cityhood

2022 Elections May 6, 2022

Hyperlocal control on the ballot as voters decide whether to carve three cities from Cobb

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 6, 2022 The first week of early voting for the May 24th primary is…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor April 21, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Lost Mountain, the City of East Cobb and the City of Vinings charters “legally deficient”

To the editor: As some voters across Cobb County make a choice about cityhood referendums this May, this proverb seems quite applicable: “Everybody learns from their own mistakes. The wise…

a screenshot of a map showing the boundaries of proposed cities of East Cobb (on the right of the map), Lost Mountain (to the left of the map) Mableton (on the bottom of the map) and Vinings (bottom right on the map)

2022 Elections March 12, 2022

Cobb cityhood town hall discusses police, fire, taxes

Last Wednesday evening Cobb County government held a wide-ranging one-hour town hall meeting about the three cityhood initiatives that will be on the ballot May 24 (East Cobb, Lost Mountain…

Cobb County government building sign, a vertical rectangular sign with the words "Board of Commissioners," "County Clerk," "County Manager," "County Office," "Employment," and a wheelchair entrance icon

2022 Elections March 9, 2022

County-sponsored town hall meeting about the Cobb cityhood ballots this evening

This is a reminder that the first in a series of town halls on the cityhood initiatives that will be on the ballot for East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and…

2022 Elections February 15, 2022

Cobb Board of Commissioners to hold work session on cityhood elections this evening

Cobb County posted the following announcement on its website about a work session the Board of Commissioners will hold this evening, February 15, 2022, to hear reports from staff on…

Cobb County February 13, 2022

Interactive maps of proposed cities of East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and Vinings on Cobb GIS site

Cobb GIS has posted the interactive maps of the proposed cities of East Cobb, Lost Mountain, Mableton and Vinings on their site. You can zoom in, determine whether you are…

Welcome to Cobb County brick sign at Henderson Road on Veterans Memorial

Cobb County February 12, 2022

Where to go for information about the Cobb cityhood votes

[Editors note: Aside from our early coverage of the Mableton cityhood movement, the Courier has been late to the game in covering the cityhood proposals that have swept the county….

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