The East Point mayor first vetoed city council plans to purchase the Wachovia Building on East Point Street.
In October, the East Point City Council overrode Mayor Ernestine Pittman's veto; it bought the building for $900,000, intending to turn it into a government center.
Last week, the mayor vetoed the financing plan for the building.
On Tuesday, Pittman withdrew her veto, bringing this political tennis match to an end and pushing the project forward. The city council had been prepared to vote Monday at the Jefferson Station Building to override the mayor's veto once more.
In a memo to the city clerk made public on Wednesday, the mayor said she changed her mind on the matter because of information she received at a work session and from the city manager. She provided no other detail.
Pittman’s position had been that the city still had outstanding obligations to pay and couldn't afford a new government center in downtown East Point.
After the council voted to fund the purchase with $1.15 million in bonds, Pittman on Dec. 9 issued her latest veto, citing a lack of discussion regarding the bond document with the city's bond attorney and lack of renovation and property use information.
City Councilman Lance Rhodes initally questioned whether the mayor’s second veto was legal, and sought legal advice. Rhodes had said that Pittman's reasons were vague in taking that action.
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