Will Kyle Keyser endorse Mary Norwood or Kasim Reed in the Mayoral Run-off? Not likely, Keyser tells APN in an email. “I… most likely not endorse a candidate. I’m not 100% sure but I’m leaning that way. I have unfinished business with the city and want to work with whomever the next mayor is,” Keyser wrote.
Read moreAPN received the following from someone purporting to be with the A Reginald Eaves campaign: “Atlanta City Council Candidate A. Reginald Eaves has filled a request for a recount of the November 3rd election results due to voting irregularities in Atlanta’s South Fulton area. It appears that voters in the newly annexed Pine Lake community were not included on the […]
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Read more(APN) ATLANTA — City Councilwoman Mary Norwood and former State Sen. Kasim Reed went into a run-off for the post of Mayor of Atlanta on Tuesday, November 03, 2009, after a bitter General Election cycle in which race and political affiliation became subjects of dispute and accusation. Norwood received 46% of the vote, reflective of her most recent poll numbers; […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — “I’m purple,” City Councilwoman Mary Norwood says of her political allegiance after a series of attacks from rival campaigns and after a mailer sent out from the Democratic Party of Georgia said Norwood had an “elephant in the room.” Both the campaigns of Lisa Borders and Kasim Reed have been trying to paint Norwood as Republican for […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — According to a high-level source familiar with the matter, the vehicle with the apparently stolen Mary Norwood signs in the back seat belongs to Reed’s Canvassing Director, Patrick Meredith. The source who identified the vehicle to APN asked to remain confidential, but we can note that they are not in any way tied to a rival campaign […]
Read moreUPDATE: The car was parked in the parking lot of Reed’s West End headquarters, which is next to the Ace Hardware, according to two sources. One source familiar with the matter has identified the owner of the car and APN is expecting to break the news early tomorrow, Monday. (APN) ATLANTA — A vehicle with a Kasim Reed for Mayor […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49078 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 30 (IPS) – Two recent police raids of gay bars in Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas have sparked mass protests in the two cities and led activists to question whether equality for persons of all sexual orientations in the U.S. has come as far as some […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Former City Councilwoman and State Rep. “Able” Mable Thomas, and former Mayoral candidate Glenn Thomas [no relation] announced their support for Mayoral candidate, Councilwoman Mary Norwood, on October 23, 2009, at a press conference at Norwood’s campaign headquarters. The endorsements were noteworthy because Mable Thomas is one of the strongest advocates in this city who are […]
Read moreFive environmental groups filed a federal appeal Wednesday that calls for a review of the site permit and work authorization issued to the Southern Company by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that allows work to begin on two new nuclear reactors at Augusta’s Plant Vogtle. In the petition, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49014 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 27 (IPS) – With most U.S. cities facing a severe shortage of affordable housing, more and more are beginning to turn to so-called inclusionary zoning (IZ). As a type of land-use regulation, IZ may sound a bit obscure; however, the idea behind it is really quite simple. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the US State Department over the US Invasion of Iraq, was in Atlanta last week to promote her new book and argue for a phased US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Wright’s visit was sponsored by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, Atlanta, and included several events around Atlanta. Wright […]
Read moreUtne Magazine named three Atlantans as part of their 50 US visionaries. Learn more about them here: http://www.utne.com/Visionaries #### ATLANTA (Oct. 14, 2009) — Utne Reader, the best of the alternative press, names Lance Ledbetter, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, and Robert Bullard as visionaries who are making their individual marks on the world. They are among 50 people the magazine has chosen […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — After a lengthy process of interviews, questionnaires, and research, the Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has selected our Endorsement List for Candidates for City Council of Atlanta for 2009. We have decided to endorse: Ceasar Mitchell for Council President, Michael Julian Bond for Post 1 at large, Amir Farokhi for Post 2 at large, Shelitha Robertson […]
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