Interested in recent media updates involving the Proposed City of East Cobb?
Here are some:
- AJC’s Sunday 22 May article about the underfunding of a cityhood fire department is very revealing Fire department key to East Cobb cityhood – Atlanta Journal-Constitution (ajc.com)
- AJC’s article covering the draft feasibility study, specifically that the city was deemed NOT FEASIBLE by Georgia State University, unless proponents took the Cobb County Fire Fund, assumed funding for Police and Fire below all comparison cities in the feasibility study (and all other cities in Cobb County), and use the remainder for the city’s general operations. https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/an-east-cobb-fire-department-the-make-or-break-component-of-cityhood/2JZISI43WFDIRBMYEA43NDBLUA/
- East Cobb News’ article covering the draft feasibility with even more detailed findings. https://eastcobbnews.com/east-cobb-groups-spar-over-police-fire-as-cityhood-vote-looms/
- MDJ’s article on the tax increases experienced by new cities, specifically that cities experience “a 4% to 5% increase in taxes relative to unincorporated areas in the first two years of formation, with a 12% to 13% rise over the course of about 15 years”. https://www.mdjonline.com/news/local/metro-atlantas-new-cities-show-mixed-record-on-millage-increases/article_9af6e386-cd6b-11ec-9e03-c36bc4a9918f.html
- AJC’s article on Georgia Legislative attorneys casting doubt on the constitutionality of the ‘city-lite’ model proposed in East Cobb. https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/cobb-cityhood-legislative-attorneys-cast-doubt-on-legality-of-city-lite-charters/4VMJHCS7PZHH3FLCMWWC4TDKC4/?outputType=amp
- MDJ’s article highlighting that “Of seven groups supporting or opposing Cobb’s three cityhood referendums on May 24 — East Cobb, Lost Mountain, and Vinings — the pro-East Cobb cityhood committee is the only one which has not filed” (the required campaign finance disclosure). https://www.mdjonline.com/news/local/opponents-accuse-east-cobb-cityhood-committee-of-violating-law-in-failure-to-report-donors/article_758ea0fc-d5f9-11ec-badd-074c37f60dc4.html
- AJC’s article on the accusation that Matt Dollar, legislative sponsor of East Cobb cityhood, committed voter fraud. https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/cobb/dem-chair-accuses-ex-rep-of-illegally-voting-on-east-cobb-cityhood/IHBETAYFUNFDLG3AYDWHPDZNDI/
- MDJ’s article on the accusation that Matt Dollar committed voter fraud. https://www.mdjonline.com/opinion/around_town/around-town-cobb-dems-chair-alleges-former-rep-matt-dollar-committed-voter-fraud/article_0aa41bac-d561-11ec-a0f0-476a917534f2.html