Sen. Millar: Only Lakeside Cityhood Bill Will Move Forward

The only cityhood bill out of DeKalb County with any chance of moving seriously toward the creation of a new municipality here is the Lakeside City Alliance's bill, state Sen. Fran Millar said last week.

The Dunwoody legislator told Reporter Newspapers that bills that have led to new cities in the metro Atlanta area over the last several years have been mostly Republican-led, and the alliance's bill is likely to be the only serious cityhood contender.

From the Reporter Newspapers story published Friday:

Millar, who sponsored the Lakeside bill, said he doesn’t expect any serious cityhood efforts will come out of the flurry of last-minute placeholder bills.

“Do I think some of these bills are going to be going anywhere? Absolutely not,” Millar said. “I think the only one that will go anywhere — if they can raise the money — is the city of Lakeside.”

Millar noted that the creation of new cities has been a partisan issue in the past, with the bills to create cities in the metro Atlanta area led almost exclusively by Republican lawmakers. But this year, all of the last-minute incorporation bills were sponsored by Democrats.

“All the Democrats have done for the last couple years is complain about the growth of cities, and now you’ve got five bills filed by Democrats for cities,” Millar said.

Read the full story for more information.

Several legislators have submitted bills that could lead the path toward other cities in DeKalb County. Here are several stories about those efforts:

• Carter Files 'City of Lavista Hills' Bill
• Cityhood Bill Filed for Tucker
• Lakeside Alliance Files Cityhood Bill

For more information about cityhood in our community.

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