Woodstock's Planning Commission approved the annexation and rezoning for Ansley Park, denied the variances, and stripped all sixteen conditions. We read the filings. The applicant admits the hardship is self created, misstates two comprehensive plans, proposes a density the city caps at 4, and still has no relocation agreement for 130 families. Council votes August 24. Email your ward member.

The Planning Commission takes up the annexation, rezoning, and variances that would clear Ansley Park and replace it with 220 houses tonight at 7:00. City staff is recommending approval. The Commission recommends, the City Council decides on August 24, and both rooms need to be full. We read the entire 81 page agenda packet. Here is what is in it, what staff got wrong, and what happens tonight. Read the packet yourself: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/woodstockga/ad909a

On the night of Monday, July 27th, Woodstock City Council votes on a three year contract connecting our police department's records to a platform run by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and built by Peregrine Technologies, a San Francisco company valued at $6.8 billion. The contract has no stated price for years two and three. The County sets it, with no cap and no Council vote. It renews itself automatically. It contains no retention limit, no audit requirement, and no d

If you have watched ICE pull a mother out of her home and felt that mix of fury and helplessness, the sense that something is deeply wrong and you are not sure what one person can do about it, this is for you. Because right now there is something you can do, and it takes about five minutes.

Cherokee County is rewriting its entire zoning code for the first time since 1992. The new Unified Development Code will shape growth here for decades. We need residents to weigh in on housing affordability, data centers, environmental protections, and more. Take the online survey before June 30 or attend today's community workshop at 1130 Bluffs Parkway in Canton, 4 to 6 p.m.

There is no shortage of fights right now. Congress is home on April recess, which means this is one of the highest-leverage weeks of the entire year for constituent pressure. And while Georgia's legislative session ended April 2 at Sine Die, the action has not stopped. Three harmful bills that passed both chambers are sitting on Governor Kemp's desk, and he has until May 12 to sign, veto, or allow them to become law without his signature. Here is where things stand as of tod