Atlanta-based state legislators come out against Buckhead cityhood
By Sammie Purcell, Reporter Newspapers
A group of state legislators came together to announce their stance against the Buckhead cityhood movement, citing education and economic impacts as major factors.
“We’re here to speak today against the preposterous notion that the city of Atlanta – our capital city – should be split up,” said State Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) at an Oct. 18 press conference at the Georgia Capitol. “Making a weaker Atlanta does not make a strong Buckhead. It does the opposite.”
State Sen. Sonya Halpern (D-Atlanta), State Sen. Jennifer Jordan (D-Atlanta), and State Rep. Betsy Holland (D-Atlanta) joined Orrock at the press conference to respond to the movement to split Buckhead from the city of Atlanta.