After a few dozen people stood up to oppose it, a developer’s request to rezone 61 acres of agricultural land on the Georgia Highway 119 Connector for creation of a subdivision with lots for 59 single-family homes went down to denial by a 4-3 vote of the Bulloch County commissioners June 3.

This involved Chairman David Bennett’s first use of his tiebreaker vote since he was elected countywide to lead the Board of Commissioners last year and took office in early January 2025. Of the district commissioners, two who were first elected last year, Ray Davis and Nick Newkirk, respectively, made and seconded the motion to deny the zoning change. One longer-serving commissioner, Toby Conner, joined them in voting “yes” for denial. But the other three longer-serving commissioners – Anthony Simmons

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