Gwinnett Buzz

State Rep. Tom Rice has drafted legislation in the Georgia General Assembly to allow Peachtree Corners to incorporate as a “city light.”  The legislation would permit Peachtree Corners to incorporate with “a weak governing board that addresses only minimal issues, such as planning and zoning, code enforcement and trash collection” while continuing to receive “county services, such as police, water and roadwork, after it has formed into a city.”  According to Mike Mason, president of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association, the association is awaiting a University of Georgia study on the cost of operating such a muncipality.  Why do I suspect that the results of that study are really immaterial?  After all, isn’t an initiative such as this more often about power for those pushing it than anything else?

Tags: Georgia General Assembly, government, legislation, Mike Mason, Peachtree Corners, Planning and Zoning, Tom Rice, United Peachtree Corners Civic Association, University of Georgia

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