 More controversially, Shafer sponsored a legislative amendment prohibiting counties from collecting taxes in one area of a special services taxing district and spending those taxes in a noncontiguous area.The amendment affected only Fulton County.Senator Vincent Fort denounced the Shafer Amendment as "apartheid," saying it prevented Fulton County from taxing wealthy, predominately white homeowners in North Fulton and spending those taxes providing services to poorer areas of South Fulton.