Perdue withdraws lawsuit aimed at the Corps of Engineers
A few weeks ago, Gov. Sonny Perdue filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get them to release less water from Lake Lanier. Today, that suit was dropped.
In the words of Gov. Perdue:
“With the recent intervention by President Bush to compel our federal partners to come to the table, I am optimistic that this matter can be resolved outside of a courtroom.
I never want to resort to legal action to settle disputes, but the seriousness of this drought forced me to explore every option available to protect Georgia’s water resources.”
I imagine that the decision to cut the flow from Buford Dam had a lot to do with it.
[ PDF of the injunction withdrawl press release ]
