Supporters pledge hearings on letting Buckhead leave Atlanta
3 years, 2 months ago

Supporters pledge hearings on letting Buckhead leave Atlanta

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A group of state senators say the Georgia Senate will hold hearings on allowing the upscale Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta in a November special session on redistricting. Supporters of a new city of Buckhead City — there’s already an incorporated town called Buckhead in Morgan County — say they could work through those questions after a vote. Opponents of Buckhead City say it would wreck Atlanta’s finances and leave the metropolitan area and state weaker. It’s not just bad policy for the city of Atlanta and Buckhead, but for the state of Georgia,” said Billy Linville, a spokesperson for the Committee for a United Atlanta, an anti-cityhood group.

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Kemp questions letting Buckhead leave Atlanta as vote looms
1 year, 9 months ago

Kemp questions letting Buckhead leave Atlanta as vote looms

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia senators could vote Thursday on two bills allowing the upscale Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, even as Gov. The Senate Rules Committee voted Wednesday to set the bills for debate Thursday, after Kemp’s chief lawyer sent a memo to lawmakers Tuesday questioning many of the provisions of the controversial plan to transform Atlanta’s …

Georgia leaders: Cityhood push dead for Atlanta’s Buckhead
2 years, 10 months ago

Georgia leaders: Cityhood push dead for Atlanta’s Buckhead

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Top Georgia lawmakers have signaled that proposals to allow the wealthy, predominately white Buckhead neighborhood to secede from Atlanta are dead, at least for this year. Republican House Speaker David Ralston of Blue Ridge told reporters on Friday that while he still believes crime in Atlanta needs to be addressed, he intends to give new Atlanta Mayor Andre …

Buckhead residents want to create their own city but critics say a split from Atlanta would be devastating
3 years, 6 months ago

Buckhead residents want to create their own city but critics say a split from Atlanta would be devastating

CNN  

Atlanta CNN — In Atlanta’s well-to-do community of Buckhead, the debate over becoming an independent city has been brewing off and on for decades. “We’re too far gone for the city of Atlanta to help us at this point,” Regina, a Buckhead resident who didn’t want her last name published for fear of retaliation, said. “We’ve lost all faith in …

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