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JACKSOl\" HIT 3h.J/yr Co~Councilmen Balk at Power BidBy JL\I i\1ERRINERand FREDERICK ALLENWith City Council expeded to giveMayor Maynard Jackson power to appoint azoning review board, a \'ocal minority ofCQUI1cilmen has started to complain bitterly.One councilman who has generallyvoted wit h the mayor Friday blasted"ele\'cnlh-hour pronouncements from theexecutive branch" and faulled council forfailing to show its strength.•Se\"cral col.UlCilmen this week ran off alist of lI'hal they calk"d "precipitous" mandatesfrom Jackson, including reorganization,curbside garbage, the airport optionand approval of budget changes.Approval by council of re~idency requirementsfor Atlanta police and firemen isa virtual certainty, even though Jackson hasnot yet officially urged passage of such alaw_On Friday. it became clear that councilmtctlds 10 transfer the power to appoint~ ____ --Councll--------.'rom Paoli" 1·,\hearing rezOning applieations, was mandatedby U1e new City Charter. But the sevenmanboard originally was to have been appointedby councilSUdden lobbying behind the scenes byJ aekson this week changed the plan to anine-man board, all appointed by the mayor.The almost universal approval of ~ackson'sprograms had several COW\C1lmenseething this week-Councilman Panke Bradley told a rerter"This council has been willinC to the~ 'Of saying, 'What does the m~yorwant?' I fault the councU. 1 think the 1egL3lativebranCh sboold be pow~. It dl.stUrbsme enormously."Adds D. 1... (Buddy) Fowlkes, the 11thDistrict councilman, "I think be (Jaclt~)should have greater respect for the 1~.!Ila ­tive branch. If we're su]>POSCd to deCIde onsomething like garba~e (t~urbside pickup).. re should have more time.On the curbside garbage issue, Fowlkescomplained, "We didn't even have time topot our stafr 10 do research. The more freethinkingmembers of cooncil don't like thatat all."Councilman George Colsakis complaIned."I object very strenuously about the waythings have been handled with this lastminuterush. Anything that's railroaded inthe future I'm going to vote against"Some councilmen are making their feelingsclear. even though they duck the question."I don't thlnk It's proper lor me tocomment." said Councilman Nidt Lambros."I don't want to get into an argwnent Withthe mayor." .,Said Councilman Jack Summers· Idon't have any comment on that at all. Hecan do ",""hat he wants."Councilman Charles HelmS said. '-Tosome degree the executive branch has donethat but it's bard to criticize them beCausethey~ve been rushed themselves." He addsthat he hope.!! it is "not a prohlem that willcontinue."Said one councilman, asking not ~ benamed, "We need to look like some !tind ofreflective body. Some of us are tired ~fsmoothing things over so that ~y won.tlook so racial. It just ain't v;orking thisway." . _h...ll"g to flyMeanwhil~, obj~tOOS are ~.... SinCeover the zonmg reVIew board lSSIlC· •the charter gave Jackson power ov~r olymembers of a zoning review ooaro from it·self to Jackson.After a Development Committee m~tingFriday, Councilman Richard Guthmansaid he will not fight the power shift. "Themayor has the votes." he explained.The zoning issue will surface again atWednesday's Development Committee meetingbefore the full council considers ItApril!.The new board. with the ~ponsiblity ofplanning in the frrst place. some officials arecomplaining that control over the reviewboard gives Jackson one-man rule over~ ~~~f" the General Assemblycommission that created the city charter; haScharged that Jack.!lOll'S action "clearly' v~18tes the spirit of the charter· _L....I off \The wning board is&1e lou\.-.-=Council President Wyche Fow\er's frrst pub­U" break with JadcsOO over a policy matter.W "If you want to allow. him (JacksOn) \COllllllete authority over mnlng ... then ~ It.But do not dO it in haSte or under poliU~1pressure," he told the Development Comnuttee.'''I'his ordinance ... would a~ost terminateany responsibility by the pollcy-makmgbooy (the councU).·' he asid.Councilmen John calhoun. carl Ware,James Howard and Gregory Griggs favoredhanding the power over to J ~cltson. Gutbmanand Mrs. Bradley opposed It. .jBefore Jackson started his lobbymgcampaign, an .ear~er propos.~_ toboaa~;!~maYOr to appomt lust one of 1 .. 11'"berS died in committee on a 3-3 vote. .Jackson defended his move by saYI."g,,.'the ma ... or has always made the nommalionsto the zoning board." .He was referrjn~ to the ald~a~lcZoning Committee, which formerly revle\\edwnlng appHcalion~. Under the old ..\~ak­ma}'Or marter, the mayor named the a ermenwho sat on that committee.. .Mayoral appointments W 1.11 1("!"UTe"strong representatioo to neighborhoodorganiz.8tions,·' JackSOn said.SH COU!'oICJL, Page LloASUNDAY, MAier! 24. 1DECISION DUE SOONAtlanta's Zoning Roadblock.-.aDd defm-ed \Mm lor laterI'UbJlc: br:artnics have beerset Oft April 17 and t. OQ _lIat~ a ~orthskI« abdctwrmaa 01 I h. aUadl',deftlapDlal canmlltet, tl'MoIlIM1 k to _ tbrCIUIh a""- _ ..._0Ddprupas;d .bktI weWd breakOaOman" ~ lIf.wdPI uwdw .. Iar Ibr IOrIil2I ...nn board. • bod7 1fbktI \be.... 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