State Senate, crazy with thirst, declares war on Tennessee
February 20, 2008 at 12:09 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsProving that there is no fighting in the war room, the state Senate huddled up together and unanimously passed a resolution that would effectively make Georgia look like a bunch of fools and piss Tennessee off at the same time.
The resolution, introduced by Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, calls for a committee to study whether a 190-year-old surveying error mislabeled the border between the two states, and if so, what legal claims Georgia has to annex it. Why do we suddenly care? Legislators say the error robbed us of access to billions of gallons of rich water flowing through the Tennessee River.
State Rep. Harry Geisinger, R-Roswell, introduced a companion resolution in the House, which has yet to hear a vote. Word around the Capitol and in my gut says that’ll pass just as easily.
So there you have it. Solving the water crisis the General Assembly way: Committee your way into someone else’s land and stick a straw in their river.
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February 20th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
yeah, and don’t think these shenanigans are going unnoticed in FL and AL too. Just great.