Change is a comin' in Atlanta

Read blue lady's blog this morning. Interesting note about the race card not being played in DC where a shooting took place outside a nightclub, and the club was closed. I think one of the reasons is because here in the South, blacks still believe they are owed everything, including reparations from the damn Civil War.

That's alright though, because things are a changin' in the big city. Shirley Franklin is concerned (and rightfully so), that the city of Atlanta is going to lose some of it's black influence in local government. As we are seeing, the suburbs of Fulton county are becoming rapidly incorporated into their own municipalities, thus loss of power over all the county. They are losing revenues they've squandered over decades to utilize for their downtown projects. Another new influence is taking over within the city, white people. Why do you think all the high-rises are being built? Why all the new shopping enclaves? Government subsidized housing and delapidated buildings are being eliminated for these massive structures that are attracting a different element. That money, along with those taxpayers, will have more of an influence on how the city is run, and I do believe some are worried. Some of these are young professionals, many are older couples whose children are grown, and they no longer want the homes (and their upkeep) they've enjoyed in the suburbs for years. They are downsizing in an upscale manner. The city will depend on this new revenue since the suburbs with the higher tax bases are lost to the city. The race card that's constantly being played in the city may be on its way out.

I see where Bill Campbell's lawyer is trying to get him out of jail on a possible technicality. I doubt it will work, and let's hope it doesn't happen. Shirley's the only mayor I know of in my tenure of 28 years here that hasn't been corrupt. Where her children are concerned, is another issue altogether. That ex-husband is questionable, but he doesn't run the city.