1 - Ivan Allen, Jr. Digital Collection - Georgia Institute of Technology

.........- .......)" ....... 1 ~ 10 tnecould veto it, sign it into I mayor, whobecome law without h'~ . aw or allow it toI Q stgnature.r the amendment is !ustained~~r, :d~ertJ~se bill "ill have to be trn:::', s,=" for three weeks deb.':.1_ a public hearing and finally d:..._._!ledUR;: council noor betCUdI.eu onon an actual raise. ore a vote can be takenthe gne co hun to censure and ridicule if we goahead and pass this thing," Pierce said."This is the very kind of action that(auses people in Atlanta and allover theUnited States to lose faith in its public officials,"added Fowlkes.In explaining hiS nip-nop, Summerssati, "I would just like to say that 1 don'tcome over here to get my picture on TV •••or my name in II1e paper."Mrs. Bradley said both her votes werebased on conscience, adding that the action"probably will be unpopular" and \\wld getooverage in the press, "a very hostile pressv."here the council is concerned."In the original debate - belore a smallnumber of onlookers and tel.evisioo report-See COUNCIL, Page If-A,I'l.'I, p"COIDICil----ers left the chambers - Fowlkes suggestedthat "in fad, some of us may be overpaid"already.Pierce said the new charter gives c0uncilmenmore pay, but fewer duties than theold Board of Aldermen, which drew $7,200salaries. "I am afraid this might put atemptation before U! that some of us mightnot be able to withstand," he said of the enablingamendment.Defenders of Finley's proposed amendmentsaid it would merely bring the charterIn line with te