The city of Gainesville and Hall County both say they are waiting for a judge to be appointed in their local option sales tax arbitration. About 17 percent of Georgia’s counties are going through the LOST arbitration process, but there are plenty of qualified judges to hear the cases, even though this type of case is new and can be complex, said Judge David Emerson, president of the Council of Superior Court Judges of Georgia. “We are busy,” Emerson said.