Fulton County Superior Court Judge John Goger has denied the City of Atlanta’s Motion for Summary Judgment in former arborist Tom Coffin’s lawsuit against the City for wrongfully terminating him for blowing the whistle on the City’s failure to uphold its own tree ordinances. APN previously reported on the case. QUOTES FROM THE JUDGE’S RULING:“To prevail on a motion for […]
Read moreJoe Beasley, a veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement, will be undergoing surgery for prostate cancer, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
Read moreAccording to a press release from Gas South, over 12,000 Georgia households have enrolled in the Pay as You Go program, or pre-paid plan. The program is designed to help low-income or credit-challenged households obtain gas service in their home, without having to pay a large deposit. “Pay-As-You-Go was developed specifically for credit-challenged customers who may have recently relocated, lack […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — After a federal judge signed off on the settlement between 28 Plaintiffs and the City of Atlanta in the Eagle raid case, details emerged of significant policy and practice changes for the Atlanta Police Department. Mayor Kasim Reed also issued an apology. Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) told Atlanta Progressive News that he would push […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A candidate for Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Kelly Amanda Lee, has had two D.U.I. (Driving while Under the Influence) charges, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Lee is in a Run-off with Shelitha Robertson. Lee came in first and Robertson came in second in a crowded General Election race which also included Clarence Johnson, Chloe Dallaire, and […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd (District 12), Chairwoman of the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Committee, took a 1,000 dollar contribution from the Atlanta Realtors PAC while opposing the proposed Sustainable Building Ordinance, which the PAC opposed. At the time Sheperd was a member of CD/HR, the committee which vetted and ultimately rejected the proposed ordinance. According to Sheperd’s […]
Read moreVoterGA is questioning how a Georgia Supreme Court Justice candidate could’ve ended up in a run-off despite barely campaigning, comparing the situation of Alvin Greene’s victory in the Democratic Primary in South Carolina this year. “In that case, statewide unverifiable voting equipment recorded Alvin Greene as a near landslide 60-40% winner over Vic Rawl, who actually won the tangible absentee […]
Read moreAfter the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) sent over 300,000 petitions to MSNBC’s president, the network decided to reinstate Keith Olbermann. He had been suspended indefinitely after the network learned that he had made three campaign contributions to Democrats in the last election cycle.
Read moreGood news for transparency in elections and government. According to Rhonda Dauphin Johnson, Municipal Clerk for the City of Atlanta, the State of Georgia’s website beginning in January 2011 will begin accepting and making public campaign disclosure reports from municipal candidates and elected officials. Johnson said this was the result of legislation passed by the General Assembly earlier this year. […]
Read moreMore bad news for Troy Davis, as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied his request to appeal the August ruling against him from Judge William Moore in the Savannah-based Federal Court. Previously, the Supreme Court of the US granted Davis a new trial and remanded the case back to federal court so that his innocence claims could be […]
Read moreThe Libertarian Party of Georgia claims to have set new records in terms of the proportion of statewide support received by its candidates. All ten of LPG’s statewide candidates got the support of more than one percent of registered voters, thus giving the party statewide ballot access as a political body in 2012 (that is, they again will not have […]
Read moreThe Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America hosted their 4th annual Frederick Douglass-Eugene V. Debs Dinner at Paschal’s Restaurant. Kim Bobo, Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, spoke about various forms of wage theft in her keynote address, including businesses not passing along tips to their workers when left on a credit card; not paying a minimum wage; not paying […]
Read moreGeorgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) as well as community leaders, the ACLU of Georgia, and other immigration groups call for an immediate end to the 287g program in Gwinnett, Cobb, and other counties in the state of Georgia.
Read more<p> <object width=”350″ height=”300″ data=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UxXwUtIaDjE” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash”> <param name=”src” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UxXwUtIaDjE” /></object> </p> <p>Video by Azi Ebrahimi examines the cost of the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan to taxpayers, and where that money could be going: to end homelessness.</p>
Read moreThe Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless commemorated Homeless Memorial Day on December 01, 2010, with a march from the homeless shelter on Peachtree and Pine, to Atlanta City Hall, where they held a rally and lunch. Later that evening a candlelight vigil and dinner were held.
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