Atlanta’s wealthiest – and whitest – neighborhood continues effort to secede

[OfTheCross]

Buckhead residents keep up secession campaign


Atlanta’s wealthiest – and whitest – neighborhood continues effort to secede
Leader of pro-unity group says he is less worried now than a year ago
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Jan. 22, 2022 12:00 PM
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Buckhead City Commitee’s Bill White and Atlanta Mayor Andre dikkens (BEC, Getty)

The City of Buckhead?

Residents of Atlanta’s wealthiest and whitest neighborhood are doubling down on efforts to secede from the city and create an independent police force, alarming local officials who worry about population loss and reduced tax revenue, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Critics say a split would divide the region along economic and racial lines and perhaps politically as well. The Republican-led state legislature is taking up legislation for a referendum on Buckhead, while politicians in left-leaning Atlanta oppose the idea, the Journal reported.

Bill White, chief executive of the committee advocating Buckhead’s cityhood, said Atlanta hasn’t done enough to stop violent crime, car-thefts, drag-racing and other crime that surged in 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic and after civil unrest following Black Lives Matter protests.

“They really don’t care about Buckhead,” White said to the Journal about city officials. “They just want the money.”

 

[Charlie Sollers]

Black Mecca

 

[Remote]

They really don’t care about Buckhead,” White said to the Journal about city officials. “They just want the money.”

The hypocrisy of a white man saying this.

 

[CopiousX]

Short sighted thinking.


An Atlanta deprived of buckhead tax revenue will only have fewer police and mental health professionals to stop crime from entering the newly independent buckhead.


They acting like cityhood is some magical wall against the rest of the ATL metro

 

[gho3st]

Buckhead residents keep up secession campaign


Atlanta’s wealthiest – and whitest – neighborhood continues effort to secede
Leader of pro-unity group says he is less worried now than a year ago
National Weekend Edition
Jan. 22, 2022 12:00 PM
TRD Staff
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Buckhead City Commitee’s Bill White and Atlanta Mayor Andre dikkens (BEC, Getty)

The City of Buckhead?

Residents of Atlanta’s wealthiest and whitest neighborhood are doubling down on efforts to secede from the city and create an independent police force, alarming local officials who worry about population loss and reduced tax revenue, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Critics say a split would divide the region along economic and racial lines and perhaps politically as well. The Republican-led state legislature is taking up legislation for a referendum on Buckhead, while politicians in left-leaning Atlanta oppose the idea, the Journal reported.

Bill White, chief executive of the committee advocating Buckhead’s cityhood, said Atlanta hasn’t done enough to stop violent crime, car-thefts, drag-racing and other crime that surged in 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic and after civil unrest following Black Lives Matter protests.

“They really don’t care about Buckhead,” White said to the Journal about city officials. “They just want the money.”

I don’t think they will secede. But they will get whatever else they’re asking for from the city lol

 

[BrothaZay]

Short sighted thinking.


An Atlanta deprived of buckhead tax revenue will only have fewer police and mental health professionals to stop crime from entering the newly independent buckhead.


They acting like cityhood is some magical wall against the rest of the ATL metro

Not really. Highland Park did this in Dallas. It turned out fine for them

 

[The Radiant One]

Atlanta kinda did this by not going after the water boys.

 

[ORDER_66]

can they legally do this?

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Haven’t they been trying to do this for years?

 

[perfectblack999]

Secession ain’t happening.

 

[Neuromancer]

Hold this L Atlanta.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Short sighted thinking.


An Atlanta deprived of buckhead tax revenue will only have fewer police and mental health professionals to stop crime from entering the newly independent buckhead.


They acting like cityhood is some magical wall against the rest of the ATL metro

What that means is that they will take that as open season on anyone "who isn't from that neighborhood".

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Atlanta kinda did this by not going after the water boys.

Who are they and what does that mean?

 

[King Sun]

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

This is no different than Staten Island wanting to secede from NYC bout 30 years ago.. I’m like fine don’t nobody in nyc give a fukk about guidoville Staten Island let NewJersey have it.. majority of the clowns there hang out in the Jersey shore anyway


Long Island wanted to be it’s own state at one point and NY was like no Foh