District 2 Cobb Commissioner Jerica Richardson will hold a town hall meeting next week to reveal her 2023 priorities.
The town hall takes place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 at the Boy Scouts of America (1800 Circle 75 Pkwy, Atlanta), followed by a networking event at 7:30 p.m.
The networking features members of Richardson’s community cabinet, citizens who are chosen to advise on various topics, including infrastructure, housing and zoning, transportation, courts, education, public safety, seniors and more.
Richardson held a “priorities tour” earlier this year to gather public feedback on topics to emphasize in the current year.
It’s her first town hall since the county became embroiled in legal action over its home rule challenge to commission redistricting that has directly affected her.
The Georgia legislature approved maps last year that would draw her out of her home in District 2 in the middle of her term and moving most of East Cobb into District 3.
She and the two other Democrats on the Cobb Board of Commissioners voted in October to submit maps to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office that would make few changes to the previous District 2 lines, which included some of East Cobb and the Smyrna-Cumberland-Vinings area.
The board’s two Republicans have publicly objected at every meeting this year. One of them, District 1 commissioner Keli Gambrill, has filed two lawsuits against the county, saying that the home rule challenge is unconstitutional and that only the legislature can conduct reapportionment.
East Cobb resident Debbie Fisher filed an ethics complaint against Richardson in February, alleging she was engaging in a conflict of interest after setting up a non-profit to advocate against the legislature’s redistricting maps. But the Cobb Board of Ethics dismissed the complaint.
Since she took office in 2021, Richardson has sought public input on priorities in the first quarter (2021, 2022).
You can register for the town hall by clicking here.
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