Talk:Rockdale County, Georgia

"The Lost Children of Rockdale County"

I'd never heard of this county (being from California and now Texas) until I just heard about PBS's 1999 documentary of the above name. It was a sensationalistic account of a teen-party scene where a group of "troubled" girls had sex with groups of white and black teen boys (separately) at homes and a motel, leading to a cluster of syphilis cases. Is this worth mentioning as a miscellaneous topic about the county? The documentary was a national phenomenon for a while (concerned parents and adults, including Dr. Phil, worrying about the teen sex craze, particularly oral sex); this tied in with the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky oral-sex publicity. Did County leaders address this publicity black-eye? Has the documentary had any lasting effect on the county? Just wondering, as an outsider, whether this deserves a mention on the page.

Spooty3 18:20, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I've lived here since the 1970s and the PBS show has been pretty much forgotten about here. The town has grown (and continues to grow) at a rapid rate since the days of that special. I think the major issue around town these days is traffic congestion.

I'm from metro Atlanta, although not Rockdale County. I was also surprised not to see the documentary mentioned in the article, because it did create a national discourse about teen sex. It was pretty memorable as well; I always think of it when I drive through the county, unfortunate as that is for Rockdale, and I still hear folks joke about it a decade later. Still, many people, especially those relatively new to the state, don't know anything about it, and those events could have happened anywhere in the country. It was a mistake for PBS to put so much emphasis on Rockdale County in the documentary. They obviously could have mentioned it, but did it really have to be in the title? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.65.89.133 (talk) 14:16, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Salem Campground Tents

What is this doing in an article on Rockdale county? I moved it here. 1. Jenkins Tent 2. Thorp/Grayson Tent 3. Plunkett Tent 4. Doster Tent 5. Tom Elliot Jr./Drew Elliot Tent 6. Cook Tent 7. Gardner/Langford Tent 8. Head Tent 9. John Cowan Tent 10. Barnett Tent 11. Amy and Daniel Morgan Tent 12. Bill Rogers Tent 13. Bellefeuille/Russell Tent 14. Kemp Tent 15. J.T. Hicks Tent 16. Bob H. Elliot Tent 17. Vaughn Tent 18. Cowan Tent 19. Anslee Ogletree Tent 20. Atkinson/Kincaid/Wunder Tent 21. Cunningham/Ramsey Tent 22. Ellington Tent 23. Don Ogletree Tent 24. Tanner/Ingle Tent 25. Parks-Hicks Tent 26. Caretakers Cottage Rearden9 13:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Police State

Just a warning to visitors, the police presence feels like it's tripled in the past few years and it has become the speed trap from hell. Drive through here at your own risk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.74.164 (talk) 21:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Let me give you another warning, criminals have moved here in mass so we need a stong law enforcement presence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.152.138.71 (talk) 00:04, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Removal of election data

I've started a discussion about one editor's unilateral removal of presidential election data from this article on the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject United States#Inclusion of presidential election data in U.S. county articles page. @John from Idegon: Feel free to discuss this matter either here or there, but please don't unilaterally change a longstanding consensus without reaching agreement among editors to do so first. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 04:12, 3 July 2020 (UTC)