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Orrock, Drenner Introduce Citizens United Resolution, Call for U.S. Constitutional Amendment

January 31, 2015 AMANDA HILL-ATTKISSON Leave a comment

Photograph by Steve Eberhardt (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, the fifth anniversary of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of the Supreme Court of the U.S., State Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) and Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) announced the introduction of resolutions calling for a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to allow U.S. Congress to place common-sense […]

APN Releases Atlanta Council Scorecard for 2014 Year-End

December 30, 2014 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(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 […]

Councilman Bond Introducing Resolution on U.S. Constitutional Amendment

September 1, 2014 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(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 […]

Interview with Amanda Swafford, Libertarian seeking U.S. Senate Seat

August 24, 2014 BARBARA PAYNE Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Amanda Swafford is the Libertarian candidate for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat also being sought by Michelle Nunn, the Democratic nominee, and David Perdue, the Republican nominee. Prior to this campaign, Swafford was a City Councilmember from 2010 to 2011 in Flowery Branch, Georgia. She was elected in a Special Election. She was one of three […]

Moral Monday Takes on ALEC and Koch Brothers

April 26, 2014 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 21, 2014, hundreds gathered across from the State Capitol to follow the money trail from the Gold Dome to the Atlanta offices of the rich and powerful Koch brothers at the Georgia Pacific building. Koch Industries, along with other large corporations, financially supports the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that actually […]

Activist Cites Progress on “We the People” Amendment

December 16, 2013 CHERYL ROSENBLUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, December 09, 2013, activist David Cobb of the Move to Amend campaign, visited Atlanta to speak about corporate personhood again at Manuel’s Tavern. Last year, Atlanta Progressive News also interviewed Cobb when he visited Atlanta around the same time to promote a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the U.S., which would ban […]

(IPS) Opponents of Corporate Personhood Eye US Constitution

January 29, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/opponents-of-corporate-personhood-eye-u-s-constitution/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 28 2013 (IPS) – There is a growing national movement to establish a 28th amendment to the constitution of the United States to address the issue of unlimited corporate spending in elections, although the groups working on the issue diverge on what exactly the amendment should say. […]

Move to Amend Visits Atlanta, Seeks End to Corporate Personhood

December 14, 2012 CHERYL ROSENBLUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, December 08, 2012, the Georgia chapter of Move to Amend hosted a community forum on Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule, at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta. The focus of the event was the need for an amendment to the Constitution of the US in response to the controversial Citizens United v. FEC ruling of the […]