(APN) LITHONIA — Candidates for DeKalb District 5 Commissioner squared off in a forum in Lithonia, Georgia, on Thursday May 28, 2015. Early voting is already underway for this seat, which has been without representation since July 2013, when District 5 Commissioner Lee May was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal as Interim DeKalb County CEO following the indictment and […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and the apparent co-conspirators who set out to sabotage their operation will be in front of the Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday, June 02, 2015, to argue their cases. The main issue is whether Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall erroneously issued an order allowing Premium […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, May 18, 2015, at the City Council of Atlanta’s Full Council Meeting, concerned citizens from unincorporated south Fulton County turned out to express their concerns regarding the annexation petition process for the Loch Lomond, Sandtown, and Southoak communities. Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms (District 11) addressed the commenters, including by discussing their concerns and denying […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — In Atlanta Progressive News’s continuing coverage of the June 16, 2015 Special Election for State House District 55, the seat of former State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta), we now turn to candidate Shelitha Robertson. Previously, Robertson ran for Atlanta City Council Post 3-at-large in 2009, challenging then-Councilman Lamar Willis. She ran for Fulton County Superior Court […]
Read moreCLICK ON POST to view, access links. Investigators: Legislators and Corporate Lobbyists Meet in Secret at Georgia Resort Channel 11 Alive WXIA television news http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/investigations/2015/05/21/investigators-legislators-and-corporate-lobbyists-meet-in-secret-at-georgia-resort/27695105/ Atlanta Officials Agree to $20k Settlement for Baton Bob Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/05/atlanta-officials-agree-to-20k-settlement-for.html City Paid 12 Million on Outside Investigation in Eagle Raid WABE http://wabe.org/post/city-paid-12-million-outside-investigation-eagle-raid#.VVaBlPgRWg8.facebook From the Editor: I’m Stepping Down at […]
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(APN) DECATUR — The Atlanta Citizen Review Board (ACRB) is looking to change some things about the way it operates. At a meeting of Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment (ABLE) on May 19, 2015, ACRB Executive Director Samuel Lee Reid outlined several of fifteen reforms the Board originally made public in February 2015. ABLE invited Reid to speak […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the June 16, 2015 Special Election for House District 55, Atlanta Progressive News today takes a look at candidate John Guest, a Republican running as an independent, who recently told a local group of Republicans that he plans to “sneak up on ‘em” in House District 55. “I’m running for Tyrone […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Low-income senior and disabled residents of Friendship Towers, a rent-subsidized apartment building, have been drumming up public pressure to get the building’s air conditioning fixed, as sweltering temperatures threaten their comfort, and in some cases, their health. News broke earlier in May that the building’s elderly tenants were suffering in the heat. Then a man was […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On March 26, 2015, Atlanta Independent School System (known as Atlanta Public Schools) filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court against “All Persons Known Or Unknown Who Claim Or Might Claim Adversely To Plaintiff’s Title To Real Property Known As 711 Catherine Street, 202 Milton Avenue, 1261 Lockwood Drive, 350 Autumn Lane, All Located in Fulton.” […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Seven candidates are running in a June 16, 2015, Special Election to replace former State Rep. Tyrone Brooks (D-Atlanta), for State House District 55. The candidates include Tyrone Brooks Jr., the son of former State Rep. Brooks; Alysia Brown; John Franklin Guest Jr.; Marie R. Metze; Michael B. Fitzgerald; Raghu R. Raju; and Shelitha Renee Robertson, […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — At the Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Board Meeting of the Atlanta Beltline, the Board passed the Fiscal Year 2016 budget for the Beltline that does not provide any payments towards the Beltline’s 13.5 million dollar debt to Atlanta Public Schools (APS). This debt reflects two missed payments in January 2014 and January 2015. Based on the […]
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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — After six years and numerous motions of contempt against the City of Atlanta for not implementing court-ordered changes in training of Atlanta police officers, changes in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and other changes to police culture, now serious sanctions have been imposed on the City of Atlanta. Today, […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless has made good on its plan to help feed the homeless people it serves through an organic rooftop garden, involving bees and a rainwater collection system. The garden is so successful, an expansion is planned. Residents at the shelter, located in downtown Atlanta’s Peachtree and Pine Streets, will […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — DeKalb County Government is once again under regional scrutiny as the acting CEO and District 5 Commissioner Lee May stepped down to allow for a special election to fill the District 5 seat. Lee became the Interim CEO for DeKalb on July 16, 2013, appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal. May was District 5 Commissioner when appointed […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, May 14, 2015, the meeting of the Atlanta Citizens Review Board (ACRB) at the Ben Hill Recreation Center was packed with citizens expressing their dissatisfaction with the Board for myriad reasons. Current issues include demanding an end to the “Don’t Run Campaign” and demanding an investigation into the death of Alexia Christian. The City […]
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