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SB 510 Takes A Dive
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on March 30, the final session of the Georgia General Assembly, after a
series of votes against proposed amendments, and after an overwhelming vote
NOT to table the bill, the House voted the Stream Buffer Destruction Act
DOWN by a vote of 139-30. This is a huge victory for the environmental community
and the Georgia Water Coalition - we did not anticipate such overwhelming
opposition to this bill. We even got votes from Representatives who don't
normally support environmental legislation! Pro-environment Representatives deserve a huge amount of credit - Debbie Buckner (Columbus), Brian Thomas (Gwinnett), Bob Holmes (Fulton), and Dubose Porter (Dublin) all spoke eloquently for about 20 minutes each, carefully crafting the argument for why this bill was such a bad idea. And the legislative leaders for the environmental community - the Sierra Club, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Georgia Conservation Voters, and Georgia Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) also deserve a lot of credit for their hard work and leadership. The Georgia Conservancy was also involved every step of the way, and we are extremely proud that for now, the quality of our drinking water will not be harmed by development within stream buffers. |
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