Georgia looking to annex part of Tennessee
Georgia Seeks to Change Its Border - AOL News
But as Georgia eyes a longshot bid to move its state line north to the Tennessee River in pursuit of water for drought-stricken Atlanta, residents fear this Appalachian tourist town and its bars would be left high and dry - literally. If the move went through, local watering holes would be in Fannin County, Ga., which bans alcohol.
"Everybody would have to drive 40 miles" to get a beer, Deonna Beckett, 37, of Ducktown, said recently as she sat with friends at Dinos New York Pub in Copperhill.
Lawmakers in drought-stricken Georgia have empowered the governor to sue to correct an 1818 survey that mistakenly placed Georgia's northern line just short of the Tennessee River, which boasts a flow about 15 times greater than the one Atlanta depends on for water. Any border change would likely require an act of Congress or a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, so it's highly unlikely the state lines would actually move.
It's one of the more dramatic proposals to help Georgia cope with a drought of historic proportions. Most of the Atlanta metropolitan area of 5 million people is still in an extreme drought. And recent rains haven't done much to help its chief source of water, Lake Lanier, recharge its supply.