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Battle Rages on Over Proposed Palmetto Pipeline through Georgia, South Carolina, Florida

January 17, 2016 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The legal fight rages on between Texas-based Kinder Morgan, and environmental groups and property owners in Georgia and South Carolina, over the company’s proposed one billion dollar Palmetto Pipeline. The controversial 360 mile Palmetto Pipeline would run off the existing Plantation Pipeline at Belton, South Carolina, then run through North Augusta and snake its way down […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed against State over Release of Voters’ Information

November 20, 2015 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday, November 17, 2015 in Fulton Superior Court against Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, alleging the State released over six million Georgia voters’ Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers to unauthorized individuals. Kemp is charged with willful violations of Georgia’s Personal Identity Protection Act of […]

Hearing Held on NGP’s “Missing” Voter Registration Forms, as DeKalb, Chatham Settle

October 25, 2014 AMANDA HILL-ATTKISSON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Christopher Brasher did not immediately issue a ruling, after a hearing yesterday, October 24, 2014, on the writ of mandamus sought by New Georgia Project (NGP) and other voter advocacy groups with respect to what they say are approximately 40,000 missing voter registration forms. A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary form […]

Documents: Only One Incident Report Prompted Kemp’s NGP Probe

October 20, 2014 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — On October 10, 2014, Atlanta Progressive News submitted an open records request to Secretary of State (SOS) Brian Kemp’s office seeking copies of all complaints received by the SOS regarding the New Georgia Project (NGP) from all Georgia counties during 2014. However, the SOS office sent APN only one complaint […]

Judge Allows Eviction Proceedings in Task Force Lawsuit, but Only in Superior Court

August 10, 2014 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Friday, August 08, 2014, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall issued an order lifting the stay of dispossessory, allowing Premium Funding Solutions (PFS) to pursue dispossessory proceedings against the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless; however, only in Fulton County Superior Court. Because the Superior Court rules require related cases to be […]

Schwall Hears Summary Judgment, Dispossessory Stay in Task Force Lawsuit; Emory’s Complicity Becomes Clearer

July 20, 2014 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall heard a series of important motions in the cases involving the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and the numerous co-conspirators who conspired to sabotage the homeless shelter by depriving it of public and private funds, in a hearing on July 11, 2014. Most of the two […]

Plan to Cut Public Defenders Could Leave Hundreds without Lawyers

June 29, 2014 JONATHAN SPRINGSTON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — At least 1,850 indigent, or low-income, defendants in Fulton and DeKalb Counties could be without legal representation at the end of July if a plan to purge an Atlanta public defender’s office moves forward. Mack Crawford, director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council (GPDSC), a statewide organization that provides oversight and financing for indigent defense, announced […]

Hearing on Dispossessory Scheduled in Homeless Task Force Lawsuit

June 23, 2014 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — In yet another abrupt about-face from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall, the judge has ordered a July 11, 2014 hearing to reconsider whether to grant leave for Premium Funding Solutions (PFS) to seek a dispossessory, or eviction, of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, from the shelter they operate in downtown Atlanta, according […]

Suspension Recommended in John Woodham State Bar Case

June 18, 2014 APN NEWS Leave a comment

By Meghan Simons, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — Two recommendations–one for a suspension of three months and one for a suspension of six months–have been issued in the disciplinary proceedings against prominent Atlanta attorney John Woodham, for his improper actions while intervening in a bond case, as the case continues to near a resolution. […]

Fulton Judge Rules against Atlanta in Street Vendor Dispute

January 4, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shawn Ellen LaGrua has ruled in favor of street vendors in Atlanta who were negatively impacted by the City of Atlanta when the City entered into a contract with a private firm, U.K. – LaSalle, LLC, to manage the City’s street vendors. The case was Larry Miller and Stanley Hambrick v. City […]

Mandamus Against Mitchell, Johnson Sought in Secret Vote Case

December 28, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, December 27, 2012, the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, the present writer, filed further litigation in the secret vote lawsuit seeking for the Fulton County Superior Court to grant a writ of mandamus, ordering two specific City of Atlanta public officers–Council President Ceasar Mitchell and Municipal Clerk Rhonda Dauphin Johnson, both in their official capacities–to […]

Charter School Amendment Passes, Faces Court Battle

November 10, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — A controversial ballot measure that would create a new State agency to approve of charter schools that are rejected by their local school boards and by the State Board of Education, was approved by Georgia voters during Tuesday’s General Election, with 58.57 percent in favor. However, as Atlanta Progressive News reported numerous times in depth, the ballot […]

Open Letter to Council: Disclose Your Secret Vote, The Time Has Come

March 5, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

Open Letter to Council: Disclose Your Secret Vote, The Time Has Come Dear Council Members, It has been nearly one month since the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled in my favor in the case of Cardinale v. City of Atlanta (2010CV185775 in Fulton County Superior Court; S11G1047 in Supreme Court). The case is currently on remittur back to the […]

BREAKING: Stay Granted in Task Force for Homeless Eviction

February 17, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless appealed an eviction ordered on Thursday, February 09, 2012, by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall. The appeal was filed with the Court of Appeals of Georgia, according to a copy obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The case does not appear in the Court’s docket because it is […]

Reed Rewards Donors, Guards Secrecy in Airport Contracts

December 19, 2011 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — A number of high-profile campaign contributors to Mayor Kasim Reed have received airport contracts, raising concerns about possible pay-to-play, even while Reed’s Administration guards all aspects of the bidding process with great secrecy. At stake is who will benefit from tens of millions of dollars in revenue from one of the nation’s busiest airports. Over 250,000 […]

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