Ceasar Mitchell Replyz to APN Txt Msg
APN: cm is true no more mayoral run? runng 4 counc prez? matt apn CM:That’s the speculation, eh? Let’s talk first of next week?
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Georgia Veterans’ Alliance Leads the Way
APN Chat with Mayoral Candidate, Mary Norwood
HOW CAN WE INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ATLANTA? I’ve been an advocate for affordable housing and involved in it for years. In 2006, when I saw the City released its housing study, I looked at the rise in housing prices. The average price was $233,000. I had them broken down by zip code. I looked, there’s fraud in this. As […]
Read moreAtlanta’s “The Story” No Longer Online
Remember the Atlanta Story? I do. It was a community paper started by the original founder of Creative Loafing in Atlanta, Debbie Eason. APN did a story about The Story when it stopped printing and went online-only. But apparently, now the Story is no more-y. It occurred to me I hadn’t heard anything from or about them in a while, […]
Read moreThird Round of Staff Cuts at the AJC
From the AJC (reprinted for informational purposes): The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Wednesday it will cut its full-time news staff by about 90 people, or nearly 30 percent, to lower costs as it tries to regain profitability amid a severe revenue slump. The company also announced it will eliminate distribution to seven more outlying counties, reducing its circulation area to 20 […]
Read moreUS Rep. Deal (R-GA) Also Backs Auditing the Fed
As previously reported on APB, three Georgia Republicans in the US House–Broun, Kingston, and Price–had supported a bill by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) to audit the Federal Reserve. US Rep. Deal added himself as a cosponsor on March 23, 2009. This brought the total cosponsors to 44, including some progressive Democrats.
Read moreAnother Candidate for Mayor, Glenn Thomas
APN received an email from Glenn Thomas, who is running for Mayor of Atlanta. We hope to bring you more information about him soon in our ongoing series with Mayoral candidates. So far we’ve interviewed Caesar Mitchell, Kasim Reed, and Mary Norwood, with Norwood’s interview scheduled to run on the website tomorrow (Thursday). Thomas’s website, www.glennthomasforchange.com, so far reveals little […]
Read moreAtlantans Throw Shoes at Bush Effigy
Atlanta Unfiltered: Another New Online News Service in Atlanta
Wow, guess what? Another new online news service by a veteran AJC reporter and editor of investigations, Jim Wallis. He’s going after public corruption stories- awesome! Apparently, he used to write these kinds of stories for the AJC; you know, the research-based stories the AJC doesn’t run no mo’. Behold; seeing is believing: Atlanta Unfiltered. Maybe someone should have told […]
Read moreJohn Monds, Libertarian, to Run for Georgia Governor
Tomorrow, John Monds, who ran for Public Service Commission in 2008, will announce tomorrow his Libertarian candidacy for Georgia Governor. “During his campaign for Public Service Commission (District 1) in 2008, Monds became the first Libertarian to break one million votes in the United States,” according to a press release obtained by APN. That’s a big deal. Other 2010 candidates- […]
Read moreMary Norwood’s 12 point Plan on Crime
Councilwoman and Mayoral candidate Mary Norwood has released her 12 point plan to tackle crime in Atlanta. Here’s what it is: #### Fix today’s crisis! End the furloughs of our police and firefighters. Keep precincts and fire stations open and staffed 24/7. Pay police and firefighters’ salaries from thetaxes Atlanta already collects. Find savings in other departments. To fund our public […]
Read moreUS Sen. Feingold (D-WI) Introduces Death Penalty Abolition Bill
US Sen. Feingold (D-WI) has introduced a bill to abolish the federal death penalty, S. 650. The bill has no-cosponsors. “Feingold’s Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009 would put an immediate halt to federal executions and forbid the use of the death penalty as a sentence for violations of federal law. The use of the death penalty has been […]
Read moreIA Poll Shows Fmr. Gov. Barnes Competitive in 2010
A recent poll conducted by Insider Advantage shows former Gov. Roy Barnes–who a source tells APN is considering a 2010 run for governor–would be competitive against two out of 3 possible leading Republican candidates. Based on the current poll, Barnes would beat Karen Handel (SOS and former Fulton County Chair) and John Oxendine (Insurance Commissioner), but not Casey Cagle (Lt. […]
Read more(IPS) Marijuana Legalization Generates Buzz
This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46183 WASHINGTON, Mar 18 (IPS) – Due perhaps in part to the country’s economic woes, but also a major shift in political culture, discussion of marijuana legalisation has risen to a level of openness and prominence previously unseen in the United States. When the Kellogg Corporation cancelled the publicity contract […]
Read moreWeb of Debt: New Book Calls for Nationalized Banking
A new book by Ellen Hodgson Brown, Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free, explores why the private banking system in the US is causing our current economic troubles, including massive debt to private banks. Samples of the book are available at www.webofdebt.com. From the website: “Our money system is not what […]
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