I could support this legislation now

Bragg Jam’s ordinance will pass now.

A Macon City Council committee will convene in a special called meeting next week to again take up a proposal allowing people to carry open containers of alcohol outside during the Bragg Jam music festival.

The Public Safety Committee met Monday and approved a change to the original proposal to make it more palatable to opponents. Essentially, the new ordinance that has been proposed broadens the mechanism by which organizations may apply for permission to hold events that allow booze in the streets. But the committee now has to vote on a separate resolution that will grant that permission to Bragg Jam. That is expected to occur Monday, before it is sent to the full council for final approval July 21.

I had opposed it originally because I thought it was bad form to carve out one exception in Macon’s ordinances. But as it will now be made more general and easier for others to apply, let’s have at it.

Of course, I won’t be there now as it turns out. I’ve got to be in Washington.