New Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis vows radical change from predecessor Paul Howard who she accused of being soft on crime and often hostile to police. “…this false narrative that the police are all bad, it must stop and it must stop today,” she said in her acceptance speech. “We are living in a time when violent crime is soaring. We must restore a healthy respect for our law enforcement community… We will prosecute violent criminals, who put us in danger, with vigor. Children will not die at the hands of gun (gang) violence while I look the other way.” Atlantans upset with their city’s skyrocketing murder rate welcome her tough talk. Willis’ popularity RISING…
Bouncing Back
Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Economic Development Thursday announced that some 16,000 jobs have been created in the state in the first half of fiscal year 2021, totaling nearly $6 billion in new investments. This represents a 40% increase in new jobs created over the first half of 2020, a great sign that the state’s economy is on the rise after an obvious dip in much of last year. The main industries creating jobs are food processing, manufacturing, and logistics and distribution. Great work in trying times has the GDEcD team RISING…
