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Fayetteville City Council

members want to see a new tenant in the old Wal-Mart

building on Glynn Street, but they're reluctant to

make any special exceptions to get one, they said last

week .

Council

Monday will vote on a requested sign variance for Hobby

Lobby, an Oklahoma-based chain of stores that sell

crafts, home improvement and recreational products.

The firm

proposes to use 57,714 square feet of the vacant building

for one of its first stores in the Georgia market.

Council

members discussed the variance during a work session last

week, and said they are reluctant to give Hobby Lobby

more space for its sign than the law normally allows,

because the city has held other similar stores to its

normal standards.

Council

meets at 7 p.m. Monday at City Hall, and also will vote

on a contract for maintenance of its newly beautified Ga.

Highway 54 medians.

Fayetteville residents

Tuesday will elect a new mayor and Post 1 councilman .

Polls open

at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. at the city's Old Depot,

next to the former City Hall on East Lanier Avenue.

Running for

mayor are Kenneth Steele and Paul Oddo. Council hopefuls

are Bill Talley, Paul Carter and Clyde Avery.

For

information on the candidates, see the Wednesday, Oct. 27

edition of The Citizen, or look up that issue at

www.thecitizennews.com. Election results also will be on

the web site starting Tuesday night.