Stuart James, left, attorney for Jeff Long, has words with Fort Oglethorpe City Attorney Robert L. Stultz, right, during proceedings Tuesday concerning the firing of two long-time city employees.
Attorney McCracken Poston questions Fort Oglethorpe City Manager Harold Silcox Tuesday at a special hearing in the council chambers.Smiles were exchanged a week ago between Lynn Long, mayor of Fort Oglethorpe, and Chris McKeever, executive director of the 6th Cavalry Museum.
Long’s smile seemed genuine.
That is, he genuinely seemed to enjoy casting the deciding “no” vote at the May 13 council meeting against McKeever’s request for $4,500 to pay for a tourism billboard on Interstate 75.
It would have routed visitors onto Battlefield Parkway through Fort Oglethorpe when the 150th anniversary Battle of Chicka-mauga re-enactment is held in September at McLemore’s Cove in rural Walker County.
“The mayor’s going to vote ‘nay,'” said Long, who often refers to himself in the third person. “So it fails 3 to 2.”