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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.
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The call to de-annex the well-to-do neighborhood from the City of Atlanta seems to have grown from fever dream to full-fledged movement.
Last summer, the grassroots organization Buckhead Exploratory committee revived previous secession yearnings once championed by no less than former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massel and two-time mayoral runner-up Mary Norwood.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently spoke with “Closer Look” show host Rose Scott for an exclusive conversation to discuss the backstory of her decision not to seek reelection. During the two-part interview that took place at the Cascade Springs Nature Preserve in southwest Atlanta and outside of Bottoms’ late grandparents’ home, Bottoms reflects on her first 100 days in office and leading Georgia’s capital city amid a pandemic and social justice movement. During the second half of the conversation, Bottoms reflects on the many lessons she’s learned during her time in office and shares why she’s at peace with leaving her post after her first term.
While reflecting on her recent decision not to run for reelection, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says every mayor has a finite amount of time to hold that position whether it be four years or eight years and when you know, you just know. “I still didn’t feel in my heart that I should run again." “I just