{"id":1324440,"date":"2022-02-21T23:07:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324440"},"modified":"2022-02-21T23:07:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:07:53","slug":"exclusive-bill-white-calls-on-georgia-lawmakers-to-prioritize-buckhead-city-ballot-proposal-we-just-want-the-right-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-bill-white-calls-on-georgia-lawmakers-to-prioritize-buckhead-city-ballot-proposal-we-just-want-the-right-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014\u00a0Bill White Calls on Georgia Lawmakers to Prioritize Buckhead City Ballot Proposal: \u2018We Just Want the Right to Vote\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-bill-white-calls-on-georgia-lawmakers-to-prioritize-buckhead-city-ballot-proposal-we-just-want-the-right-to-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1324440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Chairman of the Buckhead City Committee Bill White criticized Georgia lawmakers for shelving a plan to place the deannexation of Buckhead from Atlanta on the ballot in 2022, saying \u201cwe simply just want to right to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd some of those people will vote no \u2014 but 75 percent want the vote,\u201d White said during an interview on <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>, referring to a recent Traflagar poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/17\/georgia-poll-brian-kemp-leads-david-perdue-in-tight-governors-primary-race\/\">showing<\/a> the measure\u2019s popularity. \u201cSo Senator Albers (R) needs to drop the bill and put the personal problems behind. People are depending on this, and Speaker Ralston (R) needs to allow this to proceed in the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI call on Albers to drop the bill because if the Senate moves, then the speaker said he would move,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>White has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/30\/exclusive-bill-white-blazes-buckhead-cityhood-trail-atlanta-mayor-treats-police-like-villains-were-going-to-take-control-back\/\">spearheading<\/a> the most recent grassroots effort to deannex Buckhead City from Atlanta. The movement has been gaining more traction than in the past \u2014 the bill\u2019s sponsor Sen. Brandon Beach (R-Alpharetta) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2021\/07\/16\/exclusive-wealthy-suburb-wanting-divorce-from-crime-ridden-atlanta-will-get-senate-hearing\/\">said<\/a> he has \u201cnever seen\u201d so much support for the measure.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>White said the movement has gotten so popular because of rising crime rates in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate to say this, but in the first 60 days of Andre Dickens mayoralty, it\u2019s off to a worse start. We had shootings in Buckhead go up 164 percent under Bottoms, and murder up over 90 percent under Mayor Bottoms,\u201d White estimated. \u201cAnd then she fired police officers who were just doing their jobs, without due process, and we broke the sacred trust of our relationship with our brave men and women in blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19854242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/wi\/ap\/11\/buckhead-secession-georgia-speaker-of-house-rep-david-ralston-blue-ridge-remarks-sb-202-passed-hou.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19854242 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/buckhead-secession-georgia-speaker-of-house-rep-david-ralston-blue-ridge-remarks-sb-202-passed-hou-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Georgia Speaker of the House Rep. David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, on March 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer\/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to White, 300 police officers have quit in the past 18 months, a problem compounded by new Mayor Andre Dickens (D), who has a history of supporting the \u201cDefund the Police\u201d movement. White estimated the Buckhead, with a population of roughly 108,000, has under 20 police officers on the streets at any given time and 90 officers total \u2014 much lower than the Department of Justice\u2019s recommendation of 270 for a population of that size.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>If lawmakers voted to allow the measure on the ballot, and residents voted to deannex from Atlanta, the town would be able to establish its own police department. White said Buckhead is ready to employ 250 police officers to serve the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are speaking a different language. We are supporting our cops, we are loving our cops \u2014 we are going to cherish them,\u201d he said, before listing several recruiting tools Buckhead would use to draw in quality talent. Some measures include concierge medical service, high starting salaries, a stipend to live in Buckhead, and take-home cars.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGood luck to the criminals coming here to commit crime. Police deterrent is the answer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><span>Buckhead has often been ranked one of the wealthiest communities in the south and is home to an abundance of expensive retail, shiny new office buildings, and upscale neighborhoods. An <\/span><i><span>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/span><\/i><span> analysis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-news\/what-would-buckhead-city-look-like-we-crunched-the-numbers\/WRIYJBY2PBCEJFKWTFK2YDWXYA\/\"><span>assessed<\/span><\/a><span> that a hypothetical Buckhead City would be 74 percent white and have an average median income of around $140,000, and that the city would take with it about 40 percent of Atlanta\u2019s entire value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), who is running for governor of Georgia, also denounced state lawmakers for stalling the popular Buckhead City proposal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/20\/exclusive-david-perdue-halting-buckhead-city-bill-is-height-of-corruption-in-georgia-statehouse\/\">providing his remarks<\/a> during an interview on <\/span><i><span>Breitbart News Saturday<\/span><\/i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><span>Perdue said the stalled bill, which Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) moved to a Democrat-controlled Senate committee last month \u2014 effectively shelving it indefinitely \u2014 was a result of political corruption.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is the height of corruption that you see under the Gold Dome in Atlanta, Georgia,\u201d Perdue said. \u201cThey\u2019re so afraid of the connection between big business and the politics of that city that they don\u2019t want to take a chance on that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Duncan, who is the Senate president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/duncan-opposes-buckhead-cityhood-in-2022-pushes-anti-crime-measure\/BHLVU3O3PNDTJHF34E5YUS5K2A\/\">told<\/a> the\u00a0<\/span><span>the <\/span><i><span>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/span><\/i><span> this month that too many planning questions remain unanswered, including how bond ratings would <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/buckhead-cityhood-threatens-bond-ratings-experts-say-advocates-have-answers\/sections\/reports\/johnruch\/\"><span>affect<\/span><\/a><span> city development and state taxpayers once the affluent neighborhood is carved out of Atlanta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>House Speaker David Ralston (R) has been more passive on the matter, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/georgia-house-speaker-declines-take-up-buckhead-city-measure-killing-bill-legislative-season\/32DMM62DVBBITFQR4T7XCE3R7M\/\"><span>saying<\/span><\/a><span> he \u201crespect[s]\u201d the Senate\u2019s decision to table the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Current Gov. Brian Kemp (R) offered his own opinion on the bill during his own interview with <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/19\/exclusive-gov-brian-kemp-urges-buckhead-city-debate-atlanta-mayor-needs-to-feel-pressure-on-crime\/\">saying<\/a> he wants<\/span><span>\u00a0to see a healthy debate in the state legislature play out and that it will allow the new Atlanta mayor, Andre Dickens (D), to \u201cfeel pressure\u201d to stem Atlanta crime, which is the driving reason for the Buckhead separation movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>White noted that Democrat Stacey Abrams has \u201calready announced she would veto such a bill\u201d if she was elected governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have time,\u201d he said, adding that Buckhead will see a \u201cmass exodus\u201d if crime continues to rise. \u201cSo lives, property, commerce, [and] quality of life [are] all at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Breitbart News Saturday airs on SiriusXM Patriot 125 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ashley Oliver contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of the Buckhead City Committee Bill White criticized Georgia lawmakers for shelving a plan to place the deannexation of Buckhead from Atlanta on the ballot in 2022, saying \u201cwe &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}