“Now, as much as at any time in our history, Atlantans need to come together across racial, geographic, and economic differences to find common ground and build a more unified community.”
Background:
Concerned residents have formed a Committee for a United Atlanta, to communicate and educate on the dangers of the attempt by some to separate selected portions of Buckhead from the City of Atlanta.
In response to frustrations over crime and other issues, state lawmakers submitted legislation last session that carve out affected parts of Buckhead from Atlanta and make it a separate city. A group in Buckhead, including legislators from North Fulton and Forsyth County, recently created a committee that is seeking cityhood.
However, the process to create a new city is lengthy and complicated. Once a cityhood bill is introduced in the legislature, a feasibility study needs to be done to determine if cityhood is viable. Then the House and Senate need to pass legislation for the governor to sign.
If that is completed, a referendum is placed on the ballot, allowing only voters in the selected area of Buckhead to choose whether they would like their community to form a new city. The voters in other parts of Atlanta – including those parts of Buckhead the advocates choose to exclude - would not get to participate in the referendum.
The Committee for a United Atlanta intends to reach out directly to neighborhoods in Buckhead and create a dialogue on how best to address issues like crime, zoning, and infrastructure while educating residents on the realities of tearing our city apart.
Leadership:
Prominent attorney Linda Klein and former State Representative Edward Lindsey co-chair the Committee for a United Atlanta.
Linda was the first female president of the State Bar of Georgia and former president of the American Bar Association and is currently a senior managing shareholder at the Baker Donelson law firm.
Edward is an attorney with the Dentons law firm and a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, whose district included Buckhead.
Rick Warren, principal at Price Waterhouse Coopers, serves as treasurer.
Supporters:
Sandy Abrams
Anita Adams
Kristin Rambo Adams
Melissa Adams
Tom Adams
Yolanda Adrean
Chris Ahrenkiel
Doug Alexander
Elaine B. Alexander
Miles J. Alexander
David Allman
Bond Almand
Virginia Almand
Lisa Aman
Peter Aman
Herbert Ames
Katherine Ames
Dona Ansley
Wiley Ansley
Margaret Anthony
Jeff Armstrong
Linda Aronson
Ken Ashley
Medra Ashmore
Tracey Austin
Jennifer Ayers
Ann Bailey
John Bailey
Randall J. Bailey
Carol Baird
Yolanda Barber
Julie Bassett
Randy Bassett
Millie Baumbusch
Nancy Bedford
Victoria Benedict
Rabbi Peter Berg
Jackie Berkelhamer
Jay Berkelhamer
Candy Berman
Caren Solomon Bharwani
Maxine Bier
David Bivens
Christina Blackney
Paul Blackney
Tina Blackney
Arthur Blank
Jenna Blankers
Anne Blitch
Jim Blitch
Sam Blustin
Wade Boggs
Brian Bohlen
Kathy Bolton
Niles Bolton
Emmet Bondurant
Thomas Boston
Grace Bradley
Ginny Branch
Elizabeth Brandes
Bob Brazier
Julie Brechbill
Frank Briggs
Margaret Ann Briggs
Christine Brodnan
Leanna Brown
Austin Bryan
Elizabeth Buckley
Mark Buffington
John V. Burch
Jenee Burke
Derick Burgher
Lee Burrows
Bland Byrne
Thomas Campbell
Sam Candler
Steve Cannon
Dr. Kelli Carroll
Anne Carson
Angelo Carusi
Tony Casadonte
Barbara Casey
Marjorie Cass
Jim Caswell IV
Alison Caughman
Wright Caughman
Donn Chambers
Catherine Cheatham
Katie Childers
Nichole Chollet
Jon Christensen
Martha Church
Jeff Clark
Dr. Wayne Clough
Elizabeth Clubb
Vernon Cobb
Anne Cochran
Tony Cochran
Bruce Cohen
Seth Cohen
Aimee Connolly
Colin Connolly
Tony Conway
Dean Copeland
Linda Copeland
Jean Cooper
Louis Corrigan
Susan Mitchell Crawley
Melanye Cravey
Susan Crisler
Andrew Critchell
Shira Crittendon
Barbara Crum
Bo Crum
David Cummings
Karen Cunliffe
Ann Curry
James Dahlman
Katherine Dales
Billy Daniel
Meredith Daniel
Brenda Daniels
Stanley Daniels
Dave Dannheisser
Ben Darmer
Kristin Davis
Linda Davis
Richard Davis
Todd Davis
Mamie Dayan
Susan Dedeyn
Steve DeVinney
Andy Deutsch
Antonio Diaz
Monica DiCristina
Natasha DiFiore
Mary Dodson
Scott Doonan
Mike Doyle
Donna Draughon
Norma Driebe
Cydnee Dubrof
Lynn Durham
Amy Durrett
Mac Durrett
Molly Dye
Bill Earnest
Eve Earnest
Lee Echols
Betty Edge
Bob Edge
Mike Egan
Mindy Egan
John Egan
Kirk Elifson
Doug Ellis
Florida Ellis
Debra Elovich
Catharine Enright, DDS, MS
Joe Evans
Raena Evans
Stacey Evans
Sue Everets
Mike Everly
Shannon Everly
Mike Everly
Rev. Jane Fahey
Bill Falconer
Andrew Feiler
Brian Feldman
Abby Fernandez
Andrew Fialko
Diana Fiedotin
Nancy Field
Bill Finch
Sally Finch
Anke Fischer
David Fitzgerald
Brian Fitzgerald
Mary Ann Flinn
Gaige Flint
Thomas Flournoy
Linda Lanier Fortson
Heryward Fougerousse
Wyche Fowler
Catherine Fox
Steven Fox
Suzanne Foy
Louise Franklin
Alex Fraser
Ellen Frauenthal
David Freedman
Barbara Frolik
Humberto Garcia-Sjogrim
Jerry Gardner
Pat Gardner
Ed Garland
Judy Garland
Lani Garner
Konrad Geckler
Scott Geller
Larry Gellerstedt
Nina Gentry
Michael Gerber
Duncan Gibbs
Bennett Gillogly
Kevin Glass
Stefani Glass
Lewis Glenn
Tom Glenn
Lisa Gleim Jonas
Bobbie Golden
Jonathan Golden
Stephen Goldfarb
Albert Goodgame
Gail Goodwin
Sarah Gordon
Susan Gordon
Spencer Gosden
Libby Gozansky
James Granade
Susan Grant
Ansley Grantham
Kevin Green
Jonathan Grunberg
Jennifer Guynn
Mike Guynn
Sara Haas
Jo Ann Haden-Miller
Bo Hagler
Chris Hagler
Elizabeth Hale
Sheffield Hale
Janice Hall
John Hamilton
Susan Hamilton
Doug Hand
Michael Handelman
Tracy Hankin
Charles Hankla
Leisa Hardage
Caroline Hardin
Jack Hardin
Anne Harper
Bruce Harris
Keith Harris
Tricia Harris
George Hart
Penny Hart
Mikki Hawkins
Chandler Haydon
Judy Varn Hays
Spurgeon Hays
Quill Healey
Jennifer Healey
Quill Healey II
Preston Heard
Nathan Hedges
Janemarie Hennebelle
Deborrah Heller
Pam Helms
Elsie Henderson
Jim Henderson
Becky Hendrix
Virginia Hepner
Paul Hermann
Sharon Hermann
Andrea Hershatter
Doug Hertz
Lila Hertz
Maxine Hicks
Evelyn Hill
Harvey Hill
Sarah Hill
Tommy Hills
Alex Hoff
Billy Hoffman
Beth Holder
Tommy Holder
Betsy Holland
Jason Holland
Brian Hooper
Bill Hope
Julie Hope
Bill Horton
Leah Horton
Palmer Houchins
Harry Howard
Jackie Garson Howard
Jim Howard
Michele Howard
Charles Huddleston
Bob Hughes
Mary Bear Hughes
Cindy Humphries
Bill Humphries
Dorothy Hutcheson
Jennie Hyman
Jean Jackson
Valerie Jackson
Parul Jain
Jimmie James
Jared Joella
Chase Johnson
Juliet Johnson
Theron Johnson
Lisa Gleim Jonas
Ted Jonas
Della Jones
Margaret Hylton Jones
Austin Jowers
Sarah Jowers
Andrew Joyce
Betsy Karp
Keeva Kase
Lauren Kase
Evan Katz
Katharine Kelley
Debby Kelly
Dennis Kelly
Jim Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy
Claire Kern
Lauren Kiefer
Judith Kight
Lora Kight
Rob Kight
Lori Kilberg
Deborah King
Dorothy Yates Kirkley
Harriet Kirkpatrick
Katie Kirkpatrick
Kip Kirkpatrick
Brian Kirsch
Sarah Kirsch
Ann Klamon
Linda Klein
Halsey Knapp
Lyn Knapp
Jeffrey Koebler
Eydie Koonin
Steve Koonin
Blake Kopecky
Chris Kopecky
Chip Koplin
Joy Kryder
Stan Kryder
Susan Lahn
Cathy LaMon
Jami Lancaster
Austin Landers
Brian Lange
Jane Langley
David Lanier
Libby Lanier
Nory LeBrun
Peggy Ledbetter
Elizabeth Leddy
John Leddy
David Leiter
S. Jarvin Levison
Miriam Strickman Levitas
Edward Lindsey
Kristin Lindsey
Billy Linville
Sherry Linville
Scott Logan
Susanne Logan
Jim Long
Katie Long
Robin Loudermilk
Joe Loveland
Susan Lowery
Laurel Lucey
Nunzio Lupo
Tucker Mahoney
Nancy Maignan
Rev. Monica Mainwaring
Rev. Simon Mainwaring
Brian Malone
John C. Mann
Jim Mallory
Jackson Marks
Roy Marsten
Del Martin
JIm Martin
Erin Mason
Sandra Gordy Massell
Sam Massell
Joe B. Massey, MD
Jerry Matheny
J.P. Matzigkeit
Forrest McClain
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Allen McDonogh
Will McDonald
Sarah McGehee
Rich McKay
Hillery McNeill
Laura Meadows
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Araya Mesfin
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Bob Miller
Mary Helen Miller
Chris Millner
Toni Millner
Katherine Mitchell
Laurie Mitchell
Mary Lu Mitchell
Wade Mitchell
Julia Mitchener
Reid Preston Mizell
Sheila McGahan Monardo
Roger Moister
Kevin Moore
Kathleen Moriarty
Carter Morris
Hampton Morris
Lee Morrison
Laura Morrow
Deborah Moscato
Louis Mosely
Carol Muldawer
Paul Muldawer
Clair Muller
Craig Mullins
Laura Mullins
Diana Murphy
Jacques Murphy
Toby Murphy
Cathy & John Muzzy
Raymond Myer
Demetrius Nall
John Naugle
Brince Neidlinger
Colie Neidlinger
Kenneth Neighbors
Gerald Neumark
Antonio Newsom
Wendy Newstetter
Patty Fallon Nichols
Andrew Nimene
Gregory Nobles
Chris O'Connor
Jada O'Neill
John O'Neill
Charlie Ogburn Jr.
Betsy Oliver
Amanda Brown Olmstead
Bill Olsen
Jack Ozmer
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Vicki Palmer
Ranse Partin
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Perry Payne
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Elizabeth Pearce
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Terri Pendergrast
Mary Perrin
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Lori Peters
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Cathy Peterson
John Pinkard
Erika Pluhar
Sadler Poe
Teed Poe
Chad Polazzo
Lynn Pollard
Ellen Porter
Susan Pound
Ted Pound
Ethan Povlot
Nancy Prager
Daniel Preister
Gregory Pridgeon
Jeannen Pridgeon
Elizabeth Pritchard
Tom Pritchard
Sean Puchta
Fran Pughsley
Joy Purcell
Stephen Quarles
Alexis Quinoy
Lindy Radow
Erin Raines
Patrick Reagin
Jonathan Reckford
Walton Reeves
Bruce Reisman
Heather Rendle
Matt Rendle
Matt Reynolds
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
Sara Richburg
John Riedel
Chris Riggall
Kitsie Riggall
Nancy Riggs
Malaika Rivers
Heather Rodbell
Jonathan Rodbell
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Janet Romanic
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Jennifer Moore Rosenblath
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David Ross
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Julie Rothstein
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Sara Russell
Catherine Sabonis
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Thomas Sabulis
Robin Saffran
Jennifer Salerno
Doug Salyers
Robin Sangston
Jane Saral
Rein Saral
Joshua Schiffer
Barry Schwarz
Cathy Selig
Steve Selig
Sean Selman
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Linda Sessler
Stephen Sessler
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Scotto Seydel
Tess Seydel
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Heath Sharp
Cal Shepard
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Peggy Shepard
Alana Shepherd
Madi Shields
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John Siegel
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Sally Silver
McKittrick Simmons
Meredith Simmons
Frank Sims
Robyn Sims
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Jay Smith
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Jenny Smith-Davids
Gail Solomon
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Mimi Spang
Morrie Spang
Christine St.Clare
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Jim Stokes
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Barbara Sugarman
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Edward Sugarman
Duke Sullivan
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MajGen Larry Taylor
Robert Taylor
Scott Taylor
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Kristin Thomas
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Stan Tilley
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Carl Walker
Frances Walker
David Walmsley
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Patrick Walsh
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Stephanie Warren
Dexter Warrior
James Washburn
Bradford L. Watkins
Jon Wax
Thurston Webb
Lindsey Webb MD
Brooke Weinmann
Lindsay Weiss
Greg Weitz
Hawthorne Wesley
Maria Wesley
Ann Westbrook
Jack Wexler
Ben White
Ramona White
Ruth White
Tim White
David Whittier
Lee Wilder
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Dianne Wisner
Molly Woo
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Kelly Wood
Whitney Woodward
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Mounir Zemmali
Jane Zoellick
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