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SharonAnn

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1. Georgia also tried to get their state's northern boundary changed so that

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 22, 2017, 10:56 AM

Jan 2017

The Tennessee River could be accessed for water.

Of course, there was a plan approved and in place to build a reservoir for the metro Atlanta water supply, but that was under a Democratic governor. One of the first things the new Republican governor did was cancel that project in 2002.

Of course, the problem of water needs didn't go away. just the solution went away.

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