Ewing to run for Post 1 council seat

James

Melvin Ewing will be running for the Post 1 seat on the

City Council of Peachtree City, he said in a written

statement released Thursday.

As of noon

Thursday he had not officially qualified, although he

said he would be doing so today. Incumbent Annie

McMenamin has already qualified for the Post 1 race.

Ewing ran

for City Council in 1997 and formerly served as chairman

of the Water and Sewer Authority.

He spent

more than 12 years as an engineer with the Georgia

Environmental Protection Division, four years as the

civil engineering manager for the city of Macon and four

years as head of his own engineering company in Macon. He

has lived in Peachtree City since 1985.

He plans to

primarily address five issues during the campaign,

according to his press release: "the city's report

card on development, the environment, management of our

tax dollars, openness in city government, and last but

not least, the integrity of our public officials in city

government."