St. Marys "greens" emerge as a new power to be reckoned with in Lilliput on the St. Marys.

Monday night, the city council came to the realization that the St. Marys greens, spearheaded by the St. Marys Earth Keepers, now control more potential incumbent-ousting votes than do members of the St. Marys Downtown Merchants Association. The council, which was obviously considering cutting down trees and paving that lot in front of the cemetery downtown, did a quick retreat when they did a quick count of the potential votes of vengeance. Now they claim they never really had any real intentions of doing it to begin with. Obviously, the memory of the annexation massacre has not faded from their memories. So, to date, the greens have forced cost-ineffective recycling on St. Marys, poo-pooed Naval sonar exercises, defeated the wishes of the DMA, and established a city sponsored, Oakland California -ish "community garden." I wonder if it has a tree big enough to hold Darryl Hannah? Can a city sponsored outreach to the homeless with compassionate camping permits in Howard Gilman Park be far behind? Stranger things have happened: Jerry Brandon spoke out against the cemetery parking lot! Update, 2/12: GTU coverage: http://www.jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2009-02-11/story/st_marys_abandons_plans_for_parking_lot