Rep. Howard Mosby The following are questions that Save Tucker! recently posed to Rep. Howard Mosby (D - Atlanta) who is a member of the House Governmental Affairs Committee. Mosby was appointed to the Tucker/LaVista Hills (Lakeside) Boundary subcommittee that recently defined borders between the two city advocacy groups. Q: What is the requirement for feasibility reports with these new borders? A: Great question. It is my understanding that the feasibility reports will take at least 3 months to complete and therefore may not be available for the committee to consider before voting on them. Therefore, those requirements may be (more likely probably) suspended in order to vote on those boundaries. Q: What is the rule for the two year mandatory process? Has an exception been made for these groups only, or has the rule been changed for future groups as well? Where can the public view the actual rules if they have question...
This is a blog about the small town of Tucker, Georgia, which is located just outside the major metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 2013, the residents of Tucker learned that a small group of politically motivated individuals who lived nearby wanted to incorporate using Tucker's commercial areas and leaving many of the long-time residents on the outskirts of the new city. This is the story of how the residents have fought back to preserve history and their own community.