(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta’s large commercial buildings will be required to report their water and energy use under a newly adopted City ordinance that aims to reduce commercial energy consumption and cut carbon emissions. Mayor Kasim Reed announced the new policy on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. “We are building on our success with the Better Buildings Challenge to […]
Read moreDixie Is Dead The Bitter Southerner http://bittersoutherner.com/dixie-is-dead-tracy-thompson-defining-the-south#.VTkcsEv41uY How Atlanta Was Kept Out of Cobb County by a Ten Foot Wide City, Chattahoochee Plantation WABE http://wabe.org/post/how-atlanta-was-kept-out-cobb-county-10-foot-wide-city Atlanta LBGT People Leading Local Tiny Home Movement The Georgia Voice http://thegavoice.com/living-large-in-tiny-homes/ Packed House Strongly Opposes Palmetto Pipeline Savannah Morning News http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-04-21/packed-house-strongly-opposes-palmetto-pipeline The $5 Billion Race to Build A Better Battery […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Commissioner Joan Garner (District 3) has resigned from the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA), after being asked to do so by County Commission Chair John Eaves (District 7). “I appreciate the service Commissioner Garner provided to the county on the AFCRA board. However, as all the parties involved head into a deeper discussion about […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, many Atlantans participated in a national day of resistance to police killings. In Atlanta, the day started with a die-in at Georgia State University. Then the activists marched to the Municipal Court of Atlanta, carrying a real casket and a Stolen Lives banner that documents victims murdered by police. There, […]
Read moreFraud City The Daily Show television program http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/x4vg3f/fraud-city The Dystopian Lake Filled by the World’s Tech Lust BBC (UK) http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth Our Time Is Now By Joe Beasley African Leadership (UK) http://africanleadership.co.uk/our-time-is-now-joe-beasley/ Georgia Is Driving In Reverse When It Comes To Electric Vehicles Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/georgia-is-driving-in-reverse-when-it-comes-to-electric-vehicles-going-from-being-a-leader-to-last-place/ Regents OK Turbines on Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Savannah Morning News […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — A University of Georgia (UGA) student, Adam Veale, was found not guilty by the school’s Student Judiciary, part of its Office of Student Conduct, for his non-violent civil disobedience and arrest at the State Capitol while advocating for Medicaid Expansion with Moral Monday on March 02, 2015. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/03/04/twelve-protesters-arrested-at-capitol-demanding-medicaid-expansion/ Veale was offered a deal to avoid […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — A majority of likely Gwinnett County voters support expanding Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA) service to the county, according to a poll commissioned by the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce. “This reaffirms what we thought about how the Gwinnett community has changed over time. The community in general supports transportation alternatives,” Dr. Daniel Kaufman, President […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — At the Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, on Monday, April 20, 2015, the fast-tracking of 13 million dollars for Tyler Perry’s real estate transaction deal with the City of Atlanta for a new film studio at Fort McPherson was approved by all except Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9). The vote was 11 […]
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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The Board of Directors of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority has removed the Executive Director of the Authority, and replaced her with Atlanta City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms (District 11), a strong advocate for Mayor Kasim Reed. The position pays 135,000 dollars per year. “I’m very […]
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(APN) TYBEE ISLAND, Georgia — The “Source to Sea” Savannah River Pilgrimage started on March 08, 2015, at Whiteside Mountain, North Carolina, and ended April 11, 2015, 439 miles later on the bank of Tybee Island. The purpose of the pilgrimage was to raise awareness of environmental damage to the ecosystem from pollutants that flow into the river from […]
Read moreUnlikely Neighbors: “The Pot Shop” Opens next to Police Station in Atlanta Fox 5 Atlanta http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/28766138/unlikely-neighbors-the-pot-shop-opens-next-to-police-station-in-atlanta Two former judges on convicted APS educators: Jail neither mandated nor appropriate Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Get Schooled” blog http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/04/09/two-former-judges-on-convicted-aps-educators-jail-neither-mandated-nor-appropriate/?hc_location=ufi Twenty Free Things to Do in Atlanta Explore Georgia website http://www.exploregeorgia.org/article/20-free-things-to-do-in-metro-atlanta Link Between Georgia’s New Medicinal Pot Law And A House Power Play […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Four activists and one reporter were arrested in Valdosta, Georgia, on April 06, 2015, after marching from Atlanta to seek justice for Kendrick Johnson. The activists are Jakalia Brown, Jamel Cosby, Natalia Hall, and Harold Maze. According to a tweet by Drum Beats for Peace, Erica Walker was arrested while there with WAOK radio “and […]
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By Julian Plowden, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — An estimated one thousand people, most of whom represented minimum and low wage workers, rallied outside of local Atlanta McDonald’s, Burger King, and Walmart businesses on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. This protest was a joint action in a wave of other protests happening nationwide on the […]
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With additional reporting by Barbara Payne. (APN) ATLANTA — Voter referenda for proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker, both in north DeKalb County, are moving forward to be on the November 2015 ballot, despite a conflict between the proposed maps for LaVista Hills and City of Atlanta annexation of Druid Hills neighborhood. City of Atlanta annexation efforts […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Five people arrested for criminal trespassing while protesting at an immigration detention center in November 2014 have been cleared of all charges. Known as the Stewart Five: Anton Flores, Kevin Caron, Maureen Fitzsimmons, Rebecca Kanner, and Jason McGaughey were arrested on November 22, 2014, at an annual demonstration held outside of Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, […]
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