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Atlanta Council Considers Further Cuts to Public Comment, Targeting Public Officials

September 20, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta is considering legislation to further limit public comments at its meetings, in an ordinance that targets the public speaking time of current and former elected officials. http://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetingID=3031&MediaPosition=&ID=19455&CssClass= Committee on Council Chairwoman Jennifer Ide (District 6) revealed the new ordinance, 19-O-1541, as a “first read paper” at the Monday, September 16, […]

Bond, Dickens Seek to Reverse Eminent Domain in Peoplestown

September 8, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The longstanding controversy regarding the City of Atlanta’s efforts to take the homes of several Peoplestown residents through eminent domain has taken a new and unexpected twist. Atlanta City Councilmembers Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) and Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large) have introduced legislation asking the Law Department to cease its eminent domain actions against Bertha […]

APD Investigating Anti-White Graffiti in Westside Atlanta

September 2, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit is investigating anti-White graffiti located at the intersection of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive NW and Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. NW, in Atlanta’s Westside neighborhood, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Atlanta’s Westside has been historically Black for several decades, but more White people have been moving back into the […]

Sterigenics Promises to Reduce Pollution, but Some Seek Closure of Smyrna Plant

August 18, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

Image of Sterigenics logo used pursuant to fair use doctrine for educational purposes. (APN) ATLANTA — Residents of Atlanta and neighboring Smyrna, Georgia, have been in an uproar about the recent revelations about the ongoing emissions of ethylene oxide from the Sterigenics plant. Some protesters have been holding demonstrations and calling for the plant to be completely closed. […]

Atlanta Committee Rejects Expansion of Drug Free Commercial Zones

August 15, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee of the Atlanta City Council, on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, voted to file, or kill, Ordinance 18-O-1765, an ordinance proposed by Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4) that would expand the geographic boundaries of the Atlanta’s Drug-Free Commercial Zones. http://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?MeetingID=2911&MediaPosition=&ID=16846 Councilwoman Winslow wanted to add new a Drug-Free Commercial Zone in […]

Mayor Bottoms Testifies to U.S. Senate on Climate Change

July 25, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was on-hand in Washington, D.C., as the Senate Democrats held a critical hearing that is a step toward taking emergency action on climate change at the federal level on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Republican Senators, while invited, declined participation in the hearing. The hearing, by U.S. Senate Democrats’ […]

Two Protesters Arrested at ICE Field Office in Atlanta

July 22, 2019 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Two activists were arrested at a “Never Again” action at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in Atlanta on Monday, July 15, 2019. Calvin Runnels, a Rhodes Scholar from Georgia Tech and an openly transgender male, was arrested at the ICE protest as a hundred people blocked the ICE driveway. After his release […]

Atlanta City Detention Center May Close, but Some Have Questions

July 13, 2019 GLORIA TATUM One comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On May 20, 2019, the Atlanta City Council voted to approve 19-R-3622, creating a Task Force to consider closing the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) at 254 Peachtree Street SW, in a vote of eleven to one. The Task Force is called the Task Force to Lead a […]

Quarry Yards Marketing Materials Prompt HUD Complaint (UPDATE 3)

July 7, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES 5 comments

Photograph includes images from Quarry Yards marketing materials, pursuant to Fair Use doctrine for educational purposes. (APN) ATLANTA — Quarry Yards, a planned upscale development in Atlanta’s historic Grove Park neighborhood, may have violated Fair Housing laws by publishing marketing materials that appear to exclude legacy residents who are mostly Black and low-income. “CREATED FOR A NEW ATLANTA” […]

Nine Candidates in Fulton to Replace Darnell on Commission

July 5, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — There are nine candidates in the September 17, 2019 Special Election to replace Fulton County Commissioner Emma Darnell (District 6), who passed away in May 2019. Qualifying began on June 24 and ended on June 28, 2019. “While it will be impossible to replace the late Commissioner Darnell, it is important to hold the election […]

Councilman Brown Accuses Advocate of Homophobic Intent

June 27, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Extraordinary commotion ensued at the Community Development/Human Services Committee Meeting of the Atlanta City Council on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, when Councilman Antonio Brown (District 3) accused a community advocate of homophobic intentions in the advocate’s opposition to renaming Rodney Cook Sr. Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinM3tyNcsA The incident has also been reported by WSBTV Channel 2 television […]

Activists Confront PSC on Georgia Power’s Energy Plan, Seek All Renewables

June 20, 2019 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, environmentalists and clean energy advocates from across the State of Georgia joined the Sierra Club in a rally to demand one hundred percent renewable energy in Georgia. About fifty people gathered on Washington Street across from the Georgia Public Service Commission office in […]

Women Outraged, Say “Hell No” to Abortion Ban Adopted in Georgia

May 25, 2019 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Over ten thousand people marched on Saturday, May 25, 2019, from the State Capitol to CNN in the latest of marches in opposition to Georgia’s recently-adopted anti-choice law. Each march is growing in size above the last. The culture war is back as a wave of state-enacted abortion bans, including Georgia’s HB 481, are working their way […]

APN Releases Atlanta City Council Scorecard for 2019

May 23, 2019 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta Progressive News has released an updated City Council Scorecard for 2019 for the City Council of Atlanta. http://bit.ly/2ixKV6s APN has been scoring Councilmembers since 2009. The Scorecard includes 84 votes dating back to as early as 2003. Councilmembers are scored on the votes in which they participate. The most recent Scorecard was […]

Extinction Rebellion Rebels against Extinction in Atlanta, Worldwide

May 17, 2019 GLORIA TATUM One comment

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(APN) ATLANTA — As a new generation of activists comes of age, an international movement, Extinction Rebellion (XR), is creating pressure for societal changes that would be sufficient to prevent the possible extinction of humanity and other species. XR has a chapter in Atlanta and is an international movement. XR started in London in 2018 in response to […]

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