The long, simmering fight between Coweta County and the Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center came to a head last month when the board members of the planning agency voted to kick Coweta County and the city of LaGrange out of the organization.

The board voted to kick out and not allow members to vote who were not current with their dues. Coweta County has withheld nearly $41,000 in 1999 dues from the organization in a protest over the city of LaGrange not paying dues for the last four years.

“They [LaGrange] said they're current because they've paid dues for 1999, but they still owe for 1996, 1997 and 1998,” said Commissioner Vernon “Mutt” Hunter who attended the board meeting.

Since LaGrange has now been removed from the organization and can't receive any services from the planning group unless the services are state-mandated, Hunter asked the county to now pay its back dues and get back in the organization.

Hunter also would like to see a complete accounting of all the services that Chatt-Flint has provided the county so county officials will know what they're getting for their funds.

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