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Kasim Reed’s 2018 bid for governor may have just begun
If Kasim Reed runs for governor of Georgia in 2018, a hall filled with more than 600 business leaders here will be set down as the place that his campaign began. Reed uttered not a single political word during an unprecedented, 30-minute address by an Atlanta mayor to the Savannah ...
With pay raises on the table, city workers debate whether it is enough
An Atlanta plan to give some city workers more money in their paychecks, has hit a snag: city workers. At a special called meeting of the Atlanta City Council, union heads testified that a salary increase proposal floated last week that would give raises of up to 3 percent to ...
Kasim Reed to Savannah: Dredging funds a matter of when, not if
SAVANNAH -- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on Thursday told more than 600 business leaders here not to be worried that President Barack Obama’s most recent budget proposal contained no significant funding for the dredging of the Port of Savannah – that the federal cash is a matter of when, not ...
City eyes creek cleanup as kick-start for NW revitalization
As a boy growing up on English Avenue in downtown Atlanta, Vincent Jones and his friends often played in nearby Proctor Creek. Those were the days before people realized the extent of the contamination in the stream, which runs from the Georgia Dome to the Chattahoochee River. Flooding from downtown, ...
Atlanta ordinance seeks to help movie makers and neighborhoods
The buzz around Atlanta created by the filming of “Anchorman 2”and periodic sightings of Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Harrison Ford, Tina Fey and the dude who played Borat at places like the Silver Skillet and Woodruff Park is evidence that the city is a Hollywood hotspot.If that hasn’t convinced you, ...
Michelle Nunn attends DSCC fundraiser with President Obama
Michelle Nunn gave the latest indication today that she will be entering the U.S. Senate race by showing up to a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser with President Barack Obama. The fundraiser came after Obama spoke at Morehouse College's rain-soaked commencement. Neither Obama nor U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, ...
President Obama speaks at Atlanta fundraiser
President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at the home of Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank on Sunday after giving the commencement address at Morehouse College. Sunday at 2:12 p.m. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Please have a seat. ...
President Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech
Sunday at 12:06 p.m. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Morehouse! (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. Please be seated. AUDIENCE MEMBER: I love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. (Laughter.) That is why I am here. I have to say that it is one of the great honors of my life to be ...
Atlanta traffic court needs changes
If you come to court to fight a traffic ticket in Atlanta, you’ll have to make a second trek back on another day. If you don’t fight it, you might have to wait. And wait. And wait. If you decide not to show up in court at all, you’ll most ...
Reed proposes raises for Atlanta city workers
More than 6,000 city of Atlanta workers may soon see bigger checks. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announced late Friday after an early afternoon meeting with a group of city workers a plan to increase the salaries of most city employees in the fiscal year 2014 budget. Reed’s recommendation would call ...
Former city employee files whistleblower suit against mayor
A former city employee has filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and businesswoman Joy Rohadfox, claiming they conspired to have him fired after he complained of improper use of city equipment and a conflict of interest by one of Rohadfox’s employees. That employee, Sharon Rohadfox, is ...
Your daily jolt: Marco Rubio weighs into water wars – on the side of the oysters
U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss were delighted by Wednesday’s 83-14 passage of the $12 billion Water Resources Development Act of 2013. For two reasons. First, the bill contains a provision that allows the federal cost estimate for dredging the Port of Savannah to be adjusted for inflation. Atlanta ...
Atlanta City Council using social media to get residents involved in budget talks
Atlanta is taking the 2014 budget debate to the people by holding a combined public hearing and virtual town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, which will be broadcast live on City Channel 26 and allow for greater feedback from residents through traditional and social media means. The Atlanta City ...
Dems can build toward future
U.S. Rep. John Barrow made the right decision for himself and the Democratic Party in declining to run for the Senate in 2014. Could Barrow have won? His status as the Democrats’ sole remaining Southern white congressman suggests a knack for political magic, and it was tempting for Barrow and ...
Reed aide to move into Hartsfield job
Reese McCranie, one of Atlanta’s deputy communications directors and Mayor Kasim Reed’s former campaign media director, will assume a similar role next month at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. On June 3, McCranie will take over as the airport’s senior public relations manager. The position has been open since last September, when ...
Hartsfield-Jackson gets new deputy manager
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport will soon have a new deputy general manager, Miguel Southwell, who joins the Atlanta airport from the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. Southwell, who will be deputy general manager for commercial development at Hartsfield-Jackson starting June 3, is the deputy director of business relations and development for Miami International ...
Ga. Democrats still wander political wilderness
U.S. Rep. John Barrow made the right decision for himself and the Democratic Party in declining to run for the Senate in 2014. Could Barrow have won? His status as the Democrats’ sole remaining Southern white congressman suggests a knack for political magic, and it was tempting for Barrow and ...
Atlanta’s Reed has sights on city hall, not D.C.
Another Democratic shoe just dropped. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. John Barrow announced that he would pass on a 2014 race for U.S. Senate. Thursday, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed did likewise – ruling himself out as a candidate in the 2016 Senate contest. Reed was on the WGAU (1340AM) morning talk ...
Kasim Reed rules out a 2016 run for U.S. Senate
Another Democratic shoe just dropped. On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. John Barrow announced that he would pass on a 2014 race for U.S. Senate. This morning, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed did likewise – ruling himself out as a candidate in the 2016 Senate contest. Reed was on the WGAU (1340AM) morning ...
$1 million grant from Coke to give Atlanta more Hope
Since Jamia Perry, a 10-year-old fifth grader, has been coming to the Center of Hope at Thomasville, she has mastered the computer and is proficient enough in chess to teach it. “I am here every day after school,” she said while searching online for an educational website. “I love it ...
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