A developing story in local political news this week is State Rep Ed Rynders’ (R-Leesburg) proposal to allow the citizens of Albany and Dougherty County the ability to vote on whether or not the two entities should be merged.
I am a former resident of Dougherty County who lived just outside the city limits of Albany on Gillionville Road. In fact, it was due to this location that I actually went to church with State Rep Carol Fullerton for a while (before she was a State Rep), and am still a member at that church. (I actually go to another church now, just haven’t walked down the aisle to join it yet.)
Albany Mayor Willie Adams and Dougherty County Commission Chairman Jeff Sinyard oppose consolidation, for obvious reasons: one of the two would probably lose their influence, if not their job completely.
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State Senate Bills I Find Interesting (SB 222 – SB 235)
Conclusions:
SB 222: OPPOSE
SB 223: OPPOSE
SB 224: SUPPORT
SB 225: OPPOSE
SB 226: OPPOSE
SB 227: OPPOSE
SB 228: OPPOSE
SB 229: OPPOSE
SB 230: SUPPORT
SB 231: OPPOSE
SB 232: OPPOSE
SB 233: OPPOSE
SB 234: OPPOSE
SB 235: OPPOSE
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