Georgia wants a re-do on the map

Of its state line with Tennessee, that is.

Why?

Having lost legal battles with Alabama and Florida that require it to maintain water releases from Georgia reservoirs on interstate rivers, it’s hoping to get a piece of the Tennessee River instead.

Georgia officials maintain the original survey drew the state’s border with Tennessee 1.1 miles too far south. They hope a new survey will give them a toehold on the Tennessee River. If mapmakers won’t redraw, the legislation, headed to Gov. Sonny Perdue, calls for legal action.

But, according to my Rand McNally, 1.1 miles would still leave Georgia a solid half-mile short of touching the river in Chattanooga.