History of the Atlanta Fire Dept.

[GA_Dave]

Any idea what happened to make these areas that suddenly wanted to incorporate into their cities? Seems like something political had t occur to make such an "uprising" happen throughout the entire area.

Although the reasons are political, the desire to incorporate is far from sudden. The Sandy Springs area has attempted to become a city since the mid-1980's, maybe even longer, but the State would not allow it until two years ago. That change opened the door for the other new cities to follow suit. The major part of Fulton County's tax revenue came from the northside and much of that tax money now goes to the new cities. This left Fulton County with more services than it could afford to provide. The County would no longer be able to provide city-type services such as fire and police protection. The existing cities in the county saw this as a last chance to annex county land before it became another city and began to do so. This process is still underway, so the final story has yet to be written.