Post by Logan on Jan 15, 2016 1:52:41 GMT -6
North Fulton Republicans will try again to split from some of the region’s poorest neighborhoods and form Milton County in the predominantly white, wealthy suburbs that crown Atlanta.
Georgia’s constitution specifically limits the number of counties to 159. But H.R. 964 would lift that cap under a set of circumstances that just happens to fit the history of Milton County’s absorption by its neighbor to the south in 1932 amid financial collapse. Our colleague Arielle Kass has the details:
Continue reading at politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/23/an-attempt-to-split-fulton-county-into-two-is-back-again/ .
Georgia’s constitution specifically limits the number of counties to 159. But H.R. 964 would lift that cap under a set of circumstances that just happens to fit the history of Milton County’s absorption by its neighbor to the south in 1932 amid financial collapse. Our colleague Arielle Kass has the details:
Filed by Brad Raffensperger, House Resolution 964 would amend the state constitution so a county that existed previously but merged with another county could be recreated.
If the county is re-created, the legislation says, the boundaries must be “generally similar” but would not have to be identical. The re-creation would have to be approved by voters in the proposed new county.
If the county is re-created, the legislation says, the boundaries must be “generally similar” but would not have to be identical. The re-creation would have to be approved by voters in the proposed new county.
Continue reading at politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/23/an-attempt-to-split-fulton-county-into-two-is-back-again/ .