(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Jay Roberts (R-Ocilla) recently introduced HB 170, a bill to increase state funding for transportation projects by one billion dollars, a measure that might seem, on its face, to be a step in the right direction. But in order to come up with the money, the State of Georgia would divert millions of dollars […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — With the exception of Cleta Winslow (District 4), Howard Shook (District 7), and Yolanda Adrean (District 8), Atlanta’s City Councilmembers saw improvements in their progressivity score during the third and fourth quarters of 2014. Atlanta Progressive News has updated its Atlanta City Council Scorecard, adding two votes: specifically, the vote on whether to approve a resolution […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, December 09, 2014, the Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee of the City Council of Atlanta heard from the Atlanta Police Department regarding legislation by Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) that had called for a ninety-day study regarding the feasibility of APD body cameras being implemented for all officers. Activists, including millennials and veteran civil rights advocates, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, November 24, 2014 Meeting of the Community Development/Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, a new proposed ordinance for Affordable Housing Impact Statements received a first reading. APN’s News Editor–the present writer–drafted the ordinance, in consultation with Chairman Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large), as part of a law school paper, through Gonzaga University […]
Read moreBy A. Scott Walton, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (November 04, 2014) (APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council, in a vote of 14 to 1, sent a controversial private mural ordinance back to the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Committee, during the Full Council Meeting on yesterday, Monday, November 03, 2014. Cleta Winslow (District 4), who has expressed strong […]
Read moreAPN) ATLANTA — Fifteen historical interactive markers are currently being erected around the Atlanta University Center to memorialize the student movement that sparked the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta back in 1960. At unveiling is to take place on tomorrow, Saturday, November 01, 2014. On June 07, 2010, a Commission was created to identify locations where these historical actions took […]
Read moreBy Ben Smith, Staff Writer With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — In yet another vicious attack, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed accused City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) of a engaging in a “naked power grab” in her quest for access to the City’s Oracle database, which contains the financial transaction data for the City of Atlanta. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — At the Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta on Tuesday, September 02, 2014, the Council passed a resolution that had been introduced by Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9), calling for the Atlanta Police Department (APD) to conduct a feasibility study within 90 days for implementing body cameras for all APD officers. The Council also […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) plans to introduce a resolution calling for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, at the Tuesday, September 02, 2014 Full Council Meeting. The Constitutional Amendment, if adopted and ratified, would clarify that U.S. Congress has the authority to enact campaign contribution limits. The resolution […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Newly elected Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large) has emerged as a new, progressive leader on the Atlanta City Council, according to the Atlanta Progressive News Atlanta City Council Scorecard for 2014. To be sure, as a new member on Council, Dickens’s score only includes three votes, and he has a score of one […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — At the July 21, 2014 Work Session on Affordable Housing, convened by Atlanta City Councilman Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large) on behalf of the Community Development/Human Resources Committee, the Atlanta Development Authority (ADA, doing business as “Invest Atlanta”) announced its intentions to advocate for Inclusionary Zoning in Atlanta. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — At the July 07, 2014 Full Council Meeting, a majority of Members of the City Council of Atlanta continued their collective efforts to silence and oppress members of the public, by setting new restrictions on public comment delegations at future Full Council Meetings. The Council originally passed a ten minute limit for delegations, but Atlanta […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — An effort to “request and encourage” the Mayor of Atlanta and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) former Interim Superintendent Errol Davis to reach an amicable settlement for the over 20 million dollars owed to APS generated by the Beltline Tax Allocation District (TAD) is moving forward, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. According to APS Board of […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta Ethics Office is again investigating Atlanta City Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4), Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The Ethics Office says the investigation is complex, document-driven, and unlikely to be completed until the year’s end. “There is one investigation concerning Council member Winslow which was initiated by the Ethics Office. Because […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Virginia “Ginny” Lucile Looney, the first ethics officer for the City of Atlanta, and passionate advocate for transparency in government, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at the age of 61 after a five-year battle with ovarian cancer. Looney was born September 11, 1952 and grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. She received her bachelor’s degree in Southern […]
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