Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, speaks during a roundtable discussion with William Barr, U.S. attorney general, federal, state, and local officials, not pictured, at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Barr said the federal government is awarding more than $100 million in grants to target human trafficking. The money will go to task forces combatting human trafficking, to victim services and victim housing, reports the Associated Press. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Georgia senators could vote Thursday on two bills allowing the upscale Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, even as Gov. Brian Kemp cast doubt on the effort, making clear it faces an uphill political battle.
The Senate Rules Committee voted Wednesday to set the bills for debate Thursday, after Kemp’s chief lawyer sent a memo to lawmakers Tuesday questioning many of the provisions of the controversial plan to transform Atlanta’s whitest and most affluent area into Buckhead City. A Senate committee passed the bills on Monday, the first time such legislation has advanced out of committee in the Georgia General Assembly.
David Dove. (Courtesy photo)
