“unAmerican?” How is it “unAmerican” for a city to grow? Take a drive around the City of Decatur. Take it all in. Then go a few blocks to the North, South, or East and drive around unincorporated DeKalb County (I don’t say West because much of that is associated with Druid Hills). Decatur roads are better, there’s less garbage on the streets, less graffiti, less crime and better schools. This happens to correlate with higher taxes. City gets more money, city provides better services for its residents. But I guess some people are just happier living in that craphole that is DeKalb County because the taxes are low. Heaven forbid anyone become part of a city and thereby inherit the services available from the city. It’s better to pay low taxes and watch your neighborhood whither. Right?

It would be helpful to look at annexation laws the U.S. over to see how strict/loose GA’s is in comparison, but unfortunately I don’t think there’s a one stop shop for that sort of thing.

I double your call for someone one there that may know the implications of something like this. Maybe we should call up DeKalb bulldog and fmr. Governor Roy Barnes, who assisted in trying to kill the city of Dunwoody.

It’s a pretty clear sign, it seems, that Decatur annexation is not operating in a vacuum.