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LOST & FOUNDRY
You can't fight City Hall.
COUP D'ETAT A decade ago the City of Athens had to swear off the strong mayor system in order to convince the reluctant Clarke County to
marry. Talk about promises that were made at that time—none was more pivotal than the change from strong mayor to strong raanager. Now
the strong manager is out the window, and the strong mayor is back as a worthy successor to Julius 'n Lauren 'n them. Back without a shot
being fired or a vote being taken. Before the pitifully weak Commission can even get around to discussing whether or not to hand over to
the Mayor its power to hire and fire the Manager, the Mayor has fired the Manager and moved the Manager's office lock stock and barrel to
City Hall at the other end of the second floor within eyesight of the Mayor's office. Granted the Mayor had been trying to get the Manager to
make this move before he decided not to re-hire him. Still under these circumstances, how strong will the next manager be, especially after
the Commission abdicates to the Mayor its own authority over the Manager?
THANKS Thanks to everybody who helped us put on the 2000 flagpole Athens Music Awards show. The musicians gave really special perfor
mances and provided a highly entertaining evening. The presenters did a good job of handing out the awards, and the escorts were unusual
to say the least Thanks especially to everybody who bought a ticket and turned out to honor our intriguing Athens music community.
TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR The Flagpole office will be dosed Monday, July 3 and Tuesday, July 4 for obvious reasons. In spite of what
some members of the community may think, we are human beings who love cold iced tea and tofu dogs as much as the next guy.
DEADLINES This folderol means that the deadline for classified ads is Friday, June 30 at U a,m. The deadline for ABC music listings is *
Friday, June 30 at 2 p.m. That's cutting it as close as we can, so there's no leeway. Thanks for helping us get away for a break, and have a
good one.
Pete McCommons (editor@flagpole.com)
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