A candidate must get close to desperation when resorting to levying personal attacks on Facebook against an opponent. That’s what is occurring here in Walker County with our incumbent sole Commissioner Bebe Heiskell. I was sent a screenshot where Commissioner Heiskell accused Republican challenger Shannon Whitfield that he was given bad numbers, was deceiving people
The Atlanta Hawks will have a $193-million-renovated aerie, thanks to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed who undoubtedly considered the expense of potentially losing 75% of Atlanta’s sports teams during his tenure when deciding whether to cough up the dough. Atlanta will kick in $142.5 million of the money that will go to a massive mixed-use construction project
The Atlanta Regional Commission is out with its annual look at the issues that are most important to the region. Metro Atlanta Speaks is a scientific poll measuring area residents opinions on education, transportation, livability, and more. It’s perhaps not surprising that transportation was thought of as being the biggest issue facing the metro area,
And yet, it lives. This is Downtown Fayetteville. And I know what you are thinking, “why would I go there? That looks like solid ground!” Well, the City Council of Fayetteville is posing a question: “What if it weren’t?” Because they want to put a canal downtown, even though a study commissioned by the City suggests
On October 11th, the City of Cochran Mayor Micahel Stoy announced his resignation in a letter to the residents. His reason for stepping down was because of an alleged secret meeting that was held by the City Council in July. According to the State’s Open Meeting Laws, the City’s Charter, and a city ordinance, the
A family in Roswell is battling their Homeowners Association and now the Code Enforcement tier of the Roswell Police Department over whether or not they are permitted to own two backyard chickens. The Willow Springs/Country Club of Roswell couple has retained former FBI agent-now attorney Joseph Rosen to represent them in the matter. The two
After months of speculation and a few weeks of having an exploratory committee, City Councilmember Mary Norwood is running for Mayor of Atlanta for the second time. Norwood finished second to outgoing mayor Kasim Reed in 2009. In a statement sent to GAPol, Norwood steered clear of any formal policy announcements. Her entire statement reads:
The real estate market in Atlanta has been booming, again … he writes, fearful of jinxing things. We’re at a point where we’re worrying about gentrification — and if you’ve got pedestrian-level advertising for plastic surgery shops along the Beltline, I’d say they’re valid. But wide swaths of metro Atlanta are still hanging on by
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Governor Nathan Deal has issued an executive order appointing a review commission to investigate a recent indictment made against the City of Dawson Mayor Christopher Wright. The 26 year-old mayor was indicted on 5 counts: aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, child molestation, rape, and statutory rape on June 7th, 2016. The indictments followed an investigation
