A group that’s heading up the opposition to new cities in DeKalb County will be hosting a meeting tonight aimed at providing information to voters ahead of the November elections. This year the Legislature approved ...
This story has been updated. DeKalb Strong, a group formed in response to the process of creating new cities in DeKalb County, will become the public face of the opposition to the proposed cities of ...
Editor’s note: This analysis is based on my own observations working as editor of Decaturish and working at Reporter Newspapers in Sandy Springs. New cities are not new in Georgia. Bills for two new cities ...
I’ve attended the birth of one city. Back in 2012, I was working at Reporter Newspapers when Brookhaven came into this world flailing its grabby hands in the direction of some choice commercial property that ...
Time is running out for bills proposing a vote on the creation of the cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker. Last minute wrangling over map boundaries that were supposedly settled months ago are threatening to ...
This story has been updated. The state Senate passed bills Wednesday allowing for the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker to move forward, according to a report from the AJC. Now HB 520 and ...
This story has been updated with the new maps of LaVista Hills and Tucker, approved by the Senate SLOGO Committee. The Senate State and Local Governmental Operations Committee approved proposals to create the cities of LaVista ...
Groups for and against cityhood are planning to attend a state Senate committee meeting Thursday about the cities of LaVista Hills, Tucker, and South Fulton. LaVista Hills YES and DeKalb Strong are both encouraging supporters to ...
The state House has approved a bill allowing a 2015 referendum on whether to create a city of Tucker in DeKalb County. Tucker 2015 confirmed passage of the bill on Wednesday afternoon. The House voted ...
The Georgia House of Representatives has passed a measure that would pave the way for the creation of the city of LaVista Hills, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. It will now go to the state ...