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As reported in the Gwinnett Daily Post, several hundred people came to a town hall meeting on Monday to ask questions and express concerns to U.S. Rep. John Linder.

Commissioner Lee to hold Town Hall meeting

Chris Clark, former president of the Fayette County Development Authority, has been named executive director for the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, according to a recent article in the AJC.

At last week’s City Council meeting, Ronald Lall, president of a citywide group of neighborhood leaders called Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, was one of 18 speakers who rose to defend or denounce a proposal to change the city’s tree protection ordinance, according to a recent article in the AJC.

Georgia lawmakers are considering another option for unicorporated areas that could potentially give citizens more local control without the overwhelming task of forming a city.

You may not think of this as a political issue, but we would argue that the Corps is a political entity. 
 

Anyone who would like to see Governor Perdue sworn in to his second term is welcome to, and for free, according to a recent AJC article.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford ruled Tuesday against overturning a recent surge of annexations in several south Fulton County cities and Atlanta.  A group favoring the creation of the city of South Fulton, called Concerned Citizens of South Fulton, filed a lawsuit contending that the bill created by the legislature determined the [...]

“The Sierra Club is  a nonpartisan organization that works to support pro-environmental candidates for elected office.

It’s difficult to fully comprehend, but since 1967, when the United States hit a population milestone of 200 million, we have added 100 million people to our nation.