Activists have announced an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of the controversial training center should proceed.
to refuse to fund the training facility, the activists returned to City Hall to file a referendum petition, hoping to take the fight to the ballot box. Under the proposed referendum, voters would choose whether they want to repeal the ordinance that authorized the lease of the city-owned land upon which the project is set to be built.
, though it remains an open question whether citizens can veto decisions of city governments. Joseph said she expects city officials to file legal challenges to try to halt the effort, but that she and other attorneys are working to ensure that the referendum passes legal muster.Opponents of the proposed training center say they need to gather the signatures of 15% of the approximately 469,000 city residents who were registered to vote in the last election, which would be 70,330 signatures.
But opponents, who have been joined by activists from around the country, say they fear it will lead to greater militarization of the police and that its construction will exacerbate environmental damage in a poor, majority-Black area., with protesters having been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at law enforcement officers.
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