Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — At least four federal courts have stricken state shelter-in-place orders for violating the First Amendment and/or other amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Atlanta Progressive News has learned through a review and analysis of pandemic-related cases from 2020.   In addition, four U.S. Supreme Court Justices–Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch–were ready […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Brian Kemp, the Governor of Georgia, asserted his belief that the voices of the citizenry of Georgia, are, in fact, less important during a pandemic, in a court filing, filed earlier this month.   In Matthew Charles Cardinale v. Brian Kemp (in his personal capacity), filed on June 25, 2020, the original complaint asserts in Paragraph 50: […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Commission Vice Chair Marvin Arrington, Jr., (District 5) is facing an ethics complaint and a bar complaint for his conflict of interest in running Fulton County Government while obtaining favorable results for his clients as a criminal defense attorney in Fulton County’s court system.   State Rep.-elect Mesha Mainor (D-Atlanta) filed the complaints against Commissioner […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The City Auditor’s Office of the City Atlanta has completed its audit of the City’s Cable Franchise Agreement with Comcast Cable; and determined that Comcast has underpaid the City of Atlanta by at least fifteen thousand dollars in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 alone.   http://www.atlaudit.org/comcast-franchise-fees—august-2020.html   The audit, which was published on August 31, 2020, says […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Progressive activist Liliana Bakhtiari will run again for Atlanta City Council District 5 in the 2021 City of Atlanta Municipal Elections.   The District 5 seat, covering East Atlanta, is currently held by Atlanta City Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong.   Over the last four years, since Bakhtiari’s first run for District 5 in 2017, she has continued her […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Voters in Senate District 39 beware: If you are eligible to vote in Senate District 39 and voting in person, you must make a special request and remain vigilant, in order to receive a ballot that contains the Special Election.   Several voters have complained to at least two of the campaigns that they are not receiving […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In order to shield their discussion of a controversial ordinance that they knew violated state law, Atlanta City Councilmembers closed two committee meetings to the public and went into Executive Session on Feb. 11 and 12, 2020.   Now, Atlanta Progressive News has learned that their claims that the closed meetings were justified by “threat of litigation” […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In June 2020, City of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), committing to participate in a pilot program to provide a basic income to a small number of Atlanta residents.   “I am honored to join this powerful coalition of mayors as a founding member in this privately funded pilot […]

Photographs of Michael B. Jones, Robbie Ashe, Michael Smith, and Alisha Irene Wyatt-Bullman published pursuant to Fair Use doctrine for public educational purposes. (APN) ATLANTA — In an effort to stifle transparency and prevent being held accountable for apparent violations of the Georgia Open Records Act, the City of Atlanta has committed to spending endless taxpayer dollars to dismantle key […]

  Public image of Brooke Siskin used pursuant to Fair Use doctrine.   (APN) ATLANTA — A candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Ninth U.S. Congressional District has been arrested twice just this year, while at the same time having bizarre posts appear on her personal and campaign social media pages, Atlanta Progressive News can reveal.   Brooke Siskin, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Democratic Party of Georgia has selected State Sen. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) to replace late-U.S. Rep John Lewis (D-GA) on the ballot as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress for the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia in the upcoming November 03, 2020 General Election.   “Nobody will ever fill the shoes of Congressman Lewis.  I will do […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta Progressive News has updated its Atlanta City Council Scorecard to reflect several controversial votes taken on yesterday, June 20, 2020, by the Atlanta City Council regarding funding the Atlanta Police Department in the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget.   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UstnxjuqNt1xQYA2UUkjqta5Iia_dRRVHf2p-_o4-Q8/edit?usp=sharing   The new scores are as follows:   MICHAEL JULIAN BOND (1 at-large) 66.67   NATALYN […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — On June 16, 2020, the Georgia General Assembly approved legislation that will give the voters of Georgia a chance to decide in a November 2020 referendum whether Georgians should be able to sue the State of Georgia in Georgia courts for declaratory judgment – in other words, to sue for a declaration that the State of […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — On today, June 08, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg denied the City of Atlanta’s extraordinary and outrageous motion to silence the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, in Cardinale v. City of Atlanta, 1:20-cv-01077-AT.   On April 14, 2020, the City of Atlanta filed a motion in federal court, asking for the court to […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta’s City Council is still taking unrecorded votes in violation of the Georgia Open Meetings Act, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.   The minutes of the Feb. 11, 2020 Community Development/Human Services Committee reflect a “voice vote” on a motion to go into Executive Session (or closed, non-public session), and a “voice vote” […]