Tag Archives: City Council

Activists, Officials Take Fact-finding Trip to Seattle for LEAD Program

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(APN) ATLANTA — From April 14 to 16, 2015, Atlanta activists and elected officials were in Seattle, Washington, learning more about the city’s successful Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, also known as the Pre-Arrest Diversion.   The group consisted of Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2); Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., (District 5); Atlanta City Deputy Solicitor […]

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Felicia Moore v. C.T. Martin Possible 2017 Match-up for Council President in Atlanta

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(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) and Councilman C.T. Martin (District 10) are laying the groundwork to possibly run for Council President of the City Council of Atlanta, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Felicia Moore tells APN that she is strongly considering running for Council President, but that she has not yet made a decision.  She […]

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Atlanta Council Sends Private Murals Ordinance Back to Committee

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By 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 […]

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Sandy Springs Requires Council Approval for New Apartments

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(APN) ATLANTA — On September 02, 2014, the Sandy Springs City Council passed an ordinance that requires all projects in the C1 and C2 commercial zone areas to be approved by Council before any permits will be approved through the city.     Prior to that, in July, the City of Sandy Springs had implemented a 60-day moratorium on apartment […]

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Atlanta Council Passes APD Cameras, Refers Constitutional Amendment to Committee

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(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 […]

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Atlanta Council Votes to Allow ADA to Sell Civic Center

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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor.   (APN) ATLANTA — At the June 02, 2014 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, a majority of Councilmembers approved legislation granting the Atlanta Development Authority (nicknamed “Invest Atlanta”) the option to put out a request for proposals (RFP) for the sale of Atlanta’s Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic […]

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APN Issues Atlanta Council Scorecard for Summer 2013

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta Progressive News has issued an updated Atlanta City Council Scorecard for Summer 2013, which may be the last updated scorecard before Municipal Elections this November.   The Scorecard–which APN believes is the most comprehensive, voting record-based Scorecard for this Council that is available to Atlanta voters–now includes a total of 43 items, dating from 2003 […]

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Councilman Willis Failed to Disclose Donations, Has Numerous Liens, Faces New State Ethics Complaint

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman H. Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) faces a new complaint submitted to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (GGTCFC) regarding his failure to disclose at least four thousand dollars in campaign contributions in reports that he filed with the Commission; and has numerous recent outstanding liens against him, in addition to the […]

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Councilwoman Winslow Has Unpaid Liens, Faces New Ethics Charges

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4), who is already under scrutiny for a recent arrest for Driving while Under the Influence (DUI) and previous ethics fines, has two liens that appear to remain unpaid–one related to City of Atlanta garbage pickup and one related to unpaid state income taxes; faces a new ethics investigation related to Winslow’s […]

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Atlanta Council Approves New Open Meetings Rules

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  (APN) ATLANTA — In a unanimous vote of twelve to zero, the City Council of Atlanta approved new open meetings rules that are even stronger than the language of the Georgia Open Meetings Act, by clearly requiring that all Committee Briefings, Work Sessions, and Public Hearings, whether they have a quorum or not, shall be subject to the Act’s […]

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EDITORIAL: Race, Poverty, and Nonprofits in Atlanta, a Devastating Critique

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  (APN) ATLANTA — How is it that in Atlanta, Georgia, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, the powers of corporate wealth and the bourgeoisie have managed to destroy public housing, decimate low-income communities, privatize public schools, privatize Grady Hospital, enact draconian anti-panhandling legislation, and carry out a war upon low-income people, despite the presence of so many non-profit […]

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Atlanta Council Rejects Cheshire Bridge Rezoning Proposal

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  (APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta rejected the Cheshire Bridge rezoning proposal that would have eliminated grandfathered-in adult entertainment establishments from Cheshire Bridge in a nine to six vote, on Monday June 03, 2013.   Councilman Alex Wan (District 6), who represents Atlanta’s Morningside neighborhood, had introduced the legislation.     The legislation would have adopted a […]

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Open Letter to Atlanta Council on Cheshire Bridge Rezoning Proposal

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(APN) ATLANTA — Following the Wednesday, May 29, 2013 three to two vote by the Zoning Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, in favor of the Cheshire Bridge rezoning proposal, and in anticipation of the upcoming vote by Full Council on Monday, the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News issued the following Open Letter to Council Members, in opposition […]

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Councilman Hall Seeks to Codify Atlanta’s Open Briefings

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2) has introduced legislation that seeks to codify the Council’s recently adopted practice of open Committee Briefings, so that citizens will not have to worry about future Briefings being closed to the public.   Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong (District 5) is the first to tell Atlanta Progressive News she will support […]

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