3/20/08 (7:55 a.m.) Georgia State Representative Matt Ramsey
(R-Peachtree City) today applauded the defeat of a measure that proposed to
impose a change to the system by which the Fayette County Commission is
elected over the objections of Fayette County's locally elected officials.
The House rejected House Bill 1307 by a bipartisan vote of 91-48.
“I am pleased that the House today recognized that this
proposal was not appropriate for local legislation, as it does not have the
support of the local community it would affect,” Ramsey said. “This is not a
debate that should occur on the floor of the House by politicians from all
over the state of Georgia, this is a decision that should be made by the local
citizens of Fayette County and their locally elected officials.”
HB 1307 proposed to segment Fayette County into voting
districts for the purpose of electing County Commissioners in Fayette County.
Currently every voter in Fayette County gets to vote for each of the five
County Commissioners. This proposal would allow each voter to only vote for
one Commissioner from their own geographic segment of the County. Ramsey and
Representative John Yates (R-Griffin) each made parliamentary inquiries
pointing out to the House that this legislation has been publically opposed by
the entire Fayette County Commission, the Mayor and City Council of
Fayetteville, the Mayor and City Council of Tyrone, and the Mayor of Peachtree
City.
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