.GovKemp dealt a blow this week to the affluent Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead, which is trying to secede from the city of Atlanta over violent crime and become its own independent city.
Kemp’s executive counsel David Dove outlined questions about the secession proposals in a two-page memo on Tuesday, which advanced out of committee on Monday. A vote on the proposal is tentatively scheduled for Thursday.Dove told Senate floor leaders Bo Hatchett and Mike Hodges to reevaluate the proposal, which he warned could"retailor the cloth of governance for Georgia’s municipalities in ways that will ripple into a future of unforeseen outcomes.
Dove also questioned whether schools in the Atlanta city school system would continue enrolling students from the Buckhead neighborhood. If not, he asked if students would then be sent to Fulton County schools and, if so, whether Fulton County was equipped to handle the influx of students. No response to the 11 questions Dove posed has been given so far.
"I remain committed to fighting for a united Atlanta," Esteves told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution."I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will take the Kemp administration’s concerns to heart and put a stop to the dangerous 'Buckhead City' legislation."
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