Posted on 02/10/2022 2:22:40 PM PST by 11th_VA
Senators voted 31 to 18 to approve the "City of East Cobb" bill, which would put a question on the ballot in May for residents inside the proposed city limits.
"In the last 17 years, the Georgia General Assembly has had 11 bills to allow voters in unincorporated areas to vote on cityhood. Ten of those passed. One of them failed by the voters," said state Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell. "Ultimately, here in the General Assembly, we do not create cities we only create the opportunity for the citizens in those areas to vote."
Sen. Doc Rhett, D-Marietta, encouraged his colleagues to slow down the process, because state and county leaders have not had a chance to evaluate the potential impacts to Cobb County as a whole.
"We need time to do a study to look at the effects on the county from a financial viewpoint and the effect it will have on services," Sen. Rhett said on the Senate floor.
He also expressed concerns about how the cityhood votes would impact the Cobb County Board of Elections.
If approved by the House and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, the City of East Cobb referendum would be on the May ballot. Elections for mayor and city council members would then be in November and the city would exist beginning in January 2023.
"There's no reason that I can see that we need to work on this rushed schedule," said Sen. Michelle Au, D-Johns Creek, who called the timeline "arbitrary."
The other proposed cities include the City of Lost Mountain, City of Vinings and City of Mableton.
Rep. Thomas presented her bill in a subcommittee Thursday. She said it will be heard in the full House Governmental Affairs Committee next Wednesday...
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City of Lost Mountain sound like the destination for some adventurous dwarves looking to steal from a dragon.
It’s not political. This is being pushed by real estate developers who want to control the Johnson Ferry area.
and I suppose we can look forward to the City of Buckhead in the near future?
What they need to be approving is the effing constitutional carry bill.
I used to live in the apartments on Columns Dr. Great place to live, especially is you like to run, walk, hike. And, fortunately, I worked off hours when I was there. But, that traffic was atrocious and that was over 25 years ago. I can only imagine what it’s like now.
“I used to live in the apartments on Columns Dr. Great place to live, especially is you like to run, walk, hike. And, fortunately, I worked off hours when I was there. But, that traffic was atrocious and that was over 25 years ago. I can only imagine what it’s like now.”
I lived there in the 1990’s. The traffic there was ALREADY on a completely different and terrifying level then my 20 years of big northern city driving had equipped me for.
“and I suppose we can look forward to the City of Buckhead in the near future?”
Dream on, the Country Club Republicans don’t want to cut off half of the funding for Atlanta politicians to that dish it out to their families and friends.
I believe they would still be part of Cobb County, but become incorporated so they would have more local control. Similar to Marietta and Smyrna.
Ping!
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