Monthly Archives: June 2012

(IPS) Election Year Sees Increasingly Polarised US Congress

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=108098. ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 9, 2012 (IPS) – All signs are pointing to a more polarised, less moderate U.S. Congress in the near future. These include some of the recent Congressional primary elections in states throughout the U.S.; the retirement of longtime senator Olympia Snowe, a moderate Republican from Maine; […]

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Mayor Reed Knocks Bain on NBC, Hired Bain Workers, Used Bain Tactics (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA — Mayor Kasim Reed, as part of his apparent ambitions to join the Administration of President Barack Obama, appeared on NBC’s national television program, Meet the Press, as a surrogate for the Obama Campaign. During his visit, he made it a point to go after former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for President, for Romney’s […]

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Public Defender Faints at Council Meeting after Willis Interrogation

(APN) ATLANTA — Rosalie Joy, Interim Director of the Office of the Public Defender of the City of Atlanta, fainted while being questioned by Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) at a meeting of the Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee of the City Council, on Tuesday, May 01, 2012. Willis falsely accused her of not answering his question, of being deceptive, and […]

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