Mableton cityhood

a screenshot of the six districts in Mableon, with 1,2,3 to the south, 4, 5, 6 to the north

Mableton November 8, 2024

Mayor Owens distributes statement on GA Supreme Court proceeding on Mableton cityhood challenge

Below is a statement distributed by Mayor Michael Owens about Wednesday’s proceeding before the Georgia Supreme Court regarding the challenge to the legality of Mableton’s cityhood. We reached out to…

Mableton October 1, 2024

Comments from the opposing sides of the Mableton cityhood lawsuit

The Supreme Court of Georgia has tentatively scheduled oral arguments on the challenge to the existence of the City of Mableton for November 6. Below are statements from the opposing…

Mableton February 20, 2024

Court proceedings for lawsuit to invalidate Mableton’s incorporation begin March 6

The court proceedings in the lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the referendum that formed the city of Mableton will begin March 6, 2024, in the courtroom of Cobb County Superior…

A map showing the breakdown of the cityhood vote for Mableton in the southern triangle in Cobb County

Mableton July 30, 2023

Mableton cityhood history: “Group meets to explore Mableton cityhood”

With the formation of the City of Mableton well underway, we thought it might be interesting to republish some of the articles from the Cobb County Courier from 2015 onward….

Mableton July 29, 2023

Mableton cityhood history: a MIC forum in 2015

With the formation of the City of Mableton well underway, we thought it might be interesting to republish some of the articles from the Cobb County Courier from 2015 onward….

Mableton March 22, 2023

Mableton election unofficial results in with several runoffs ahead

[Correction: in the first version I referred to Aaron Carman as “Adam.” I regret the error. Thankfully it was only up for a few minutes before I noticed it —…

Mableton, Opinion March 18, 2023

March Mableton Madness: The Big Dance of De-annexation

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College The biggest story in Cobb County this month is….the Kennesaw State University Owls making the March Madness tournament and nearly…

Mableton February 13, 2023

Q&A with the Mableton mayoral candidates

By Rebecca Gaunt The newly-established city of Mableton will elect its first mayor and city council on March 21. With one candidate disqualified and another withdrawing, four people remain in…

Mableton February 10, 2023

Lisa Cupid, Monique Sheffield to host town hall about the City of Mableton and the county’s role

Cobb Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid and BOC District 4 Commissioner Monique Sheffield will host a town hall meeting to discuss the City of Mableton, from 7 – 8:30…

Mableton January 18, 2023

Candidates who qualified for Mableton’s municipal elections during the first day of the three-day qualification period

This evening Cobb Elections posted a list of candidates who, on the first day, qualified to run for Mableton city council offices in the March 21 special elections. This election…

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