re: Interview with Kenny Rogers on ESPN Radio Dallas right now

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i think you need to re-read that article

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In Newnan, Cecil Newton's church, which news reports suggested were a possible beneficiary of the alleged payout, sat in disrepair. The Holy Zion Center of Deliverance, located in a heavily commercial area in Newnan, looks like a deserted building. A former car dealership, white curtains are drawn across the front windows, which appear to bear a couple of bullet holes. In fact, the church was dissolved in 2008 by the state after failing to file its annual registration.

"I've never seen anybody over there," said Jeff Scott, manager of a nearby used-car dealership.

According to reports in the Times-Herald newspaper in Newnan, Newton spent the past two years fighting to keep his church building from being condemned and subsequently demolished. The City of Newnan granted Newton at least three extensions to bring the building up to code before it was taken off the city’s condemned list in October.

City records show the church needed to make $50,000 in repairs to keep its building from being torn down.

Council member Rhodes Shell, who represents the district where the church is located, said Newton made gradual improvements on the property and updated the city on his progress, which is why they kept giving him more time.

“He was well-meaning and sincere about what he was trying to do,” Shell said. “If it had been a real business, we wouldn’t have given him as long as we did.”

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