Suburban Atlanta is going through yet another paroxysm of "Cityhood." The idea, in itself isn't completely nutcase bonkers (Think townships in the Northeast), but the implementation is more than a little loosy-goosey. There is, very likely, a racial element in it. The 'cities' would be majority white in a minority-majority county.
The state legislature approved Lavista Hills (my domicile) and Tucker (those barbarians) for a referendum in November.
Somebody stands to make a killing because the push-polls started immediately.
Unincorporated bits of Atlanta suburbs, mostly in Dekalb county, are being divided into smaller political and administrative units called for want of a better word, 'Cities'. There were a couple of tries last year, which mercifully failed, but the ** were at it again.
AJC article on it.
Dekalb is not exactly the most efficient county in Georgia, but well above the good ol' boy mean. (At least the teacher who dumps teabagger propaganda on her students would get fired here and the test cheating was either less organized or smarter than in the city.) The idea behind the cities is to sequester the property tax revenue so it is spent more locally. Unfortunately, the 'cityhood' sponsors have a habit of cherry picking the rich neighborhoods and tax resources (shopping centers), and beggaring the rest of the county. One of the slogans is "incorporate - before it's too late!"
Not surprisingly, the sentiment for this isn't universal, and there are a fair number of "no" voters. People who can add or people who aren't afraid of the rest of the county. (i.e. typical Kos readers). What was amazing to me was how quickly the cityhood people started on their campaign. I received a highly professional push-poll within days of the legislature voting.