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Originally Posted by austin356
This is one part of Atlanta that I really despise; despise very deeply. We really need to stop this cancer that is eating away at our great, ever changing, city. Atlanta is nothing, absolutely nothing without change. We dont have the foundation that similiar size metros have, but we do have a better hope for the future. That is our strength and to limit that is just foolish; something I will not be apart of.
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It comes down to the hard work of politics. That includes personal voting, of course, and as a threshold matter that means choosing to live within the city limits.
But it's far more than that. It takes years of campaigning, fundraising, going to endless meetings, door to door canvassing, establishing phone banks, writing checks, lobbying, speaking to civic associations, polling, serving on countless comittees and boards, building relationships with voters and other political leaders, and so forth. That's how people make their voices heard. Mayor Franklin and Councilwoman Norwood have done that, and there are obviously a lot of people who support them.
While I don't agree with the Mayor or with Councilwoman Norwood on these various building bans, I acknowledge that they have shown a lot more committment to the city than I have.