Well-known Bibb County commissioner says he won’t seek re-election
Well-known Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Joe Allen announced this week that he will not run for re-election when his term expires at the end of 2020.
Allen, a former firefighter who turns 70 in February, informed other county officials of his intentions at a Tuesday meeting.
“There’s a time and place that everybody needs to step aside and let somebody with new ideas” serve, Allen later told The Telegraph.
He said he hoped to give candidates for his post time to prepare to launch their own campaigns.
Allen was first elected in 1989, and served for more than 20 years in various stints as a commissioner.
He is perhaps best known for his decades of work spearheading the children’s Christmas charity Kids Yule Love.
Allen did not rule out another run for office in perhaps another area of local government.
Allen said he will “wait and see if something else comes about.”