White candidate scrambles vote, attitudes in Atlanta race


	White candidate scrambles vote, attitudes in Atlanta race

jay8h

11-1-2009 9:39 AM

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11-1-2009 1:02 PM

clip-on-tie

Why does it matter what race they are? What matters is the city needs a competent mayor.

11-1-2009 4:10 PM

jay8h

Right on, but you see it does not work both ways.

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For decades as white residents fled to the suburbs, Atlanta's black political establishment, led by a string of strong mayors, revived the moribund economy and so revamped the city's image that it earned a national reputation as "Hotlanta."
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Black mayors have occupied City Hall since 1973, but this year, a white City Council member is leading in the polls, even though two black civic leaders urged black voters to unite against her.
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