(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is reaching out to business owners in unincorporated south Fulton County to discuss with them the time-sensitive possibility of annexing into the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Reed mailed a letter en masse to business owners in unincorporated south Fulton on April 01, 2016, a copy of […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Angela Moore–who apparently created a fictitious campaign manager in 2010 to avoid a campaign debt to Atlanta Progressive News–has been disqualified from the November 03, 2015 Special Election for Senate District 43, for not living in the District. “On October 20, 2015, Judge Michael Malihi of the Office of State Administrative Hearings issued an initial decision […]
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(APN) DECATUR — DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester (District 1) has called for the resignation of Interim CEO Lee May, in the wake of the Bowers-Hyde corruption report released at the end of September 2015. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/10/10/DeKalb-county-report-finds-widespread-corruption-seeks-mays-resignation/ During a press conference today, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, Jester stated there is no other way to regain public confidence. “Corruption […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — A scathing report on DeKalb County corruption calls for the resignation of Interim CEO Lee May, recovery of funds, and the immediate suspension of all purchase cards (P-cards). It is hard to pick the most outrageous place to start: tens of thousands of dollars to government employees and their businesses; personal loans made to Interim CEO […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Dekalb County Interim CEO Lee May’s problems just got a bit more complicated. The Federal Bureau of Investigations is investigating whether May, who recently resigned from the District 5 seat, received preferential treatment during a series of home repairs five years ago, as previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/05/16/dekalb-interim-ceo-may-steps-down-from-district-seat/ Search warrants were issued […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless is once again under attack by the City of Atlanta. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Mayor Kasim Reed announced his intentions to take over the shelter, known colloquially at “Peachtree-Pine,” through eminent domain. The Mayor said he would demolish the building and construct a new shelter to house […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — In a blink of an eye, and with no public comment allowed, the deal between DeKalb County, Arthur Blank, and Atlanta United FC soccer franchise was struck. Last Tuesday, August 04, 2015, the DeKalb County Commission voted 4-3 in favor of the deal. Atlanta United FC plans to build a 30 million dollar soccer complex […]
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(APN) BROOKHAVEN — Less than three years old, the newly formed City of Brookhaven, Georgia, is already plagued with transparency problems. A female city employee claims Mayor J. Max Davis sexually harassed her when he sprayed her buttocks with Lysol. Tom Kurrie, the City Attorney, tried to cover up the incident by altering public documents. As previously reported […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Suspended DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis was found guilty of attempted extortion and three counts of perjury on July 01, 2015. Ellis was acquitted of five other counts, including three counts of attempted extortion, one count of extortion, and one count of bribery. The charges involved several county vendors who testified that Ellis had threatened to […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Disgraced former Atlanta City Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) could soon assume a public leadership position once again. Mayor Kasim Reed recently appointed Willis to serve on the Atlanta Land Bank Authority, which acquires tax-foreclosed properties to turn over to developers or keep for long-term planning. The appointment must be approved by City Council before […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A former Atlanta City Councilwoman who served as a Policy Advisor to then-Mayor Shirley Franklin may have accepted a bribe to help carry out a conspiracy by downtown business interests to attempt to sabotage the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, Special Master Frank Strickland ruled in an Order dated January 25, 2014, Atlanta Progressive […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Last Friday’s jury verdict in favor whistleblower Stacey Kalbermann, former Executive Secretary of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, may be the first crack in the dam that Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, built for himself when he took office almost four years ago. Kalbermann blew the whistle on the Georgia Government and Transparency and Campaign Finance […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 07, 2014, Moral Monday took to the street on exclusive West Paces Ferry Road, across from the Governor’s Mansion. Their mission was to deliver fifty thousand signed petitions from Georgia citizens calling for the Governor to expand Medicaid and to accept his executive responsibility and veto HB 990. As previously reported by […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Supreme Court of Georgia has ordered that Atlanta City Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) be disbarred as a Georgia attorney. Willis is in a close reelection battle with candidate Andre Dickens. Atlanta Progressive News first reported on February 04, 2013 the appointment of a Special Master to review the State Bar of […]
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