sagaciously is...

I saw this coming...

Yet, why were the words of Mr. Burns commenting on the sad state of hip-hop running through my head when I read the following? Maybe because he happens to live in a "Have" sector:

Court upholds law dividing Fulton tax base

The gist: my county's tax base is now legally, neatly divided into two parts: the "Have's" (N. Fulton) and the "Have-Nots" (S. Fulton). They're absotively right, most of Atlanta's Fortune 500 companies, larger corporations, large portion of the business sector, etc. happen to be located in the Have sector. And as for me - I happen to be a Have-Not.

Now, this doesn't surprise me, given the attitudes of some of my colleagues who live in N. Fulton, where I work. Their attitudes aren't far from Mr. Burns either. What does bother me is that this was "tacked ... on during a last-second meeting on the bill".

And where, exactly, do you think Shafer will want to draw the line between Have's and Have-Nots? Probably right about, uh -> there, just below that Star in the "crown" that is N. Fulton county perhaps? Or maybe not - leave Atlanta, even with all its new development, to the tax-draining Have-Nots, with their "unfettered welfare, bad schools, and disrespect for authority".

Yes, I could have bought in N. Fulton, but there's economic development happening in S. Fulton, with additional projects being proposed and developed, and I wanted my home to build value as these developments unfolded.

Point is, I'm asking myself, isn't this all One County (City, State, Nation)?

Apparently not.

I'll go on about this later...