'Creflo Dollar Highway' Pitched in Senate Bill

ATLANTA, GA -- A Marietta state senator is one of five co-sponsors of a bill introduced in the General Assembly that proposes naming a south Fulton highway after Rev. Creflo Dollar.

State Sen. Michael ‘Doc’ Rhett, D-Marietta, is supporting SR 805, entitled “Recognizing Reverend Creflo Dollar and dedicating a road in his honor; and for other purposes.”

The bill’s main sponsor is Sen. Donzella James (D-Atlanta.) The other co-sponsors are sens. Gail Davenport (D-Jonesboro); Harold Jones (D-Augusta); and Valencia Seay (D-Riversale)

The bill was introduced Friday, and is now in the Senate hopper.

Reaction has been swift. On Monday, an online petition on ActionNetwork.org entitled “Please Save Us From Creflo Dollar Highway” is asking people to show their opposition to the plan, which would rename Old National Highway from Jonesboro Road North to the bridge at Interstate 285 in Fulton County as the “Creflo Dollar Highway.”

“The government of Georgia has no business spending money to rename a road for a prosperity gospel preacher who is also one of the wealthiest men in the state,” the petition said.

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