When Ted Turner, the founder of the Cable News Network, inaugurated the company’s first broadcast on June 1, 1980 he forever changed the way the world would receive television news and opinion programming. That’s why it’s fitting that the Georgia Historical Society just dedicated a new “Georgia Business History Initiative” marker at Atlanta’s CNN Center that recognizes Turner. The Society annually salutes Georgia companies in order to teach students, citizens and tourists about the pivotal role of the state’s business development. So we salute both the Georgia Historical Society for this worthy recognition and Turner for his visionary contribution 38 years ago. Their boats are RISING….
Atlanta BLM organizer arrested
Atlanta-based activist Sir Maejor Page was arrested Friday on federal wire fraud and money laundering charges for spending more than $200,000 in donations meant for the Black Lives Matter movement on personal items including suits, a house, and guns. Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta saw the donations stream in as the movement gained steam earlier this year, but organizer Page spent much of it on “no identifiable purchase or expenditure for social or racial justice,” according to the FBI. Be careful where you send your donations folks – Page is looking at prison time and his future as an “activist” is SINKING…
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