Applicant Withdraws Permit for Controversial Sign

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — City of Dahlonega Zoning Administrator Patricia Head confirmed Tuesday that Roberta Green-Garrett has withdrawn the permit for a controversial sign that hung above property she owns at 24 East Main Street.

The 4-foot by 6-foot sign that read “Historic Ku Klux Klan Meeting Place” sparked angry protests from local citizens, business owners and students and was quickly removed because Green-Garret did not have a permit at the time.

After the sign was removed, Green-Garrett did apply for a permit and apparently planned to put the sign back up but dozens of people, many of them students at the University of North Georgia, began to organize a boycott of businesses she owns and, on Friday, the city received word that she was withdrawing her request for a permit.