South Fulton residents could get a vote on incorporation (Atlanta: 2014, property tax)

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by South Fulton Facts

How can we trust the pro-city of South Fulton advocates when they won't even tell the truth about the map they're using?

This is the South Fulton United map:

Attachment 169717

And here is a more accurate map that reflects all annexations to this point:

Attachment 169716

Just let CoA annex all the areas in blue, around FIB.

[jero23]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Just let CoA annex all the areas in blue, around FIB.

That would make logical sense but remember the individuals pushing against the reasonable and legal annexations are not logical nor reasonable...

[South Fulton Facts]

We recently contacted the Georgia General Assembly Legislative Reapportionment Office to inquire about the accuracy of the maps used by people promoting the proposed city of South Fulton.

We were told that the Legislative Reapportionment office uses official 2010 Census geography, which does not include any recent annexations.

In other words, the maps of the proposed city of South Fulton currently circulating ARE NOT accurate. We DO NOT know for certain what map we'll be voting on in November.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by South Fulton Facts

We recently contacted the Georgia General Assembly Legislative Reapportionment Office to inquire about the accuracy of the maps used by people promoting the proposed city of South Fulton.

We were told that the Legislative Reapportionment office uses official 2010 Census geography, which does not include any recent annexations.

In other words, the maps of the proposed city of South Fulton currently circulating ARE NOT accurate. We DO NOT know for certain what map we'll be voting on in November.

That is a yuge issue.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Just let CoA annex all the areas in blue, around FIB.

Should also include FIB (basically everything north of Camp Creek).

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by South Fulton Facts

We recently contacted the Georgia General Assembly Legislative Reapportionment Office to inquire about the accuracy of the maps used by people promoting the proposed city of South Fulton.

We were told that the Legislative Reapportionment office uses official 2010 Census geography, which does not include any recent annexations.

In other words, the maps of the proposed city of South Fulton currently circulating ARE NOT accurate. We DO NOT know for certain what map we'll be voting on in November.

It surprises me sometimes how little 'up to date' data there is for the governments... I wonder what it would cost the state to run a continually updating GIS service for this kind of thing.

[jero23]

Originally Posted by South Fulton Facts

We recently contacted the Georgia General Assembly Legislative Reapportionment Office to inquire about the accuracy of the maps used by people promoting the proposed city of South Fulton.

We were told that the Legislative Reapportionment office uses official 2010 Census geography, which does not include any recent annexations.

In other words, the maps of the proposed city of South Fulton currently circulating ARE NOT accurate. We DO NOT know for certain what map we'll be voting on in November.

It wouldn't be hard for the staffers of the General Assembly to acquire the data considering Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) received annual updates of annexation data from all the municipal governments in the 10-county area.

[bu2]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

It surprises me sometimes how little 'up to date' data there is for the governments... I wonder what it would cost the state to run a continually updating GIS service for this kind of thing.

There was some confusion about the LaVista Hills boundaries because of the limited capabilities.

[fourthwarden]

Originally Posted by bu2

There was some confusion about the LaVista Hills boundaries because of the limited capabilities.

Which, to me, is silly. How can we make informed decisions without data? How can we truly decide on policy without information or context?

I get that that's a kinda idealized outlook, but it's an important aspect of metro / county governing.

[demonta4]

Originally Posted by fourthwarden

Which, to me, is silly. How can we make informed decisions without data? How can we truly decide on policy without information or context?

I get that that's a kinda idealized outlook, but it's an important aspect of metro / county governing.

Our government in Georgia has never been efficient, so I'm not surprised about this but I do expect better. This is one reason why I wish we had never made all of these new cities in the first place because it's so much easier to just lay off annexation laws so we wouldn't have a bunch of city line mix ups over who owns who.