Atlanta: ready to secede?

In Atlanta, Local Government on 26 October 2007 with no comments

We’ve tried and we’ve tried to be a loyal part of Georgia. Maybe the solution, though, is to set ourselves apart. To secede – at least in spirit, if not in body. Raise the bold banner of rebellion. Creative Loafing asks local leaders if and how Atlanta should secede.

Otis White suggests metro-Atlantans build a better regional government to overcome what he sees as the problem:

Regions outgrow their physical infrastructures, government arrangements and tax structures. Atlanta has crossed that point. What once worked in metro Atlanta doesn’t work anymore. Our state leaders – and some of our regional ones – haven’t grasped this yet.

I’d give this more thought, but I’m thirsty…need…water…