Dear editor,
On the front page of last week’s issue (Thursday, July 24) of The Eatonton Messenger, “City confirms purchase of elementary school property,” the first sentence is: “The biggest news from Monday night’s Eatonton City Council meeting came in its final few minutes.”
The story continues, saying the mayor, city attorney, and seven-member council returned from an executive session “to announce the city has agreed to purchase the former Putnam County School at 314 S. Washington St.,” subsequently followed by a “unanimous public vote by councilors authorizing him (the Mayor) to sign a $150,000 purchase agreement with the Putnam County Board of Education.”
I am puzzled.
The Thursday, July 17th issue of The Messenger on page A7, “Putnam County Property Transfers Through July” listed the transfer (sale) from the BOE to the city as occurring on 6/18/25 (over a month before council approval). Adding to the confusion, I can find no reference on the city’s website under Council Agendas and Minutes referring to the “unanimous vote by councilors.”
Am I the only one confused?
Tom Thompson, Eatonton