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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...od-vote-district-wants-to-secede-from-atlanta
Excellent article.
This is Bill White, a leader in the quest for Buckhead breaking away:
Here’s Tucker, loving the topic. I don’t know why this video is age restricted:
If the wealthy upscale neighborhood of Buckhead manages to secede from Atlanta, the implications could be huge around the entire USA.
Are there other solutions that are better for Atlanta and Buckhead other than the proposed secession?
The residents of Buckhead may feel that they are not being represented at city hall. They definitely are sick of dramatic increases in crime.
But of course if Buckhead secedes:
(from the Bloomberg article)
“A split could be devastating for Atlanta financially. Buckhead isn’t small—it stretches over 24 square miles—and the proposed new city would take with it nearly 90,000 residents, about one-fifth of Atlanta’s current population. Atlanta would lose an estimated 38% of its tax revenue if Buckhead leaves, according to the Buckhead Community Improvement District. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and two local civic and business groups, the Buckhead Coalition and the Buckhead Business Association, have said they oppose de-annexation.
Buckhead’s secession would strike at the power of Atlanta’s Black political class. Black residents have been involved in a 50-year project to accrue power in the city, beginning with the election of the first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, in 1973. Today, a mostly Black cast of elected officials is in charge of the largest city in the South, which has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 company headquarters in the nation.”
Will other relatively wealthy neighborhoods also attempt to wall themselves off from troublesome cities around them?
Excellent article.
This is Bill White, a leader in the quest for Buckhead breaking away:
Here’s Tucker, loving the topic. I don’t know why this video is age restricted:
If the wealthy upscale neighborhood of Buckhead manages to secede from Atlanta, the implications could be huge around the entire USA.
Are there other solutions that are better for Atlanta and Buckhead other than the proposed secession?
The residents of Buckhead may feel that they are not being represented at city hall. They definitely are sick of dramatic increases in crime.
But of course if Buckhead secedes:
(from the Bloomberg article)
“A split could be devastating for Atlanta financially. Buckhead isn’t small—it stretches over 24 square miles—and the proposed new city would take with it nearly 90,000 residents, about one-fifth of Atlanta’s current population. Atlanta would lose an estimated 38% of its tax revenue if Buckhead leaves, according to the Buckhead Community Improvement District. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and two local civic and business groups, the Buckhead Coalition and the Buckhead Business Association, have said they oppose de-annexation.
Buckhead’s secession would strike at the power of Atlanta’s Black political class. Black residents have been involved in a 50-year project to accrue power in the city, beginning with the election of the first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, in 1973. Today, a mostly Black cast of elected officials is in charge of the largest city in the South, which has one of the highest concentrations of Fortune 500 company headquarters in the nation.”
Will other relatively wealthy neighborhoods also attempt to wall themselves off from troublesome cities around them?
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