The Atlanta City Council this week submitted a request to the state legislature asking them to repeal the state’s prohibition on rent controls. Citing rising housing costs, the Atlanta officials hope that allowing for rent control might lead to more affordable housing within city limits. However, 81% of economists agree that rent control is a bad policy, one that decreases stock of rental units, driving the average price up not down, and actually further fuels gentrification rather than limiting it. With a legislature that figures to be very reluctant to institute such a policy, the bid for rent control in Atlanta is SINKING…
Atlanta Lawyer Triumphs over CNN Smears
The smears against Nicholas Sandmann and fellow Covington Catholic High School students began after a heavily edited video surfaced of them face to face with liberal activist Nathan Phillips after a pro-life rally last January in Washington, D.C. Later,...McBath partners with Pelosi for fundraising push
The mass email I received was brief and to the point. It began: “(W)e really need to step up for Lucy McBath.” The writer is Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and she was urging donations to U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., who barely won the seat in 2018...Activists Seek Federal Help Regarding Rising Atlanta Crime
Early last year Mary Norwood, chair of the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods and a former mayoral candidate, wrote a letter addressed to Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms decrying the city’s rising crime. Norwood, Buckhead community leader Amber Connor and...Ga. Ports Authority Now Involved in Augusta River Fight
There’s a new twist in Augusta’s battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the future of the Savannah River and its role in downtown redevelopment on both banks of the border between Georgia and South Carolina. First some background: Leaders in Augusta...
