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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Cityhood watch: South Fulton vote postponed
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fulton County election officials on Wednesday pulled the plug on the June 19 referendum on a proposed city of South Fulton.
Election organizers said Gov. Sonny Perdue had not signed legislation calling for the election in time for them to issue the call and meet state legal guidelines to advertise the vote.
The delay means a vote can’t be held until September at the earliest. Any further delays would imperil elections that are now still set for November, if voters approve the new city.
Advocates for incorporation say they will adjust accordingly.
“I don’t think this hurts us at all,” said George Nicholson, a contractor who’s helping organize the city. “It does give us more time to educate the public on the new city.”
While the South Fulton election is off, there still will be a cityhood referendum on June 19 for the proposed city of Chattahoochee Hill Country.
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Where should second airport be built?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Federal officials Tuesday planted the seeds for a second commercial airport in metro Atlanta, and in doing so, launched what will likely be a long-running debate about where it should be located.
“Now is the time for Atlanta to consider having multiple commercial airports,” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters told reporters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport as she announced a $1 million grant to study capacity expansion in Atlanta.
Peters joined Federal Aviation Administration chief Marion Blakey, who presented the results of a study that found major U.S. cities must expand their airports or build new ones in the next 20 years to keep pace with an ever-increasing demand for air travel. Blakey said the nation might need to build up to four more major commercial airports during the next three decades.
“Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas and San Diego are among the likely candidates,” Blakey wrote in the preface of the FAA report, “Capacity Needs in the National Airspace System.”
Hartsfield-Jackson currently is the world’s busiest airport, with about 86 million passengers a year — but one reason it is so busy is that, unlike in some other major metro areas, it is the lone commercial airport for the region.
Read the full story by AJC reporter Jim Tharpe
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