Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 19, 2010, City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) acknowledged that the Council made a mistake by not including vote details in the Minutes of the Retreat of the City Council which took place at the Georgia Aquarium in February 2010. Atlanta Progressive News has brought an open meetings inquiry before the Council and, on […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Former Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who was only a few hundred votes short of being elected Mayor of Atlanta last year, has launched a campaign to become Chairperson of Fulton County. Norwood will be challenging current Chairman, John Eaves, as an independent, which will require her to obtain at least 22,000 signatures, or the 5% of […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of statewide and Congressional elections, we sat down with Dekalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes, who is running for US Congress for Georgia’s fourth district, a seat currently held by US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). Johnson won the seat in 2006 in a Democratic Primary Run-off with former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA). McKinney […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker has been in the local and national news the last couple weeks for opposing Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue on his attempt to sue the US federal government over the private health insurance mandate in the recent health care expansion bill which finally passed Congress. And a recent Insider Advantage poll published April […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of Georgia’s statewide and US Congressional Elections, APN sat down with two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for State School Superintendent, Beth Farokhi and Brian Westlake. Thus far we have interviewed David Poythress, candidate for Governor, and Angela Moore, candidate for Secretary of State. More interviews with candidates for Governor, Secretary of State, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with Angela Moore who is running again for Secretary of State of Georgia. Moore previously ran in 2006 for the Democratic nomination and lost to Gail Buckner. Bucker ultimately lost to Republican Karen Handel. Handel is now running for Governor. Also running for […]

(APN) ATLANTA — There were many aspects of the City of Atlanta and Central Atlanta Progress’s apparent conspiratorial campaign to close the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, and media strategy was one of the most important because the City and CAP wanted to shape and manage public opinion regarding the Task Force and the City’s overall efforts to […]

A version of this article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50862. ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) – As citizens, businesses and non-profit organisations seek to transition to cleaner power sources like solar and wind, some big energy firms whose business models rely on polluting sources are standing in the way. In Georgia, the energy company Georgia […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, the City of Atlanta’s Ethics Office began looking into possible conflict of interests involving Debi Starnes, the Mayor’s Police Advisor on Homelessness, which were first revealed by Atlanta Progressive News late last week. APN joined Joe Beasley, a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement and Board Member of the Metro Atlanta Task […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta voted 8-7 to keep the existing rules in place for public comment at Committee meetings at City Council, on February 19, 2010, at the City Council retreat at the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. However, the Clerk, Rhonda Dauphin Johnson, did not record the vote because she said it was […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Every day, thousands of Atlantans continue to throw away glass jars, plastic bottles and containers, paper products, and other items that should be recycled, while others have made recycling part of their weekly routine. However, recycling in Metro Atlanta is quite easy, although the rules are a bit different depending on where you live. Perhaps more Atlantans […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Debi Starnes, the Policy Advisor on Homelessness to former Mayor Shirley Franklin, received payments from two private entities funneled through the United Way to fund her position for the City in 2009, but failed to disclose the payments in her City of Atlanta Board of Ethics Financial Disclosure Statement for 2010, Atlanta Progressive News can reveal. Previously […]

(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, March 11, 2010, Municipal Court Judge Crystal Gaines found seven of the Eagle 8 not guilty, while one of the dancers accused of providing adult entertainment without a license, Antonio Benitez, did not show up in court. Gaines issued a bench warrant for his arrest. The Eagle 8 included four dancers–Leandro Apud, Thedarius Johnson, and […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Today, Monday, March 15, 2010, the City Council of Atlanta approved a resolution asking the Governor and Georgia Legislature to immediately take steps to address the MARTA funding shortfall. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, given the current funding shortfall, Metro Atlanta’s public transportation system is in danger of having to again raise fares or cut […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In the first of APN’s 2010 statewide election candidate interviews, we sat down with David Poythress, a Democratic candidate for Governor. APN plans to interview the other Democratic candidates in the coming weeks. The campaigns of former Governor Roy Barnes and Minority Leader Dubose Porter, also running for Governor, have agreed to participate in interviews, to be […]