Opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center are suing the city, saying the city clerk is delaying a petition drive that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting the complex.
The suit, filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, asks a judge to order acting City Clerk Vanessa Waldon to approve the petition so organizers can start gathering signatures.
The proposed referendum is an effort to halt the project that its opponents refer to as “Cop City.” They filed the petition on June 7, the day after the City Council rejected protesters’ pleas to refuse to fund the training facility.
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