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Councilman Bond Seeks Trust Fund for Turner Field Communities, as Smith Holds Meeting

February 23, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) has introduced an ordinance at the Monday, February 20, 2017 Full Council Meeting, directing the Chief Financial Officer of the City of Atlanta to establish a Trust Fund to benefit the neighborhoods surrounding the Turner Field redevelopment. The ordinance was referred to Finance/Executive Committee, where it will be […]

Hundreds Rally for Trump Impeachment in Atlanta

February 22, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, February 20, 2017, which is also President’s Day federal holiday, thousands protested Trump’s policies with “Not My President ” rallies in cities across the country, including Atlanta. In Atlanta, hundreds walked six miles from the MARTA Arts Station to the Lenox Station chanting, “Not My President,” “Impeach Trump,” “No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist […]

Atlantans Protest in Response to ICE Raids on Immigrants

February 19, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, February 16, 2017, hundreds rallied at the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in downtown Atlanta to send a message to President Donald Trump and his administration that immigrants have a right to remain, will not be silent, and are going to resist every step of the way. The day was declared “A Day […]

Trump’s Federal Budget Would Devastate Georgia, Working Families

February 19, 2017 AUSTIN STEWART 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The federal budget proposals being considered by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, with some ten trillion dollars in cuts over ten years, would be devastating to Georgia. Trump has been discussing the federal budget with his policy team, and has been relying upon two draconian, slash-and-burn budget proposals: one put forth by the Republican […]

Atlanta Council Debates Cannabis Decriminalization; Work Session Scheduled for Next Week (UPDATE 1)

February 14, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Meeting of the Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee was one of the wildest Committee Meetings of the Atlanta City Council in recent memory, as Committee Members discussed a proposed amendment by Ivory Young (District 3) to decriminalize cannabis (“marijuana”) in the City of Atlanta. The Committee decided not to vote on Young’s […]

Hundreds Protest over DeAundre Phillips APD Killing, Withholding of Tape and Officer Name

February 13, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 5 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Frustration and anger spilled into the streets of Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood on Sunday, February 12, 2017, as residents grapple with yet another questionable killing of an unarmed, young Black man by police. DeAundre Phillips, 24, a father of a five year-old daughter, was sleeping in a car on January 26, 2017, minutes before a plain-clothed Atlanta […]

Atlanta Council Limits Public Comments, Often Lacks Quorum to Hear Comments

February 12, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Local democracy has apparently become a nuisance to the Atlanta City Council, except to the extent that its members want citizens to vote for them in November. Six of seven of the Committees of the Atlanta City Council now have severely restrictive public comment policies, limiting the amount of time any one citizen can address the […]

Moore, Martin Express Support for CBA for Turner Field

February 7, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, February 06, 2017 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilmembers Felicia Moore (District 9) and CT Martin (District 10) expressed their support for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for the Turner Field redevelopment. Moore and Martin–who are both running for Council President in this year’s municipal elections–made comments following over […]

GSU Student Meeting Taken Over by Protesters Seeking CBA for Turner Field

February 4, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 2 comments

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — A tidal wave of resistance swept over the Student Government Association (SGA) at Georgia State University (GSU) on Thursday, February 02, 2016, as a group of students and community members took over a SGA meeting, convincing six SGA Senators to agree to help draft a resolution supporting a Community […]