Transparency has long been a topic of great concern at Atlanta City Hall, and one key figure there wants to address it. City Council President Felicia Moore this week called for the establishment of an Inspector General’s Office which would oversee and hold accountable city employees and elected officials. The Kasim Reed administration was rife with corruption, some of which seems to have spilled over into Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ tenure, but Moore working hard to increase transparency and accountability has her ship RISING…
Atlanta sports teams rally for betting
The presidents of the Atlanta Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and United have come together to voice their support for legalizing sports betting in Georgia. The heads of the four teams this week announced the creation of the Georgia Professional Sports Integrity Alliance,...DeKalb votes out school superintendent
Another day another drama for DeKalb County, where on Monday the school board voted 6-1 to remove Superintendent Steve Green, cutting his tenure short more than a semester early. The board voted to install longtime administrator Ramona Tyson as the interim...Georgia’s measles outbreak
In 1980 measles killed nearly 3 million people. By 2014 that number was down to 73,000, nearly all in developing nations. The MMR vaccine is highly effective at reducing and even eliminating the disease, but thanks to the anti-vaxxer movement, measles is back in...NYE Peach Drop cancelled
A thirty-year Atlanta tradition is coming to an end, as Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms last week told local radio station Majic 107.5/97.5 that the city was cancelling its annual New Year’s Eve Peach Drop. Citing issues with location, (the city no longer owns...(Another) Kasim Reed Scandal
The latest in a long series of scandals and questionable decisions from the administration of former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed was unveiled Monday, as news broke that former First Lady Langford Reed had a 2016 car wreck in a city-owned vehicle swept under the rug. ...
