Ten Republican Georgia senators joined all Democrats this past week in dealing a legislative blow to the Buckhead City Committee, which has long been pushing for the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta to deannex from the city.
The state Senate on Thursday voted 33–23 against SB 114, a critical bill for the Buckhead City Committee, whose aim is to see a ballot referendum for neighborhood residents to vote on the creation of Buckhead City.
“We are of course disappointed in the results of the Senate vote today, but we will never give up until Buckhead gets to VOTE,” the committee said in a statement after the bill’s failure. Committee CEO Bill White, a Buckhead resident, is largely responsible for organizing what started as a grassroots movement more than a decade ago into a well-funded and vocal committee in 2021 in response to a surge in violent crime in the area.Breitbart News in 2021. “No one is taking any corrective kind of actions on resources for police, allowing them to do their job,” he added, explaining how Buckhead City would have its own police department.
Thursday’s vote was a significant setback for White and the committee, but White is vowing not to give up. After Thursday’s vote, he identified the ten Republican senators in a post on social media, noting that they effectively voted against the outcome of a GOP advisoryTen “Republican” senators go against the will of their constituents who in each of these districts voted overwhelmingly on the May 24th GOP GA statewide Primary sending a very clear message to each one of them to “authorize Buckhead to VOTE.
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