(04-01-2011 01:51 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 12:16 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 11:26 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 08:55 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Of course they were, by you incompetent f'n Dim'o'crats who can't govern a city worth a damn. You can't force people to live in your district.

No but you can keep them out through various means.

Who is "them"? Black people? There are well off black people all OVER Dunwoody and Alpharetta, as well as Sandy Springs.

Stick to what you know, cupcake.

Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

you do know that 12% is a normal distribution, right? Blacks account for 12.3% of the US population, which makes Sandy Springs black population quite representative of the nation as a whole

Facts elude Roberta.

(04-01-2011 12:37 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 11:34 AM)WMD Owl Wrote:  He was the "joker" that suggested the Whites want to lynch the Blacks that venture north of I-285.

Then he would have been against the North Springs MARTA station (and all the $ from it) I guess? Since the opponents of it were labeled as racists wanting to keep blacks out of their suburbs.

We could have an entire forum about MARTA crap. The "Yellow" line objections because it ended in a high asian populated area were a good laugh too. They just re-named it "Gold". They still use the color yellow.

I ride the Red Line often when I have to go Downtown since I hate paying confiscatory parking rates, and with a tall Tundra its difficult to find a decent parking spot.

If they eventually build the new Falcons Stadium at the site of the GM plant in Doraville, the Gold Line will be heavily used. That would be easiest way to get to the game.

I must admit going South from 5 Points to the Airport the ridership gets "interesting."

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

I don't believe that Atlanta actually lost population. I think it was a failure of the Census. Many are moving back into the city and gentrifying once derelict areas. However, more of the poor are moving out of the city and into the suburbs.

If blacks are saying they are under-represented in these newly created cities, then aren't whites underrepresented in Atlanta (since that is what's skewing the percentages)? They're only flapping their arms in the wind. Nothing will come of this, and it seems it has already been forgotten. Once Atlanta city schools are decertified because of board in-fighting, no one will even remember this.

(04-02-2011 02:36 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

I don't believe that Atlanta actually lost population. I think it was a failure of the Census. Many are moving back into the city and gentrifying once derelict areas. However, more of the poor are moving out of the city and into the suburbs.

If blacks are saying they are under-represented in these newly created cities, then aren't whites underrepresented in Atlanta (since that is what's skewing the percentages)? They're only flapping their arms in the wind. Nothing will come of this, and it seems it has already been forgotten. Once Atlanta city schools are decertified because of board in-fighting, no one will even remember this.

Clayton County Schools were decertified a couple of years back because of the same type of corruption and BS, and the State didn't punish those responsible. The students were given waivers, had valid High School Diplomas and the Board Members just "disappeared."

I know one way to stop this litigation dead tomorrow. Its called a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim for Relief. The Judge will give the Plaintiffs a chance to Amend their Complaint to alleged something "valid"., but all that does is set up a Summary Judgment.

(04-01-2011 01:51 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 12:16 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 11:26 AM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 08:55 AM)Rebel Wrote:  Of course they were, by you incompetent f'n Dim'o'crats who can't govern a city worth a damn. You can't force people to live in your district.

No but you can keep them out through various means.

Who is "them"? Black people? There are well off black people all OVER Dunwoody and Alpharetta, as well as Sandy Springs.

Stick to what you know, cupcake.

Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

you do know that 12% is a normal distribution, right? Blacks account for 12.3% of the US population, which makes Sandy Springs black population quite representative of the nation as a whole

Yes, as a nation but well below Georgia percentage(which is about 30%). Also, people are apparently moving out. Why would that be? I think I hit the nail on the head when I said "white flight". Now I am not saying that every town/municipality/township etc should have 30% minority population but 4-6% with the one at the US average losing population? Seems odd.

(04-01-2011 05:59 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:51 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 12:16 PM)Rebel Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 11:26 AM)RobertN Wrote:  No but you can keep them out through various means.

Who is "them"? Black people? There are well off black people all OVER Dunwoody and Alpharetta, as well as Sandy Springs.

Stick to what you know, cupcake.

Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

you do know that 12% is a normal distribution, right? Blacks account for 12.3% of the US population, which makes Sandy Springs black population quite representative of the nation as a whole

Facts elude Roberta.

Rightwing Klan spin doesn't elude me. I see it a mile away.

(04-02-2011 04:04 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 05:59 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:51 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 12:16 PM)Rebel Wrote:  Who is "them"? Black people? There are well off black people all OVER Dunwoody and Alpharetta, as well as Sandy Springs.

Stick to what you know, cupcake.

Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

you do know that 12% is a normal distribution, right? Blacks account for 12.3% of the US population, which makes Sandy Springs black population quite representative of the nation as a whole

Facts elude Roberta.

Rightwing Klan spin doesn't elude me. I see it a mile away.

We know all about that light you see at the end of the tunnel. Willie Coyote.

(04-02-2011 02:36 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  

(04-01-2011 01:05 PM)RobertN Wrote:  Yeah, I see what you are talking about. Dunwoody is about 4.4% black. Alpharetta seems a little more welcoming at almost 6.5%. O am impressed with Sandy Springs though-12%. I did notice that the city had recently lost population. White flight?

I don't believe that Atlanta actually lost population. I think it was a failure of the Census. Many are moving back into the city and gentrifying once derelict areas. However, more of the poor are moving out of the city and into the suburbs.

If blacks are saying they are under-represented in these newly created cities, then aren't whites underrepresented in Atlanta (since that is what's skewing the percentages)? They're only flapping their arms in the wind. Nothing will come of this, and it seems it has already been forgotten. Once Atlanta city schools are decertified because of board in-fighting, no one will even remember this.

I didn't mean Atlanta, I meant Sandy Springs.

(04-02-2011 04:12 PM)RobertN Wrote:  I didn't mean Atlanta, I meant Sandy Springs.

The lines drawn are purely geographical. Look at them on a map. There is no "gerrymandering". They drew in most all unincorporated lands into the new cities. They didn't draw the lines to exclude black, asian, mexican, etc. neighborhoods. Cities butt up against county lines or other city lines, rivers, roads, etc.

The cities of Roswell, Alpharetta, Marietta, etc. are mostly white, and surrounded by these newly created cities. What makes these new cities with the same demographics somehow illegal?