Buckhead Exploratory News Today

11Alive looks at both sides of the debate, plus crime data from other newly formed cities

  Crime is spiking across the city of Atlanta, and perhaps most visibly in Buckhead. Some residents there are saying its time to secede from Atlanta and that forming their own city is the best way to protect their citizens and keep a close eye on their tax dollars. Opponents of Buckhead cityhood believe that this could be a tremendous hit to the economy of the city of Atlanta. On the latest episode of Georgia Today, we talk to J.D. Capelouto, news reporter from The Atlanta Journal-Constituti...

Atlanta’s Buckhead district is trying to become its own city, drawing mixed reactions from folks around town.

Reply Buckhead Exploratory Committee plans fundraiser in pursuit of effort to break wealthy neighborhood away from City of Atlanta. (Marcus K. Garner | Patch) ATLANTA — What is next on the Buckhead City cityhood train? It is time to raise money. Buckhead Exploratory Committee, the engine on this current track toward a new city, is promoting a fundraising event on June 16, with donations of between $250 and $2,500 requested for attendance. Subscribe The call to de-annex the well-to-do neighbor...

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File Atlanta didn’t defund the police the way some cities attempted to last year, but it did experience riots last summer. Those eventually calmed down and then the shooting of Rayshard Brooks caused things to escalate again. Eventually, the Mayor’s split with the Atlanta PD was one of the reasons she decided not to run for office again. Meanwhile crime is up in Atlanta just as it is in cities across the country. Yesterday the Washington Post reported Mayor Bottoms a...

The debate over Buckhead’s future sparks tensions over race, class in Georgia’s capital city.

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