Congratulations to the City of South Fulton for taking a step away from willful ignorance. Just weeks ago, the City of South Fulton City Council voted to change the official holiday that occurs each October. Columbus Day is a Federal holiday and a state holiday in more than thirty states. Many local governments also recognize the
The Gulch will remain a gulch. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said earlier today she has “no intention of asking the authors of [Gulch redevelopment] proposals” to vote on said package. She also seemed to take a shot at the City Council members who torpedoed her $1.75-billion redevelopment plan, saying “we have negotiated an unprecedented deal
This week’s Courier Herald column: When the gavel fell in March on this year’s session of the Georgia General Assembly, the focus was on the list of accomplishments that had been completed. Income tax cuts, a transit governance bill, and a major overhaul of Georgia’s adoption laws headlined the achievements. Left on the desks of
The MARTA Board of Directors unanimously approved the contract with Gwinnett County. The historic contract would allow MARTA to take over and expand existing public transportation–including the likelihood of heavy rail coming into Gwinnett. From WSB-TV: The development plan recommends building a rail line from the existing Doraville MARTA station to a new hub in
Figuring out Speaker David Ralston’s political philosophy is like putting together a puzzle but the pieces don’t match the picture on the box. Case in point on education.In May “the way it should be” done is by having local school boards sort out their allotment of money. After all, the decent Speaker from Blue Ridge
In the metro area, three highly qualified women attorneys lost run-off elections that they should have easily won! Progressives listen up. On Tuesday at 6:00 pm, a good friend called me and half-jokingly said she was going to skip voting because she was tired. She said she went because in her head she saw my
A lot of the focus of economic growth is around the metro Atlanta area….which makes since due to the fact that the majority of Georgia’s population works and/or resides in the metro area. However, South Georgia is getting some well-deserved attention not just because of the Savannah port, but because of Spaceport Camden. Spaceport Camden
Gwinnett County could make a serious bid for Amazon’s HQ2. Earlier on Monday the county’s Urban Redevelopment Agency announced it plans to buy the OFS campus at I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard (the giant brown campus on the left if you’re heading north on I-85. The previous owner was Bausch & Lomb) for a paltry
Get your tinfoil ready, folks because this one is gonna be a doozy. The cyber attack that crippled Atlanta (to the the tune of 2.7 million-plus taxpayer clams) six weeks ago continues to reverberate and it all feels a bit too convenient. Just after we learn about former Mayor Kasim Reed’s questionable bonuses it turns
WSB TV’s Nefertiti Jaquez reports that the news of Georgia’s new City of South Fulton hiring its first police chief doesn’t seem to be news. The actual news appears to be a unilateral action of long time South Fulton Commissioner turned Mayor Bill Edwards selecting a Mayor, and surprising his council. Jaquez does an excellent
