The Atlanta Braves recently broke ground on their new stadium in suburban Cobb County, Georgia, with Republican Governor Nathan Deal on hand for the ceremony. He did so despite a rift between the team and the city of Atlanta, which was in poor taste. Governor Deal, like many other Republicans in the state, would like to see the state's capital and largest city placed on the back burner like Columbia, S.C., Birmingham, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Little Rock, Ark., or other struggling communities along the East-West I-20 corridor.
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