RESOLUTION
NO.
WHEREAS, the annual God Bless Fort Benning event was recently held in Columbus
and was sponsored by God Bless Fort Benning, a non-profit organization and
Uptown Columbus, Inc.;
WHEREAS, the event attracted thousands of people to Uptown Columbus in support
of U.S. troops stationed around the world;
WHEREAS, soldiers were offered free movies, food and telephone calls to any
location in the United States and a 5k run was held on Saturday morning;
WHEREAS, former Mayor Bob Poydasheff, Chairman of God Bless Fort Benning and
Richard Bishop, President of Uptown, Inc. were instrumental in the success of
God Bless Fort Benning 2008 and their efforts are worthy of special recognition
by this Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES:
We hereby commend and express our deep appreciation to God Bless Fort Benning
Chairman, former Mayor Bob Poydasheff, and Richard Bishop, President of Uptown,
Inc. and countless volunteers for a tremendously successful God Bless Fort
Benning event on November 22, 2008. Let a copy of this resolution be forwarded
to Bob Poydasheff and Richard Bishop.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the
10th day of February, 2009, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote
of ______ members of Council.
Councilor Allen voting________________.
Councilor Anthony voting______________.
Councilor Baker voting________________.
Councilor Barnes voting_______________.
Councilor Davis voting________________.
Councilor Henderson voting____________.
Councilor Hunter voting_______________.
Councilor McDaniel voting_____________.
Councilor Pugh voting_________________.
Councilor Woodson voting______________.
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TINY B. WASHINGTON JIM WETHERINGTON
CLERK MAYOR
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