It could

take several months before the folks in southern Fulton

County learn if they'll find a new home in Coweta County.

Four fed-up

south Fulton residents asked the board of commissioners

Tuesday morning to consider annexing them into Coweta.

The south

Fulton folks had tried the annexation route in 1993, but

were rebuffed when Fulton County asked for several

million dollars from Coweta County for the water lines

and structures Coweta would be receiving.

But now,

Dave McMurrain said, several issues have been worked out

and more than 200 residents have signed a petition to get

out of Fulton County.

"Nobody's

in this for the money. We want to be the green thumb of

your county," McMurrain said.

Currently,

the residents, living near Rico in south Fulton, are

disgusted with the level of service they're receiving

from Fulton County, McMurrain said. The residents

currently do most of their shopping in Coweta and are

eager to send their property tax money to Newnan,

McMurrain added.

Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said it was quite a

compliment for the county to be wanted, but said even if

the county annexed the residents, it could be several

years before any basic services could be provided to the

residents.

"Our

county's only 60 percent complete when it comes to water.

I prefer helping the people who have been here a long

time first," he said.

Commissioner

Lawrence Nelms agreed with Hunter and said the cost of an

annexation concerned him.

"The

only way we could do it is with a special tax district

and there's no guarantee that you would approve

that," he said.

Before the

commissioners could even consider an annexation, the

Fulton and Coweta grand juries would have to approve it

and then the Fulton County Commission would have to agree

to it.

McMurrain

said he understood all the work involved but added he

merely wanted to keep the commissioners up to date and

express how much the residents wanted to be a part of the

county.