Atlanta Forward: Quality of life

Two DeKalb County communities are fighting a border war in order to get approval from the Legislature to proceed with incorporation. “If the people in this room want something to happen, they’d better get their act together and come up with a map that we can approve, ” Rep. Mark Hamilton, R-Cumming, said at a public hearing. If the General Assembly and Gov. Nathan Deal rule favorably on the new cities, residents will get to vote on incorporating. Today, we hear from leaders of the Tucker and LaVista Hills city movements. A third column looks at some other metro Atlanta cityhood efforts.