Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously Monday evening as county commissioners consider doubling the maximum size of houses that can be built in their tiny community of modest homes and dirt roads. Black residents of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island sat mostly silent as McIntosh County commissioners scheduled a Tuesday vote on the proposal. The commission's only Black member implored the others to reject the zoning changes, saying they would favor wealthy buyers and lead to tax increases that would pressure indigenous residents to sell their land.
Slave descendants face local vote on whether wealthy can build large homes in their Georgia island enclave vancouversun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vancouversun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press - Hogg Hummock residents in Georgia are fighting to preserve zoning protections that have shielded them from wealthy buyers and tax increases for nearly 30 years, but county officials have proposed eliminating those protections and allowing wealthy developers to build large beach houses on the island.
Future of Sapelo Island discussed in McIntosh Co. commission work session wtoc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtoc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously Monday evening as county commissioners consider doubling the maximum size of houses that can be built in their tiny community of modest homes.