ATLANTA, Ga. -- It's not a competition. Jeff Turner says his
proposal is an alternative, not a competitor. But the Atlanta
Falcons would be welcome at a stadium site outside downtown
Atlanta, if they need one.  "And why not come to Clayton
County?" asks Jeff Turner, chairman of the board of
commissioners in the county that sits directly south of Atlanta.
The site Turner touts is alongside US 41 / Dixie Highway, just
south of the Fulton County line, a stark 150 mostly-undeveloped
acres inside the I-285 perimeter. It's long on history; there
are four markers commemorating Civil War events there. But
there's not a whole lot else.  "It's been used as a dumping
ground, pretty much," Turner said. "A lot of space, a lot of
unoccupied land." Turner says much of the property is county
owned.  The Atlanta City Council has been holding hearings on
whether the city will back construction bonds, funded by state
hotel-motel tax money, to fund a portion of a new retractable-
roof stadium to replace the Georgia Dome.  The Fa