day.”
— Councilmember Felicia More, to CL
“The hubbub over Fire Station No. 7 and the needless confrontation with Franklin only add to the evidence that this council lacks credibility in dealing with the city's significant financial problems.”
— Sept. 5 AJC editorial
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