PAPER PETITION DRIVE OPPOSED TO CHANGE R.E. LEE NAME

LORI LINDSEY, ORGANIZER OF THE ON-LINE PETITION EFFORT TO RETAIN THE R.E. LEE NAME ON THE THOMASTON-UPSON GOVERNMENT COMPLEX BUILDING HAS ALMOST 2500 NAMES ON THAT PETITION BUT IS WORKING ON A PAPER PETITION.

LORI TOLD 101 NEWS TO BE A VALID PETITION, SIGNATURES NEED TO BE ON THE PAPER PETITION. PETITION SIGNINGS WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY 10 AM TILL 2 PM IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE TASTY SHOP ON EAST MAIN AND AT THE PARKING LOT NEAR THE PIE AND OLD RITE AID STORE.

A CHICAGO RESIDENT, 26 YEAR OLD DAVID BAXTER, A WHITE MALE, ORGANIZED THE ON LINE PETITION TO REMOVE THE R.E. LEE NAME. BAXTER IS A GRADUATE OF UPSON-LEE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT LAST REPORT HAD 652 NAMES ON HIS PETITION. HE REPORTEDLY HAS INDICATED HE UNDERTOOK THE PETITION EFFORT TO HELP OUT HIS HOMETOWN OPPOSE WHITE SUPREMACY.