Fulton commission votes against spreading the love

Fulton County Commissioner and tireless self-promoter Robb Pitts has sent out a release lambasting his colleagues for putting the ixnay on his proposal to “make meetings more accessible for citizens.”

Specifically, he’d suggested holding commission meetings during evening hours in locations around the county. The board had even tried it twice last year — at the North and South county annex buildings — but apparently decided it didn’t like being so close to the rabble.

Frankly, I think Pitt’s proposal would’ve been a great idea — 10 years ago.

It’s still not a bad idea, but now what’s the point? Fulton’s government is all but vaporized, its functions and authority having been absorbed by start-up cities on both ends of the county. Hell, it doesn’t really do zoning anymore, which is the issue that compelled most people to attend meetings.

The timing of Pitt’s proposal suggests that he’s trying to derail the effort to split Fulton asunder to create Milton County. Sorry, but that train has left the station. If it gets stopped, it will be due to heroic efforts by Atlanta state lawmakers and Mayor Kasim Reed, not by Fulton commissioners pretending they suddenly care about what the folks up in Alpharetta have to say.