Cityhood group fined over financial report
The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission fined that the Committee for East Cobb Cityhood for failing to file a required campaign finance report before the May 2022 referendum. Story. | Read the Report.
Coverage of Cityhood Referendum
- Editor’s Note: Community and the East Cobb Cityhood saga
- Cityhood group: ‘Our polling told a different story’
- Precinct-by-precinct breakdown
- Cityhood referendum defeated in a landslide
- As Cityhood vote nears, recent votes have sputtered
- East Cobb Cityhood groups spar over police, fire services
- Cityhood group decries ‘cancel culture attack’ on founder
- East Cobb Cityhood debate rehashes development, finances
- Glitch leaves off East Cobb Cityhood referendum on some ballots
- Cobb judge orders Cityhood referendums to proceed May 24
- East Cobb Cityhood leader seeks to intervene in lawsuit
- Lawsuit filed to stop East Cobb referendum
- At debate, East Cobbers asked to keep an open mind
- Lawsuit to stop East Cobb vote ‘inevitable’
- East Cobb Cityhood debates sold out for in-person attendance
- East Cobb Cityhood group accuses county of campaigning against referendums
- East Cobb Cityhood group slams Vinings referendum lawsuit
- Anti-Cityhood signs removed from shopping center
- County takes Cityhood town halls to East Cobb
- ECBA, Rotary Club to hold cityhood debates
- GOP special election candidate opposes cityhood
- Cobb Cityhood town hall focuses on East Cobb public safety
- East Cobb Cityhood group: ‘We’re low density fans’
- East Cobb Cityhood foes ramp up efforts to defeat referendum
- Cityhood group defends police and fire plans
- Cityhood group to hold in-person town hall
- East Cobb Cityhood referendum set for May 24
- Cobb officials question East Cobb public safety services
Proposed East Cobb city map
For a larger view of the neighborhood-level interactive, click here.
- Official East Cobb Cityhood Website
- Anti-Cityhood Group: East Cobb Alliance
- READ THE BILL: Full text of HB 841
- East Cobb Cityhood bill gets final passage in Ga. legislature
- Cobb government, Cityhood advocates ramp up talking points
- East Cobb Cityhood bill passes Senate; returns to House
- Editor’s Note: Why the rush with Cobb cityhood bills?
- East Cobb Cityhood group to hold virtual information session
- East Cobb Cityhood bill clears Senate committee
- East Cobb Cityhood bill sponsor resigns from legislature
- Cobb chairwoman speaks out on cityhood, redistricting
- East Cobb Cityhood bill passes Georgia House
- Revised East Cobb Cityhood bill would move up referendum to May
- East Cobb Cityhood group presses for ‘right’ to referendum
- East Cobb Cityhood bill approved by House committee
- East Cobb residents sound of on cityhood bill at hearing
- East Cobb Cityhood bill to get first legislative hearing
- Cityhood, reapportionment top 2022 Cobb legislative agenda
Cityhood Financial Feasibility Study
- Study declares financial feasibility; public safety services added
- Cityhood leader: ‘Unilateral’ support for police and fire
- Cityhood group to resume public sessions in January
2021 Cityhood Coverage
- Financial study commissioned; road services added
- “Sense of pride” emphasized at Cityhood town hall
- Cityhood committee leadership team details revealed
- At town hall, Cityhood leaders stress ‘local control’
- Q & A: State Rep. Matt Dollar, sponsor of cityhood bill
- Cityhood group to hold virtual town hall April 14
- Anti-East Cobb Cityhood group calls renewed effort ‘Jaws 2’
- East Cobb Cityhood bill calls for Nov. 2022 referendum
- Cityhood effort revived with new proposed services, map
East Cobb News Cityhood Coverage 2018-19
The Committee for Cityhood in East Cobb announced in December 2019 it was putting its legislative request on hold until 2021, saying “we want to take the time to do it right.”
The Basics
- Legislation & Proposed Charter
- Proposed Map
- INTERACTIVE MAP: Do you live in the city?
- Financial Feasibility Study
- Independent Financial Review: Summary | Full Report
- Official Cityhood Website
- Anti-Cityhood Group: East Cobb Alliance
Stories
- At candidates forum, East Cobb cityhood still a hot topic
- Editor’s Note: Cityhood an idea worth considering
- East Cobb cityhood effort delayed until 2021
- Cityhood opponents unveil ‘best estimate’ of revised map
- Cityhood bill sponsor says map still undergoing changes
- Former cityhood financial review member explains resignation
- Editor’s Note: A golden goose, and boiling frogs
- Cityhood group releases names of committee members
- Pro- and anti-cityhood forces square off in debate
- Proposed East Cobb city map expands to include Pope, Lassiter districts
- Cityhood group hires high-profile state lobbyists
- Cityhood opponents schedule, then cancel secret meeting
- Cityhood group to hold town hall meeting at Wheeler HS
- East Cobb Business Association to hold cityhood forum
- Cityhood leader: Independent review “confirms” financial viability
- Financial review group: No police services to start
- Grassroots citizens group forms to oppose cityhood
- Comparing City of East Cobb finances to Cobb, North Fulton cities
- ‘Independent’ group auditing finances, building budget
- Cityhood budget, taxes discussed at Powers Ferry forum
- Defining and redrawing the East Cobb city map
- More Cityhood stories from East Cobb News
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