Mayor Reed, councilmembers Bottoms, Martin and Willis to talk budget at community forum
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, along with city councilmembers H. Lamar Willis, C.T. Martin and Keisha Lance Bottoms will host a Southwest Atlanta Community Budget Forum on Tuesday, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Benjamin E. Mays High School, 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Dr.
The city council is currently reviewing the administration’s initial $539 million budget proposal which calls for maintaining a police force of at least 2,000 officers, expanding the city’s Centers of Hope program and no tax increase.
During the forum, councilmembers will also discuss accomplishments in Districts 10 and 11 over the past year and give constituents an opportunity to express how they want to see city resources allocated in Fiscal Year 2014.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
