With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — On Sine Die, the last day of the Georgia Legislative Session, on Thursday, April 02, 2015, Georgians’ already-reduced early voting period hung in legislative limbo with the possibility of it being further reduced from twenty-one to twelve days. But ultimately the effort to reduce early voting failed. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Candidates for Mayor and City Council of Atlanta have filed their second quarter disclosure reports. The reports show that the ethically-challenged Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) faces a serious competition from Andre Dickens, who has raised over 60,000 dollars to run against Willis; and that Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong (District 5) is in a strong position to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Candidates for Mayor and City Council of Atlanta have filed their first quarter disclosure reports. MAYOR Incumbent Kasim Reed raised $324,361.50 this quarter, spent $75,211.93, and ended the quarter with $1,481,903.32. Al Bartell filed an intent to run, but has yet to file a disclosure. Announced candidate Paul Luna has neither filed a disclosure nor […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Amanda Lee, who was elected in a 2010 election covered closely by Atlanta Progressive News, has recused herself from a case involving her former campaign manager and a law firm whose address appears as the campaign address on Lee’s campaign disclosure reports. On March 06, 2013, Judge Lee recused herself […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/02/notorious-former-super-lobbyist-urges-ethics-reform/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 28 2013 (IPS) – Notorious former Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who spent more than three years in federal prison for tax evasion, conspiracy to bribe public officials and fraud, is now touring the U.S. urging ethics reform at the federal level. During a visit Wednesday […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta), who is in a heated Democratic Primary with incumbent State Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta), has undisclosed campaign contributions now totaling over twenty-four thousand dollars. The new total was first revealed by Atlanta Unfiltered. Taylor’s campaign finance disclosure reports for the period ending December 31, 2011, and March 31, 2012, list no contributions, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Rashad Taylor (D-Atlanta) has yet to to file his Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, which was due June 30, 2011, and he currently owes 750 dollars in unpaid fines for that report as well as other reports that he filed late, according to a search of the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, August 17, 2011, the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County voted down a proposal, 2 to 4, by Commissioner Emma Darnell (District 5), which would have prevented contractors from making donations to any County Commissioner within one year of applying to do business with the County. Darnell and Bill Edwards (District 7) supported the […]
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