Macon needs to elect its first African-American mayor just to know that it really can do it. My experience in business and the Army shows I can get things done and I can do it proud and do it loud. I don't need to talk quietly to get things done. If I were busy all day swindling little old ladies out of their estates and billing them for excessive legal fees like Mr. Melton, I, too, would be quiet about it. Voters need to decide on July 20th.
Environmental groups are angry.
The state currently limits billboard height to 70 feet, although the rule has not been strictly enforced. Sparks said Thursday that removing the limits would allow local governments to set their own restrictions. The state set the height limitation in 1986, but before then it was up to local officials, he said. Any change would just be simply putting it back like it used to be. But Kryan Fager, chairman of the Sierra Club's Georgia chapter, said removing the limits would set a horrible precedent.