Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton says he wants no part of the city’s decision to issue the store’s business license
A city councilman in Georgia has resigned to protest the reopening of a Confederate souvenir shop that sells images with racial slurs and dolls and statues that caricature Black people, news outlets reported.
Kennesaw Councilman James “Doc” Eaton said he wanted no part of the city’s decision to issue a business license to the downtown store. His resignation is effective on June 21.
“It breaks my heart to have to do it,” Eaton told reported.
City officials said the store had gone through the process required of all businesses to obtain a license.
“The city of Kennesaw does not pick nor choose nor try to find reasons not to issue a business license when an applicant meets all of the criteria,” City Manager Jeff Drobney told WAGA-TV.
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