A Georgia county says Black slave descendants can't legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community.
FILE - A sticker saying “Keep Sapelo Geechee” is worn on the shirt of George Grovner, a resident of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island, during a meeting of McIntosh County commissioners, Sept. 12, 2023, in Darien, Ga. Georgia ’s McIntosh County on Monday, July 15, 2024, said Black slave descendants can’t legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community. SAVANNAH, Ga.
Hogg Hummock residents and their supporters submitted a petition on July 9 with more than 2,300 signatures at the McIntosh County courthouse. Organizers said they collected hundreds more signatures than needed to put the zoning issue before county voters. He said that’s because Georgia’s constitution states that referendum results are invalid if they clash with other constitutional provisions or with state law. The constitution gives Georgia counties sole authority over zoning, he said, and state law specifies the process for adopting and repealing zoning ordinances.
“We do not believe that McIntosh County has the right to interject itself into this proceeding whether it be by a formal pleading or disguised as a letter to the Probate Judge,” Braun said in an email.
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