An "exciting time" in local government

Now is an “exciting time” in the study of Georgia’s local governments, said Harry Hayes, an authority on those local governments, as he spoke to students last Monday at the University of Georgia.
The formation of four new cities in the last three years alone, said the project director at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, constitutes an interesting trend. As these cities begin their lives, said Hayes, it is interesting to track the formation of their governments and how those governments will mesh with those of the counties in which they reside.