Election Day brought more bad news for the Buckhead cityhood movement, as its endorsed local candidates all lost and the neighborhood continued voting blue in major races.
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Buckhead cityhood opposition group says it will keep fighting, too
The main opposition group to Buckhead cityhood says it will keep fighting, despite key legislation apparently being dead in the water, because proponents aren’t giving up.
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A blue Buckhead is cityhood’s overlooked challenge
By John Ruch All the sound and fury around the Buckhead cityhood movement made it easy to overlook its core political challenge: a Republican-based campaign trying to win over what has become a reliably blue neighborhood. Cityhood likely would have failed in its desired November ballot question, and even if it pulled off the upset, […]
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Buckhead City Committee says it will continue cityhood fight despite legislation’s freeze
The Buckhead City Committee says it will continue fighting for cityhood this year despite the legislation apparently being dead in the water – and indicated a 2023 battle is coming if necessary.
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Buckhead cityhood opponents claim victory as Georgia General Assembly leaders join them
Buckhead cityhood opponents are claiming victory after reports that the lieutenant governor and House speaker have declared themselves against the legislation that would enable the neighborhood’s succession.
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Republican candidate for Congress says he’s backed by Buckhead cityhood PAC
A new Republican challenger to U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams says he will be among the first candidates backed by a political action committee created by Buckhead cityhood proponents.
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Buckhead cityhood opposition takes the lead with strong partisan divide, opponents’ poll says
Opposition to Buckhead cityhood is winning over local voters, with at least a plurality and maybe a slim majority against it, according to a new poll from the anti-cityhood Committee for a United Atlanta (CUA). And the issue remains strongly partisan, with Republicans as the base of support in what may be an increasingly Democratic neighborhood.
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Buckhead City Committee sues Atlanta and mayor for allegedly violating free-speech rights with code citations
The Buckhead City Committee has sued the City of Atlanta and Mayor Andre Dickens for allegedly trying to suppress cityhood advocates’ free-speech rights by selectively issuing code violations for signs and parking at its headquarters.
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Meet the ‘Prison Dr.,’ the youth mentor pledged $1.25M by the Buckhead City Committee
The Buckhead City Committee’s extraordinary proposal to give or raise $1.25 million to a program for at-risk youths would benefit a one-man operation that began relatively recently.
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Buckhead cityhood leader’s service on state Board of Corrections raises questions of experience, oversight
With crime as a political driver of the Buckhead cityhood movement, you’d think much would be said about its leader serving as an official in the state criminal justice system.
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Alaska and Buckhead cityhood movements show similar ties to right-wing populism
A truism of the Buckhead cityhood debate is that it’s unique, this spectacle of a huge community trying to secede from a major U.S. city. Thing is, that’s not true.
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A founder of Sandy Springs’ privatized government advises Buckhead cityhood backers
We wouldn’t be talking about Buckhead cityhood if it wasn’t for the landmark 2005 incorporation of its north metro neighbor Sandy Springs amid similar tensions over political unity and government services.
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New Buckhead cityhood opposition group’s debut meeting draws mayor-elect, other officials
A new community group opposing Buckhead cityhood drew Mayor-elect Andre Dickens and other elected officials to its Dec. 9 kickoff meeting.
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A closer look at Buckhead cityhood’s claims of public safety consulting and business deals
Bolstering the case for Buckhead cityhood are its advocacy group’s detailed claims of consulting public safety experts and cutting deals to attract new businesses contingent on the secession. But some of those alleged contacts — including a national law firm and the famous former head of the New York and L.A. police departments — say they have had no such talks, and most other claims could not be verified.
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Buckhead cityhood roundup: New opposition group, oath of office question, Kemp’s position
In some of the latest developments, a new opposition group has formed, oath of office questions have been raised, and the governor won’t say if he and Dickens share a definition of Atlanta that includes Buckhead.
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Attack victims spotlighted by Buckhead cityhood movement seek hate-crime charges
A street attack and the quest to get it prosecuted as a Black-on-white hate crime has become a prominent part of the Buckhead cityhood movement, with the victims appearing everywhere from a ribbon-cutting to a State Senate hearing.
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Buckhead cityhood’s impact on Atlanta BeltLine plans and funds is unanswered question, says lead organization
Many Buckhead residents are eagerly awaiting their piece of the Atlanta BeltLine trail and transit system. But how Buckhead cityhood might affect BeltLine planning and funding — there and citywide — is an unanswered question, according to the organization in charge of building it.
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Creating a Buckhead City would hurt Atlanta on so many levels
The proposal to carve out a City of Buckhead out of the City of Atlanta would be detrimental – financially, politically and psychologically.
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Buckhead cityhood threatens bond ratings, experts say; advocates have answers
Buckhead leaving Atlanta would likely have long-term negative effects on bond ratings in both cities and the metro area, according to two academic experts in municipal finance, supporting critics who say the secession would make local projects more expensive and budgets tighter. But cityhood advocates they have answers to such concerns.
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As Atlanta lawmakers oppose Buckhead cityhood, advocates decry ‘drivel’ and Chamber warns of ‘crippling blow’
The Atlanta state legislative delegations’ declaration of war against Buckhead cityhood is being blasted as “hyperbolic drivel” by advocates, but reinforced by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, which calls secession a “crippling blow” to the region’s economy.
