Editing Mableton, Georgia (section)

===De-annexation calls===
Michael Owens stated that he was not against de-annexation but that his focus was on the majority of Mableton residents who wish to be in the city.<ref name="Q&A"/> LaTonia Long and Michael Murphy both opposed de-annexation.<ref name="Q&A"/> Mayoral candidate Aaron Carman said that he supported the people involved in the de-annexation effort but stated that if the de-annexation efforts do not pass, Mableton needed someone that could "bring the city together".<ref name="Q&A">{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/q-mableton-mayoral-candidates-233600472.html|title=Q&A with Mableton mayoral candidates|date=February 28, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225004027/https://news.yahoo.com/q-mableton-mayoral-candidates-233600472.html|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo News}}</ref> State representative [[David Wilkerson (politician)|David Wilkerson]] submitted two de-annexation bills that would have allowed some areas to de-annex from Mableton but both failed in the [[Georgia General Assembly]].<ref name="Bill"/> A compromise bill in response to the bills submitted by Wilkerson was drafted by state representatives [[Terry Cummings (politician)|Terry Cummings]] and [[Michael Smith (Georgia politician)|Michael Smith]] but this also failed as it was not published in time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mableton-mayor-city-council-election|title=Polls open Tuesday to decide Mableton's first mayor, city council|first=Denise|last=Dillon|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225003345/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mableton-mayor-city-council-election|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=FOX 5 Atlanta}}</ref><ref name="Bill">{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-annexation-fails-under-gold-223500792.html|title=Mableton de-annexation fails under the Gold Dome|date=March 20, 2023|access-date=December 25, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231225150705/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mableton-annexation-fails-under-gold-223500792.html?guccounter=1|archive-date=December 25, 2023|url-status=live|website=Yahoo Finance}}</ref>