Activists have announced an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed
Community organizer Kamau Franklin speaks during a news conference outside Atlanta's City Hall, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to announce an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed.
Alex Joseph, a local attorney who is helping to lead the legal effort, said the referendum campaign is modeled after a successful effort in coastal Georgia, where Camden County residents voted overwhelmingly last year to block county officials from building a launchpad for blasting commercial rockets into space.unanimously upheld the legality of the Camden County referendum
Construction crews have already begun clearing wide swaths of the overgrown, urban forest in unincorporated DeKalb County ahead of the planned construction of the 85-acre campus. Project opponents said they plan to seek a court order to halt the work pending the outcome of their proposed referendum.
, with protesters having been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement officers. “The exciting thing about the referendum is that it’s a silver bullet,” Joseph said. “If we win, it shuts down the project.”
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