Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — Political blogger Andre Walker wrote dozens of blog items in favor of US Rep. David Scott (D-GA) this year but did not disclose to readers he was on Scott’s payroll. Walker runs a blog called Georgia Politics Unfiltered and also is a blogger at Peach Pundit. Previously, Walker had faced scrutiny in the local blogger community for […]

With additional reporting by Jonathan Springston. (APN) COLLEGE PARK — Progressive challengers did not fare well against Centrist Congressional Democrats, US Reps. David Scott (D-GA), John Barrow (D-GA), and Jim Marshall (D-GA), in the recent 2008 Primary Election in Georgia. However, two of the challengers, State Sen. Regina Thomas and former State Sen. Donzella James, are respectively planning to face […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The private, nonprofit Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) voted to install a new CEO to oversee operations at Grady Memorial Hospital and also approved a settlement agreement with the current Interim CEO during a special called meeting on Monday, July 21, 2008. The 17-member GMHC voted unanimously to make Michael A. Young, 52, currently head of Erie […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Beltline Affordable Housing Advisory Board (BAHAB) held the first citywide conversation on affordable housing as it relates to the BeltLine, on July 08, 2008, the first in a series of meetings seeking to generate feedback from the community over the coming weeks. BAHAB is actively working to create policy recommendations on creating affordable housing around the […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43176 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 14 (IPS) – A coalition of over 100 national and local organisations representing labour unions, doctors, nurses, women, small businesses, religious groups, racial minorities, and think tanks has launched a new campaign in 53 U.S. cities to demand quality, affordable […]

(APN) DECATUR — Interim Grady Memorial Hospital CEO Pam Stephenson called a press conference Thursday, July 10, 2008, to defend a previously unknown contract she entered into with the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) earlier this year. “I thought, given the events over the last two days, and let alone the last 16 months, ought to be stated coming from my […]

(APN) ATLANTA — After many weeks of searching, the new, privatized Grady board, the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), announced Monday, July 07, 2008, four finalists to possibly take over as CEO at Grady Memorial Hospital. A.D. “Pete” Correll, Chairman of the GMHC, said Monday the GMHC is happy with the quality of the four finalists and noted Atlantans should […]

(APN) ATLANTA — On June 30, 2008, Fulton County Superior Court denied Greenleaf Energy Associates LLC a permit to build a coal burning power plant in Early County, Georgia, on the Florida border. Early County has almost twice as many Black residents than the average county in Georgia, and almost twice as many residents below the federal poverty line, according […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) approval June 20, 2008, to move forward with plans to relocate the residents of Bowen Homes and demolish the complex. The AHA has been working for over a year to demolish Bowen Homes and the other 11 remaining public housing complexes under […]