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Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Snellville
By Jerry | September 11, 2007
Snellville studying possibility of adopting MLK Jr. holiday
By Carole Townsend
Staff Correspondent
The Gwinnett Daily Post
SNELLVILLE - City Council members voted Monday night to give the go-ahead to city staff to investigate whether Snellville can adopt the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer presented the resolution at Monday night’s meeting and tasked interim city manager Jim Brooks with driving the feasibility study.
Brooks will present his findings to the mayor and council on Nov. 12.
The economics of official city observance of the holiday will factor heavily in the ultimate decision. Oberholtzer said that he marches in the Lawrenceville parade honoring King every year. “I’m offering this resolution to honor Dr. King, and I’m glad the council members are joining me in supporting this,” Oberholtzer added.
Mayor pro tem Warren Auld said, “This is a matter that has been discussed for some time. There are issues of economics, but I think it’s important” that the city make every effort to begin officially observing the holiday.
Councilman Robert Jenkins voiced his concern that the resolution was presented during campaign season and abstained from voting on the issue.
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September 25th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Well, it seems to me that SOMETHING has to be done during an election year or then you get accused of doing nothing…so it’s hard to please everyone. What would the holiday mean overall, expenses, etc? Mainly it would mean a paid holiday for city employees, right? What else would it mean as far as expenses go? MLK Jr. was a fine man and deserves a day of honor and a day that is a celebration of peace is always a good thing.