With a federal

judge's swipe of the pen, South Fulton County's County Commission district

grew by a few hundred residents.

The judge was

called in because there a controversy concerning some of the districts,

said South Fulton's Commissioner Bill Edwards.

Many of the

problems were in the Fifth District, but Edwards was happy to see his

district grow.

Now, the Seventh

District reaches up to Benjamin E. Mays drive and some of Cascade Road,

he added.

"We also

now have some of the Neighborhood Planning Units in the city of Atlanta,"

he said.

The ruling

came right before qualifying begins next week for all the Fulton County

Commission posts. Edwards said he's ready to qualify, and has heard that

some folks may be ready to challenge him.

"We just

really won't know until 5 p.m. on June 21," he said.

Edwards won

a special election in 2000, after former Commissioner Mike Hightower was

convicted on bribery charges.