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DEL.ICIO.USBrown’s bill on names advances in Senate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the quirkiest bills filed this year passed the Senate with no opposition late Tuesday evening.
The original version of Senate Bill 191 would have barred the state from naming anything in honor of Senate Minority Leader Robert Brown (D-Macon), who introduced the legislation. Brown said serving his constituents is enough of an honor.
But several lawmakers expressed reservations, saying the bill would usurp home rule and apply to only one person.
Instead, a Senate committee revised the bill so that it would require the secretary of state to maintain a list of people who do not want any public building, road, interchange, bridge or other public property named in their honor.
Any state agency or jurisdiction seeking to name public property in honor of someone would be required to first consult the list, called the State Memorials Registry.
The Senate approved the bill 53-0, and it now heads to the House for consideration.
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By Oliver Brown
March 28, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
Only someone with a name of Brown would Introduce a Bill like this and I say Rah Rah Rah Senator Brown! I was riding down the Highway the other day and I feel almost sure I say a Telephone Pole named after someone!!!!
By the year of 2050 and that is only 43 years away we will not have any place to put Statues, Monmuments or anything thing else to honor anyone.
My suggestion is we tear everything down like they are doing in Iraq and start over!!!!
By Stephen B
April 3, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
I would rather see a bill that prevents anything from being named in anyone’s honor until they have passed on to the next life. That way they pretty much can’t do anything to disgrace themselves or us….unless some dirt is found post-mortum.
Some examples of poor planning…Billy McKinney Expressway & the ever-popular Cynthia McKinney whatever….there are many others to be sure…..
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