You Ask the Candidates: Rex Millsaps

Recently, Lawrenceville Patch reached out to the community for questions they wanted to ask the . All this week, we have featured the candidates' responses to your inquiries.

Rex Millsaps lives with his wife Sheila in the Cramac subdivision. He served in the Marine Corps from 1970-1972 and graduated from Georgia State University in 1977. Millsaps owns an accounting firm located in Lawrenceville. He previously served as mayor of Lawrenceville from 2006 until 2010.

How important do you think the  is to the overall prosperity and quality of life in Lawrenceville?

Millsaps: The downtown district is important, but if we do not maintain our quality standards in our neighborhoods, we will not have the residents in Lawrenceville to support downtown.

Would you change anything about Lawrenceville's current ? If so, what would you change? If not, why?

Millsaps: The current city council changes the alcohol ordinance so often, I'm not sure what the current ordinance says.

Do you think ? Why or why not?

Millsaps: If privatization without expansion would save the taxpayers money, then it should be privatized. However, under no circumstances should the airport be expanded to include passenger service.

What, if anything, would you do to develop the economy within the city limits of Lawrenceville to continue the revitalization efforts?

Millsaps: I would publicize how economical it is to do business in Lawrenceville (low business license costs, low utility rates, and low taxes). We have also established enterprise zones that provide tax credits for new businesses within those zones.

Are  important within a city and specifically within a downtown district? Why or why not.

Millsaps: No. We have Rhodes Jordan Park on one end of town and Alexander Park on the other. These are county parks. We have Bartow Jenkins Park & Louise Cooper Park that the city has to maintain. If the city has money to spend on another park, we should reduce property taxes instead to help our citizens save their homes.