Savannah's Stephens revisits false narrative in pushing private water service bill

For the second time in a two-week period, a Georgia legislator on Tuesday misrepresented the rationale for his proposed bill that would allow private companies to provide water service to new residential subdivisions in coastal areas without the approval of local governments. In a hearing of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment, Republican Rep. Ron Stephens of Savannah repeated his false assertion that a developer shelved plans for a 500-home community in Pembroke last month because Bryan County could not supply water to the subdivision. After spending...