Post by Police Moderator on Mar 26, 2013 8:03:27 GMT -5
Georgia Senate Passes Resolution 48-2 On Border Dispute, Link To Nickajack Water
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
The Georgia Senate on Monday passed a resolution 48-2 offering Tennessee a "settlement" of a long-standing border dispute. If Tennessee does not take the deal, the Georgia attorney general would be authorized to file suit in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The resolution calls for Georgia to give up most of its claim in exchange for a narrow stretch of unoccupied territory along TVA land tying to Nickajack Lake.
Georgia, with dwindling water supplies for the thirsty Atlanta Metro area, has long eyed a tap into the abundant waters of the Tennessee River.
It calls for dropping all the claim "except for an area described as follows which shall be made a part of the State of Georgia by which Georgia shall be able to exercise its riparian water rights to the Tennessee River at Nickajack."
Read more: chattanoogan
Look here...... Georgia wants to move the border? I say all or nothing and move the border to where it should be.
That way they'd get a little Tennessee water, but they'd have to take Tiftonia, almost all of East Ridge, St. Elmo, all of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee and 2/3rds of East Lake, too!
Seems fair.
