(APN) ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled against independent candidate Faye Coffield, who in 2008 lost in her struggle to gain ballot access in Georgia’s 4th US Congressional District race against US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). Coffield and her attorneys plan to appeal to the federal Court of Appeals of the 11th Circuit. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — APN’s News Editor, Matthew Cardinale, is issuing the following second press release to media outlets concerning his termination as a Graduate Lecturer at Georgia State University. The first press release was issued on February 23, 2009, and was reprinted on APN as well. The press releases are reprinted here in the public interest, although APN is not […]
Read moreI received my Kasim Reed robocall last week. Did you? Except, it had already started speaking before I picked up, so by the time I picked up, I had missed most of it. Later that day, the Reed Campaign sent me an unsolicited digital copy. This is supposed to be part of his distinguishing himself as a candidate, particularly in […]
Read moreGONSO apparently folds, issuing this announcement on their website. They had been getting op-eds syndicated in local newspapers for free, but had been planning to start charging. No newspaper went along with it, and so GONSO has signed off. GONSO’s investors, including Rick White, wanted to make money and they couldn’t do it. APN was the first news agency to […]
Read moreAccording to the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, a Richmond Circuit Court has upheld its previous ruling against the North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia. This ruling has implications for other nuclear power plants because it involves the question of water pollution under the Clear Water Act must be considered during the approval process for nuclear power plants. “The […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Jim Walls, a former editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, has launched his own online news service called Atlanta Unfiltered, in which he covers oversight and ethics issues for government and private agencies. Walls, 55, launched Atlanta Unfiltered at www.atlantaunfiltered.com on March 29, 2009, he told Atlanta Progressive News in an interview. Since then he has published […]
Read moreDear Georgia voters, We have some great news!! In a victory for Georgia voters. the Department of Justice has blocked discriminatory voting changes that would have disenfranchised thousands of minority voters. This case came out of the great work of Georgia Election Protection and shows just how important Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is to minority voters. During […]
Read moreAccording to an email from Unions for Single Payer: “The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education & Labor Committee will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option” this Wednesday, June 10th at 10:30 am in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.” It looks like the US House will not be giving single payer the […]
Read moreSo… Amnesty International’s Southern Regional Office let go of Laura Moye as Deputy Director as part of their budget cuts. Meanwhile, Moye went ahead and applied for a national DC-based position with AIUSA as their Death Penalty campaign director (or something like that) and got hired. She will be leaving us and moving to DC. Yeay and boo at the […]
Read moreFour years after Hurricane Katrina, still no Category 5 levees protecting Louisiana, particularly, New Orleans. Well, US Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and delegates including Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org recently visited Holland to learn about their world-class levee system. I knew Sandy when I lived in New Orleans from 1998-2003 and again in 2005; she and I had been aerobics instructors […]
Read moreToday, protesters from the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless are holding a demonstration at the Bowen Homes rental office to oppose Atlanta Housing Authority’s Orwellian demolition kick-off party. This is terribly sad, but we at Atlanta Progressive News did everything we could to prevent it and then some. And some of our readers even got involved, sending emails […]
Read moreThe following press release was received yesterday from VoterGA: #### ATLANTA, GA – Citizens involved in an electronic voting rights lawsuit, filed a brief today that will be heard by the Georgia Supreme Court. The brief appeals a ruling on a 13 count lawsuit that is being followed nationally. The suit contends that the former Secretary of State violated voting […]
Read moreAs predicted here on APB, former Gov. Roy Barnes announced his plans to run for Governor in 2010, according to Insider Advantage and AJC.com’s Political Insider blog. Three other Democrats are already in the race: Attorney General Thurbert Baker, House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, and David Poythress, former commander of the Georgia National Guard. Fabulous! One thing I can tell […]
Read morePoythress issues statement really mean to Barnes; I think it does not reflect well on Poythress and makes him seem like a jerk. However, at the same time, Poythress says Barnes was wrong to try to end teachers’ tenure in Georgia and that’s probably true. #### Governor Barnes passed up an opportunity for genuine statesmanship by jumping into this race. […]
Read moreAccording to news reports of a recent glbt Mayoral candidate forum, on the question of supporting same-sex marriage: Yes: Lisa Borders, Jesse Spikes No: Kasim Reed Norwood, who left the forum early, also said she supported same-sex marriage in a follow-up email to Southern Voice magazine. A source tells APN Norwood had already visited 2 NPU meetings by the time […]
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