'Suburban' north Fulton County (GA) wants to break from 'urban' south Fulton county

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By Johnny Edwards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Election wins and Democratic Party defections may have tightened the Republican grip on the Legislature, but the chief advocate for a re-created Milton County says she still lacks the votes to allow Fulton County’s suburban north to break from its urban south.

House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, R-Milton, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week that she plans to re-introduce the enabling resolution she floated in past sessions, but 2011 might not be the year to get it passed. She was more emphatic when she spoke at a meeting of the North Fulton Mayors’ Association in Johns Creek on Friday, saying she doesn’t have enough support and even some Republicans won’t go along.

By law a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment has to take place in an even-year general election, so there could be no referendum next year anyway, she said.

“I think it’s probably more likely in 2012,” Jones said. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/fulton-breakup-remains-elusive-750384.html

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1. Wouldn't that mean a steep rise in taxes for the northern part?

:shrug:

(I've wondered why some California counties, such as Yuba and Sutter, or Glenn and Colusa don't merge in order to save tax dollars. :shrug: )

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2. All the wealth is in the northern part of Fulton County...

South Fulton is more concentrated with minorities and low income. (predictably)

[XemaSab]

3. Ah ok

(So for California it would be more like Contra Costa County cutting Richmond loose.)

[hlthe2b]

4. Expect so... I'm less familiar with CA demographics.

[XemaSab]

5. Richmond = very poor and very black

The rest of the county = rich and white.

[hlthe2b]

6. Yup... that's the right analogy...

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8. Very black and Latino......

About 36 % African American and 26 % Latino, according to the Census Bureau


Race
One race 93983 94.73%
White 31117 31.36%
Black or African American 35777 36.06%
American Indian and Alaska Native 639 0.64%
Asian 12198 12.29%
Asian indian 1148 1.16%
Chinese 3244 3.27%
Filipino 3105 3.13%
Japanese 847 0.85%
Korean 526 0.53%
Vietnamese 500 0.5%
Other Asian 2828 2.85%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 498 0.5%
Native Hawaiian 69 0.07%
Guamanian or Chamorro 34 0.03%
Samoan 189 0.19%
Other Pacific Islander 206 0.21%
Some other race 13754 13.86%
Two or more races 5233 5.27%

Hispanic or Latino and race
Total Population 99216 100.00%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race) 26319 26.53%

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7. This has been going on for decades now..

I recall hearing about this in the early 90's, N Fulton is yuppified and wealthy while S Fulton is more black and parts of it are even rather rural, central Fulton though is quite urban.