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Opacity, Public Exclusion Seen in Mayor’s Statements on Turner Field Redevelopment

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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The pending sale of the land underlying Atlanta’s Turner Field, just south of Downtown Atlanta, has been a point of contention for most of the year. Mayor Kasim Reed made controversial statements to WSBTV Channel 2 on or around November 11, 2014, that Turner Field could be sold “very soon,” […]

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Fulton, APS Concerned about Atlanta TAD Fund Balances

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(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County and Atlanta Public Schools are concerned about the recent performance audit by Leslie Ward, City of Atlanta auditor, regarding the ten City of Atlanta Tax Allocation Districts (TADs). TADs are systems where governments agree to divert from their General Funds the property tax revenues above a certain base amount collected from certain neighborhoods.  For the […]

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