(APN) ATLANTA — According to five sources familiar with the matter, Fulton County Commissioner Tom Lowe (District 4) is not likely to seek reelection for the recently redrawn District 3 seat. Two of those sources–former Atlanta Councilman Lee Morris (District 7) and Bernie Tokarz–are planning to run for what is expected to be an open seat. “As I […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — From the controversial redrawing of County Commission districts comes the race for District 2, a new North Fulton seat that has been created, which includes the cities of Milton, Roswell, and half of Alpharetta. The newly created district seat will be fought over by candidates Eric Broadwell and Bob Ellis, thus far. Broadwell was elected to the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Both former State Rep. Ralph Long (D-Atlanta) and former Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education Member Brenda Muhammad (District 1) are running for a new open seat on the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Last year, the State Legislature changed the makeup of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The deadline has passed for candidates for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education (APS BOE) to respond to the Atlanta Progressive News candidate questionnaire. This article contains the remaining unpublished candidate responses, which are from Charles Lawrence, District 5 candidate; Eddie Lee Brewster, Seat 9 candidate; and Sean Norman, Seat 9 candidate. APN sent the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an emergency action on September 11, 2013, “seeking a temporary restraining order and other emergency relief in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia, charging Paul Marshall… a state-registered investment adviser representative, and three Atlanta-based companies that he owned and controlled – Bridge Securities, LLC, Bridge Equity, Inc. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education (APS BOE) District 4 candidates, including incumbent Nancy Meister and challenger Taryn Bowman, both responded to a candidate questionnaire from Atlanta Progressive News. APS BOE District 4 covers Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhoods. Meister began serving in 2010 and was one of the five Board Members who, in 2010, voted to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Former City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large), who ran for Mayor of Atlanta in 2009 and attempted to qualify as an independent to run for Fulton County Commissioner in 2010, is running for her former City Council seat. Norwood qualified yesterday, August 30, 2013. The seat is currently held by Councilman Aaron Watson. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners (BOC) is currently considering a set of millage rate increases–one for all of Fulton County, and one for unincorporated South Fulton–that if passed, would rebuke the Republican-controlled Georgia Legislature on its attempts to force deep cuts at Fulton County Government by starving the county of funds. Fulton County is […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County staff and a police officer escorted two activists with Occupy Our Homes Atlanta, an affiliate of the Occupy Movement, from the Fulton County Government Services Building on Industrial Boulevard, after the activists simply tried to attend a meeting involving a foreclosure case they have been working on. On Thursday, April 11, 2013, various Fulton County […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kelly Amanda Lee, who was elected in a 2010 election covered closely by Atlanta Progressive News, has recused herself from a case involving her former campaign manager and a law firm whose address appears as the campaign address on Lee’s campaign disclosure reports. On March 06, 2013, Judge Lee recused herself […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — There are three bills concerning Fulton County currently pending in the Georgia Legislature that would drastically reshape the County’s governance structure, tax base, and employee benefits to meet the wishes of North Fulton Republicans, while a fourth bill threatens to break off North Fulton and re-form Milton County. House Bills 170, 171, and 172 deal with reforming […]
Read moreIssues for 2013 1. Education Georgia public schools have a high school graduation rate of 67.5%, the third worst in the nation. Yet the cost per public school student, $10,587, is nearly $1,000 more than the national average. Charter schools can offer parents and children an alternative to a poorly performing traditional public school. Last summer, Georgians voted to […]
Read more(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 […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation has let go of its Executive Director and other office staff and is no longer accepting new property tax appeals, Atlanta Progressive News has learned, as sources familiar with the matter say the Foundation is struggling with financial issues and that its future is quite uncertain at this point. “We hope to […]
Read more(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 […]
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