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Gov. Deal signs bill to silence minority voters

Gov. Deal recently approved a measure carving out land from the city of Stockbridge near Atlanta, giving some voters the opportunity to create a new municipality with more concentrated wealth and much fewer minority voters. The new city, Eagles Landing, was named for its local country club of the same name and proposes to take about a third of Stockbridge’s residents but half of the its revenue. The median income of Eagles Landing will be

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Tell Gov. Deal to veto Eagles Landing bill

The bill to establish Eagles Landing is headed for Gov. Deal’s desk, and this may be our last chance to demand that he veto this legislation. The bill would carve out a new city called Eagles Landing from the existing city of Stockbridge, along racial lines. Ultimately, the new city — named after local country club Eagle’s Landing — would deliver a huge hit to minority voters by significantly and intentionally diluting their voting power. Let’s