Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-22
FINDS NEW
FAKES IN
CHARTER
DRAFT
Nutting, in Searching Statement,
Calls Woodward "Hard Head"
and SCOTS "Ring" Charge,

Mayor Woodward Monday made
another attack on the new charter
more bitter than any of his former
attacks
Though it was reported that the
new charter campaign committee
would issue statement Monday aft
ernoon in reply to the Mayors
charges that were published Sunday,
mayor woodward said the time be-
'ore the election Wednesday was too
short to wait on it. He said he felt
i his imperative duty TO arouse the
people to the dangers they faced in
that election.
Reading that new charter is like
reading play of Shakespeare" be
gan the Mayor. Every time | read
it I discover some new meaning In
the case of the charter / have dis
covered viciousness that was almost
unbelievable from casual reading.
Il have just discovered the worst
fake in the whole thing, bad as the
others l have called attention to are.
"ReaI Issue clouded,"
The charter advocates are harping
on the fact that the adoption of it
would abolish the SO sanitary tax that
is imposed on every dwelling in the
city. BY reading the old charter you
will find that if Council wanted to
abolish this tax it could do so by ali
ordinance. They put the section
abolishing it in the new charter pure
ly as a vote catcher and to cloud the
real issue.
"Abolishing that tax would cut off
$4,000 income from the city Ev
eryone knows how hard the city is
pressed for money with that tax They
would make it appear that each lit
tie dwelling in the city is paying as
much tax as the Kimball House. No
dwelling pays more than SO a year.
and the sanitary tax of the Kimball
House is $66 a year. The downtown
sanitary tax rate is So for every 25
feet of frontage of a building.
THE people will recall that last fall
they voted down a proposition to
lease Lakewood to an exposition com
pany The new charter contains a
provision TO allow Council to sell
lease or exchange" it for a period of
five years l don't know how in the
world they would sell it for five
years.
Sees Plot of Realty Agents.
1T is a scheme to turn over that
property to a bunch of real estate
sharks.
Last year when Marietta. Peach
tree and other streets were torn UP
everyone in town was complaining
that there was no one with authority
to whom they could appeal and get
redress It is a fine scheme the new
charter provides for reform in this
department
THE people now elect the Chief Of
Construction. Under the new charter
Council elects a board to have charge
of this departemnt The board elects
the Chief and all the assistants in the
department. A Councilman during a
term of office would not have the
privilege of voting on but two or
three members of the board, as only
two or three are to be elected each
year
What want to know is where the
people come in?
THE whole plan of that chaEter i"
to give the ring more complete con-
troll of the boards. The 'ringsters' will
get the board jobs and be independ-
ent of both the Council and the peo-
pie.
IF the people don't wake up to tine
viciousness of that charter now can
assure them they will two or three
years from now"
Nutting Scores Mayor.
The Mayors charges have aroused
the feelings Of the charter advo-
Gates and an interview given out by
Alderman James r. Nutting, one of
lheir number Monday morning, indi-
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