I was almost a quiet hypocrite. After a lot of thought about the Atlanta mayoral run-off, it occurred to me that I was almost as guilty as the type of voters I distain. I am a City of Atlanta property owner, business owner, tax payer, but I am not a resident – which makes it
Let’s play a fun game of “What If?” I cannot begin to predict who will make it to the run off because the field is so crowded in Atlanta’s Mayoral race. However, I am willing to predict a low voter turnout in this general election due to overwhelming number of candidates in the race. A
So many questions about Michael Sterling’s decision to get out the race. He announced on Tuesday he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Caesar Mitchell. Video of announcement. Sterling was once the protégé of current Mayor Kasim Reed. Reed endorsed his ace, Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms. It is well known that City Council President Caesar Mitchell
This week’s Courier Herald column: Eight years ago the state of Georgia was reeling from a total collapse in the US housing and financial markets. Banks were failing here at the highest rate in the nation. Even the soundest real estate transactions were viewed as speculative investments. Our unemployment rate soared well above the national
WSBTV will be hosting a 90 minute debate this afternoon featuring candidates running to be the next Mayor of Georgia. I mean Atlanta. Except not. The mayor of our capital city is chosen by residents that compose roughly 5% of the state, but often speaks for all Georgians. Even for those of us in metro-Atlanta,
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Mary Norwood has a commanding lead in the polls throughout her mayoral candidacy only to see it evaporate at the last second. Well sorry but we’re getting an encore presentation of the 2009 Atlanta mayoral race. (Even better, she’s poised to head to a runoff with Mayor
UPDATE: WHAT IS GOING ON IT IS NOT EVEN 7:00 AM AND THE ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL IS NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING (and thus, I don’t, and you, dear reader, are poorer in life). Apparently Reed did not veto the pot legislation. And at least one City Council social media staffer will be fired before
Developer E.R. Mitchell is the first person sentenced in the ongoing Atlanta bribery scandal. At 2:30, the second sentencing of the scandal will be delivered to C.P. Richards. 11Alive reported Mitchell saying before the announcement: “I apologize to the community. I have been, and will continue to, cooperate with investigators,.I will make amends to all
If you’re running for office in Atlanta you don’t like President Trump. Even if you do. Prevaricating on if you do or don’t might be the worst position to have and that’s the one Mary Norwood took today. At a forum presented by V-103 and WAOK, Norwood was the only candidate who couldn’t articulate a
The only real news from the latest 11Alive poll on the Atlanta Mayoral race is that we appear to have a two-woman race shaping up. Mary Norwood continues to lead in the polls with 28% of those polled supporting her, while Keisha Lance Bottoms is clawing her way up to a firm second place with
