Border War
Written by Benaiah on May 15th, 2008Tenneseans guard your southeastern border. Georgia needs the water.
The border legislation claims the Georgia-Tennessee state line was incorrectly marked 1.1 miles south of the intended border, the 35th parallel, when a Georgia survey crew plotted the line 190 years ago. The legislation states Georgia has repeatedly tried to correct the error for more than 100 years.
Authors of the legislation made no secret of the fact that this latest attempt to move the border north was to capture a bend in the Tennessee River and rights to the water as Georgia endures historic drought.
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I don’t know much about the drought in Georgia so this might be a dumb question but are people still watering their lawns? It seems to me like limiting or eliminating that would save a lot of water.
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There is a water ban still in place in much of Georgia. The citizens have conserved water so well, that now because of it Fulton County is losing water revenue, so they are jacking the rates up! Heaven forbid a government agency do with less money. Unbelievable.
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Atlanta and Fulton county need to fix the 100 year old leaking water pipes that plague the system. There is no telling how much water is wasted from leaking pipes.
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Isn’t part of Fulton County trying to secede?
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There is a movement amongst some people in northern Fulton County, which used to be Milton County, to become MC once again. But since that is unlikely, there has been success in areas of northern FC becoming cities so they can obtain some level of autonomy. Sandy Springs, where my family lives, kicked off the trend, followed by John’s Creek and others. Dunwoody, which is a term for a region spanning Fulton and Dekalb, wants to become its own city in Dekalb County and just got DOJ approval to move foward with a referendum.
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There is movement in south Fulton as well. Either in the establishment in the city of Campbell or secession of Campbell county. Ironically Milton County and Campbell counties were absorbed into Fulton county back in the 1930’s because they were bankrupt and now these areas are looking for ways of self-determination away from Fulton.
Leasing or privatizing the airport would solve all of Atlanta’s and Fulton County economic woes.
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