Two photos for two new proposed cities, but both featuring at least one supporter who believes he belongs in BOTH groups. What OTHER similarities are there between these two "rivals" that their supporters may not know about? How exactly did all of these proposals supposedly come "from the people" but ended up wanting the exact same things, with the exact same slogans and now, we learn, the exact same people. In fact, Lakeside City was started by a group of people who stated that one of their main motivators was that they did not want to be included in a proposed City of DeKalb. Later, Stonecrest was started, the story goes, because of the efforts to start a city of Lakeside in North DeKalb. Before all of this, there was "Brookhaven YES." Now, we have "Lakeside YES" and "Stonecrest City YES." How stupid do they think we all are that we cannot see they are all part of the same plan? Either write ...
This is a blog about the small town of Tucker, Georgia, which is located just outside the major metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 2013, the residents of Tucker learned that a small group of politically motivated individuals who lived nearby wanted to incorporate using Tucker's commercial areas and leaving many of the long-time residents on the outskirts of the new city. This is the story of how the residents have fought back to preserve history and their own community.