Cherokee County Superior Court Judge David Cannon Jr. has rejected a request from Tea Party activist Carolyn Cosby for an injunction halting a deal to bring the old Ball Ground recycling plant property back online.
Cosby and fellow plaintiff Bill McNiff had sought the move to prevent the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners and the Resource Recovery Development Authority from implementing a deal approved with Cowart Mulch Properties April 30.
Cowart sought to lease/purchase the more-than 30-acre tract over a 30-year period for $3 million.
The plaintiffs had claimed the county’s announced deal with Cowart amounted to a “sweetheart” agreement and that a sale of the land and the equipment on it outright would fetch $10 million. They had wanted the site sold to the “highest and best bidder.”
County attorney Angela Davis, in an earlier motion to dismiss the lawsuit, had labeled it “frivolous.”
Former recycling center operator Jimmie Bobo declared bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2012.
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