The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections begins a busy election year scrambling to find a new elections supervisor. Jeanetta Watson, who became the county’s first Black elections supervisor after Elaine Carr retired in 2012, resigned last week. Her last day is expected to be Jan. 21.
In 2017, the promise of Georgia’s first agrihood, envisioned as a burgeoning community surrounding a collaborative garden, gave him hope. Now, after a $500,000 grant to create an oasis in a fresh food desert, all that remains is a dozen raised beds, some community portraits and dashed dreams on two plots of land.
Macon Mayor Lester Miller believes Georgia lawmakers will call for a referendum to go before voters next year. The proposal will likely include four casinos and two racetracks in the state.
While much of the political world is focused on 2022 contests, Macon-Bibb County is less than two months from the first test of the state’s new election law.