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As the calendar turned to 1967, Georgia lawmakers faced a political quandary: the impending lease of the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad.
“Quite obviously, the matter is shaping up as the biggest political football to hit the General Assembly in some time,” state Senator Al Holloway of Albany said.[1]
In February 1967, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution rejecting both the Southern and the L&N bids, sending the lease back to the State Properties Control Commission.
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