[ale] [OT] Life north of ATL?

[michael at potter.name (Michael Potter)]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Michael Campbell
<michael.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
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>> Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com> writes:
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>> > On 05/23/2012 07:55 PM, simontek at gmail.com wrote:
>> >> What's wrong with John's creek?
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>> > Fulton county == TAXES
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>> Hopefully Milton county will re-emerge sometime soon ;)
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> Amen to that, but I don't see it happening any time soon; it will require a
> state constitutional change which is never easy, and Fulton is NEVER going
> to want to let go of the tax base.
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I half way pay attention to the Milton County thing and believe it
would be good for all if it were structured as follows:

1) Eliminate Fulton County as we know it and make all services that
Fulton County provides part of Atlanta.  Essentially merging Atlanta
and Fulton County.

2) Everywhere that is in current Fulton County and outside of Atlanta
becomes a new county or counties.

This will eliminate a taxing body for the people of Atlanta and make
government more efficient.

I would like to see a study done on how much money goes to North
Fulton and how much Tax money is raised in North Fulton.  Many people
seem to assume that North Fulton is contributing more than their share
to Fulton, but I have not seen a study and have recently heard that is
not true.