Monthly Archives: August 2013
Mary Norwood Challenges Watson for Her Old Council Seat
(APN) ATLANTA — Former City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large), who ran for Mayor of Atlanta in 2009 and attempted to qualify as an independent to run for Fulton County Commissioner in 2010, is running for her former City Council seat. Norwood qualified yesterday, August 30, 2013. The seat is currently held by Councilman Aaron Watson. […]
Read moreHayes-Tavares Caught in Apparent Fake Commenter Scheme
(APN) ATLANTA — Candidate for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 6, Shawnna Hayes-Tavares, appears to have employed a tactic of impersonating at least three ficticious persons to post comments on the Atlanta Progressive News website, attacking the publication for a recent article. Two days ago, Atlanta Progressive News revealed that Hayes-Tavares has an arrest record […]
Read moreAPS Candidate, Hayes-Tavares, Has Arrest Record, PTA Ban, Pending Lawsuit
(APN) ATLANTA — Shawnna Hayes-Tavares, a candidate for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education (District 6), has an arrest record and is the subject of several investigations and actions involving JC Young Middle School, Atlanta Progressive News can reveal. Hayes-Tavares was arrested on August 08, 2011, by DeKalb County Police, on three charges, including giving a false name […]
Read more(IPS) NSA Spying Scandal Extends to DEA, IRS
This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/spying-scandal-engulfs-other-u-s-agencies/ SPOKANE, Washington, Aug 21 2013 (IPS) – Earlier this month, Reuters revealed that a special division within the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been using intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a mass database of telephone records to secretly identify targets for drug enforcement actions. In the wake of […]
Read moreFormer State Rep. Long to Challenge Councilman Willis
(APN) ATLANTA — Former State Rep. Ralph Long (D-Atlanta) will enter the Post 3-at-large race for the City Council of Atlanta, where he will challenge incumbent Lamar Willis, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Newcomer Andre Dickens, who has raised over 55,000 dollars and has the support of former Mayor Shirley Franklin, is also challenging Willis. […]
Read moreAndre Dickens, Willis’s Council Opponent, on the Issues
(APN) ATLANTA — Over the last two days, Atlanta Progressive News interviewed Andre Dickens regarding his position on the issues in preparation for this November’s Municipal Elections for the City of Atlanta, in which Dickens is challenging Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large). As previously reported by APN, Willis has had numerous ethical issues over the years. He is currently […]
Read moreTeach for America Agenda Advanced by Four Alumni Seeking APS Seats (UPDATE 1)
(APN) ATLANTA — It is likely no coincidence that four candidates for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Board of Education (BOE) are alumni of Teach for America (TFA), including three newcomers and one incumbent who himself is fairly new to the Board. In fact, TFA has been pushing its alumni to run for office since at least 2008, in order to […]
Read moreSimama Challenges English for Seat on APS Board
(APN) ATLANTA — Nisha Simama, a former Interim Board of Education (BOE) Member for Atlanta Public Schools (APS) for the District 2 seat, is now challenging at-large Board Member Courtney English for Seat 7. Simama was selected by the torn and divided Board to serve as an Interim Member, with the intent that she could help the Board […]
Read moreGreen Tea Coalition Launches in Georgia
(APN) DECATUR — The Green Tea Coalition (GTC) was launched Tuesday, August 06, 2013 at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House, 701 West Howard Avenue in Decatur, Georgia. Over one hundred people attended from the right, left, and middle of the political spectrum, from all around the State of Georgia, from Savannah in South Georgia to Ringgold in […]
Read moreAPS Board Candidate, Steven Lee, Touted Diploma Mill PhD
(APN) ATLANTA — Steven Lee, a community leader who serves at-risk youth primarily in Southwest Atlanta, is running for the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 5 seat. The District 5 seat is being vacated by LaChandra Butler Burks, who is not seeking reelection. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Raynard Johnson is also running […]
Read moreAdvocates, Ratepayers Oppose Paying for Vogtle’s Cost Overruns (UPDATE 1)
(APN) ATLANTA — On July 18, 2013 the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) held the first of two scheduled hearings on Georgia Power’s request to pass 381 million dollars in cost overruns, in connection with the construction of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, onto ratepayers, in the form of higher electricity bills. Georgia Power had […]
Read moreMike Vosburg-Casey, 1974-2013, !Presente!
(APN) ATLANTA — Mike Vosburg-Casey, 39, an activist who opposed antidemocratic US intervention in the affairs of other nations, particularly in Latin America and South America; who opposed the School of Americas (SOA) [now called the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation, WHINSEC]; who advocated for civil and human rights on behalf of poor and homeless people; and who opposed […]
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