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...gains a U.S. House seat. Where does the new congressional district go? One scenario involves the creation of a "Lake Lanier district" centered around Hall, Cherokee and Forsyth counties in Atlanta's northern suburbs. A lot of names are...
...one of those oddities of Georgia geography. South Georgia's Lakeland is in Lanier County - not to be confused with Lake Lanier, which is in north Georgia. - Finally, gas is no cheaper in south Georgia. And it takes a lot of it to get from...
...couldn't dream of doing: the 5K swim. Hendry and hundreds of other swimmers at the zone championships made the trip to Lake Lanier at the end of the meet for the open-water competition. "There were so many people at the start. It turned swimming...
...something you're going to get stuck there," Bell said. The idea was to avoid problems he heard about at light trails at Lake Lanier, where "people will flash their lights and you're going to feel guilty and move on." The first night, before...
...reconvenes in January is water, Harbin said. Earlier this year, a federal judge banned the state from drawing water from Lake Lanier to service Atlanta residents. The two issues lawmakers must deal with, Harbin said, will be getting water to Atlanta...
...reservoirs that will be needed to supply Atlanta and north Georgia if a federal judge's order to cut off access to Lake Lanier by 2012 remains in effect. After fighting for the past two sessions over a special sales tax for highway construction...
...Florida and Alabama over the withdrawal of water from Lake Lanier. There was one major issue not addressed by the water...in Atlanta cannot regain full access to the water in Lake Lanier, their only real option is to pipe in water from river...
...flush our plumbing fixtures. We are about 20 months away from a court-imposed deadline that could cut off access to Lake Lanier for much of North Georgia. - State troopers to patrol our jam-packed highways and crime labs to help put criminals...
...River. With a 2012 federal court deadline rapidly approaching that could mean the shutoff of access to the water in Lake Lanier, Metro Atlanta lawmakers will be compelled to vote together on one and possibly two initiatives: - Legislation allowing...
...years to come. Magnuson declared that most of metro Atlanta had no legal authority to withdraw drinking water from Lake Lanier. Unless Congress approved reauthorization, the judge said, access to the federal reservoir would be cut off in 2012...