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Matching House and Senate bills to revivify the long-gone Milton County at the expense of Fulton never made it to the floor in the just-completed General Assembly despite having some heavyweight sponsors. But that doesn’t mean the issue is dead. In fact, if a recent lunch gathering of North Fulton mayors is any indication, the movement may only be gaining steam.

For its annual luncheon Tuesday, the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation invited elected officials to opine on the unwieldy topic: ”How Fulton County Could Improve Its Governance To Prevent Any Secession.” But no one really took up that challenge — instead, the consensus seemed to be that it’s too late to preserve Fulton County in its present form.

Although Roswell Mayor Jere Wood has been in office long enough to have worked with a succession of county commission chairmen from North Fulton, he said the best that be hoped for is a clean break, with Milton pulling out of Fulton.

“The residents of North Fulton believe it’s time for the relationship to be ended in divorce,” Wood said.

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From MARTA:

Customers should be aware that significant changes are being made to bus service in Dunwoody and South Fulton including adjustments to current routes and the addition of new services. The following changes will go into effect on Saturday, April 26, 2008. For more information, click here or call 404-848-5000.

To view the complete list of service changes, click here.

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Last week, Fulton County voters overwhelmingly rejected a referendum that would have incorporated more than 96 square miles of southern Fulton County into a city named South Fulton.

“When this election is in the books, I believe that we’ll be seeing Georgia’s next great city; the new City of South Fulton, and as a resident of South Fulton, I look forward to working with my neighbors towards getting our new city off the ground and running on the right foot.”

— Andre Walker writing on his blog, Georgia Politics Unfiltered, on the morning of the referendum. Walker supported the referendum.

“The voters of south Fulton spoke today. They made it clear they want to have a city controlled by six commissioners who don’t live in south Fulton County.”

— Benny Crane, an insurance broker who led the incorporation campaign, speaking to the AJC after the referendum’s defeat

“In the end, I don’t have any regrets whatsoever. The people decided and the people will have to live with their decision along with the consequences of their decision far into the future.”

— Walker in a post on Peach Pundit titled “My thoughts on yesterday’s South Fulton referendum”

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