Republicans in Coweta and Peachtree City express anger over their party's redistricting map

The House Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Committee drew angry comments from residents upset over the proposed Republican map.  

Among other things, it splits parts of Peachtree City and Coweta County. 

"Now our constitution of conservative representation is under attack," Alan Brady of Coweta County told the committee. "This current map is an attack on we, the citizens of District 71. If it goes as present shown, 30,000 Cowetans will lose their voice in the state House."

Jan Horn, another resident, questioned how Republicans could create the map that changed her district.

"To gut Coweta County the way it's been gutted, and for the Democrats to come up with a map for that area, I wonder about the party I'm involved in," Jan Horn said.

The Republican map moves Rep. Philip Singleton (R-Sharpsburg) from his heavily GOP area to a heavily Democratic South Fulton. One speaker called the change a vendetta against Singleton, who joined a lawsuit over the Dominion voting machines. 

"It just seems like you're going after him, and what you're doing to him is what you're doing to Fayette County also," said Peachtree City resident Suzanne Brown. "You're dividing Fayette County into four separate districts. That's ridiculous."

Dunwoody is another area the Republican map is splitting, upsetting residents. 

"If the committee maps are passed," Amy Swygert of Dunwoody said, "I will no longer have a vote in my community as to who represents the vast majority of my city." 

The redistricting and reapportionment process must take into account one million new Georgians in the past decade. 

The committee meets Thursday morning and could vote on the map.