Atlanta Progressive News

The gaggle of people running for City Council At-large Post 1 is growing, and now includes: Michael Julian Bond (see previous APN article) Clarence Turner (see forthcoming APN article) Neetta Black-Heart (as noted previously on this blog) Doug Brackman (homosexual, IBM executive) Chris Vaughn (was criticized on Blog for Democracy for allegedly copying buttons from Lisa Borders’s website): see http://vaughnforatlanta.com/

Press release from the EPA: #### (ATLANTA – June 1, 2009) On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce $1 million in funding to the City of Atlanta, Ga., to support the clean up of sites known as brownfields along the Atlanta BeltLine and other redevelopment corridors. The funds will be used to turn […]

Alex Wan, a businessman in Council District 6, will be running against Steve Brodie, for the seat being vacated by Anne Fauver, who is retiring. Both Wan and Brodie seem pretty corporate to me, although there are some pretty concerning things about Brodie (for instance, supporting a panhandling ordinance in Midtown). I’ll try to find of who is the less […]

So, last week we reported on this blog that a man named Steven had allegedly called US Rep. Hank Johnson’s (D-GA) and made statements that McKinney and someone she was traveling with in Canada might be in danger. This was according to an email from Cynthia relaying a conversation her father had with someone from Johnson’s office. Steven returned APN’s […]

IN my recent phone chat with author Ellen Brown, she explained that the Bank of North Dakota run by the State of North Dakota makes it one of the only states to have a surplus right now instead of a deficit. Recently, I wrote an article for IPS on starting community currencies. That’s just one of many ideas outside the […]

Along the same lines of the last post, the Center for American Progress distributed a report authored by CAP people John Podesta (who was part of the Obama Transition Team) and Karen Kornbluh. They argue the government should use its authority to launch a bank that would focus on green development. As noted in the last post, launching a bank […]

MN returned APN’s phonecall concerning our analysis of the 2009 Atlanta Mayoral election. In that article, I asserted that in terms of progressive issues, Mary Norwood had strengths and weaknesses, as did Kasim Reed. On the balance, though, I’ll admit Norwood had more strengths than Reed did. On the issue of affordable housing, where we concerned that Norwood did not […]

According to a press release from International Rivers about an action that occurred Thursday, May 28, 2009: #### (Atlanta, GA — Thursday, May 28, 2009) — Early this morning the nonprofit environmental organization International Rivers flew a giant “Dam Home Depot” banner over the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Atlanta. Protesters also unfurled a banner and raised questions inside the […]

Someone named Erik Underwood is running for Council Post 1, according to an email sent by Underwood to APN. Apparently, he challenged State Sen. Nan Orrock in the last election (not cool). So now there are multiple candidates. MJB, Clarence Turner [interview coming soon]. And MJB says Neetta Black-Heart is also running; she is an Atlanta activist with the new […]

UPDATE: US Rep. Johnson’s spokesperson did not immediately respond to a voice message left by APN. This is the second time his office has failed to respond to APN on an issue. Also, APN attempted to call the person who allegedly made the threatening phone call, and they failed to immediately respond to a voice message left by APN. #### […]