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State Rep. Pedro Marin, a Gwinnett Democrat first elected in 2002, speaks during a networking event organized as part of Georgia Gwinnett College’s HACER (Hispanic Achievers Committed to Excellence in Results) program Oct. 12, 2021. The program helps students find a professional career. (Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: As Democrats gain control in Gwinnett, not all of them are safe
Felicia Moore listens as Andre Dickens speaks during a recent rally where Peoplestown residents are fighting the city of Atlanta's yearlong attempt to take away their homes. The city is trying to do so in order to improve the flood protection conditions in Peoplestown. The two mayoral runoff candidates say they support the people. (Phil Skinner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: Will Atlanta voters prefer lone ranger or swell guy for mayor?
The Rev. Jesse Jackson (left) listens to Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones (right), during the trial of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, in the Glynn County Courthouse, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga. The three are charged with the February 2020 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, Pool)
OPINION: Why Jesse Jackson’s presence at Arbery trial was inevitable
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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, shown at a board meeting Tuesday, June 15, 2021, looks a lot different than it did just a few years ago. County Commissioner Kirkland Carden (left) is one of the critics of a surprise GOP push to double the size of the Gwinnett county commission. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: With tide turning against Gwinnett GOP, a sneak attack emerges
The Summerhill neighborhood has blossomed now that the acres and acres of land once reserved for Braves parking can be developed. In the background are the 565 Hank luxury apartments. (Photo by Bill Torpy)
OPINION: The rest of the story: Bravexit from Atlanta works out just fine
Atlanta mayoral runoff candidates Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore. (Hyosub Shin/AJC / Ben Gray/AP Photo)
OPINION: Andre who? Quiet mayoral candidate is not to be overlooked
Parkgoers walk around the Memorial Lawn at Stone Mountain Park on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The company that runs Stone Mountain Park no longer wants the gig, and it's been hard to find a replacement. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
OPINION: Stone Mountain, the tourist draw that repels companies
Darla, our 9-year-old bulldog mix, had a leg taken off this summer but still wants to play tug of war. (Bill Torpy / AJC)
OPINION: Losing a leg doesn’t keep man’s best friend from being ‘dogged’
Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of The Greatest, celebrates a victory in a dressing room at State Farm Arena with his uncle, Mike Joyce (left), and godfather, rapper Flavor Flav. (Photo by Bill Torpy)
OPINION: For grandson of ‘The Greatest,’ not all pressure is in the ring
Peachtree Center in 1990. (AJC file photo)
OPINION: Old Portman concrete tower could deliver new life to downtown
Atlanta's then-mayor Shirley Franklin (center) enjoys the Atlanta Hawks home opener at Philips Arena on November 8, 2005, while seated next to former mayor Andrew Young (left) and then-state-senator Kasim Reed, who served as Franklin's campaign manager. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC file)
OPINION: Why Shirley Franklin votes NO! on a Kasim Reed return as mayor
In this image from video posted on Twitter on May 5, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, left, struggles with Travis McMichael over a shotgun on a street in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb. 23, 2020. Arbery, who was jogging when he was confronted by McMichael and his father and shot multiple times. The 25-year-old died at the scene.
OPINION: Arbery trial to be a battle of competing truths
Atlanta mayoral candidate Kasim Reed listens as candidate Felicia Moore speaks during a forum hosted by Partners for HOME and Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative at the Institute of Technology Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta on October 1, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
OPINION: No beers with Hizzoner; but doughnuts perhaps?
Graffiti that included the word "Trump" and a swastika, as well as slurs directed toward gays, blacks and Hispanics, was found the morning of Nov. 22, 2016, at Gwinnett's Collins Hill High School. (Photo credit: Channel 2 Action News)
OPINION | Hate crime hoaxes: The harm done is all too real
Shaina Riggins moved into this refurbished 1960s ranch home in the historic Collier Heights neighborhood in 2020. This year she was cited by the city for having painted bricks, a job performed before her purchase. Photo by Bill Torpy
OPINION: Black historic district hits homebuyers like a ton of bricks
Sandy Springs police recently posted this photo of a three-vehicle-squeeze at the Glenridge Drive exit off I-285. The SUV on the right made an ill-fated, last-minute decision to exit, causing a chain-reaction wreck. No one was hurt. (Credit: Sandy Springs Police Department)
OPINION: Picture-perfect proof of metro Atlanta’s road lunacy
Atlanta police investigate the scene of a shooting on May 17, 2021, at the Azule Restaurant and Lounge, located at 2625 Piedmont Road NE in the Lindbergh area of Buckhead. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
OPINION: Buckhead a pied piper leading the way to rich-niche cities
This AJC file photo from March 2015 shows abandoned and broken-down houses situated next to well-maintained family homes in Atlanta's Pittsburgh community. The 2008-2010 subprime mortgage fraud crisis left nearly half the homes vacant in the Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh homeowners, Invest Atlanta, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Wells Fargo are working to revitalize Pittsburgh. (Photo by J. Scott Trubey / strubey@ajc.com)
OPINION | Atlanta’s Pittsburgh community: Is green truly the new Black?
Alessandro Salvo, a contractor who has fought corruption and politics in DeKalb County, keeps pulling that county’s bacon out of the frying pan. Now he’s fighting the city of Atlanta for a contract to replace sewer lines. Photo by Bill Torpy / AJC 2018 file
OPINION: When Atlanta City Hall’s wheels grind, that’s just how they roll
Ric Stonesifer attaches the shoulder cord to the uniform of his son Kristofor after graduating from infantry school at Fort Benning. (Courtesy of Stonesifer family)
OPINION | A Ga. soldier’s dad: What do we have for all the lives lost?
Medical workers at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta emerge from the ambulance bay on Aug. 10, 2021 as Georgia hospitals are diverting emergencies because of the COVID-19 surge. Grady is only taking COVID patients. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
OPINION: Georgia anti-vaxxers are like ‘Stop the Steal’ on steroids
Longtime sex shop proprietor Michael Morrison at the Tokyo Valentino store on Cheshire Bridge Road that features his nickname and a bigger-than-life portrait. Photo by Bill Torpy
OPINION: End of the line for metro Atlanta sex shop mogul?
Dirk Brown poses on July 21, 2021, outside the accessory dwelling unit he built in the backyard of his home in Atlanta's Virginia-Highland neighborhood. Brown finished the house a little under a year ago and rents it out. (Christine Tannous / christine.tannous@ajc.com)
OPINION: Why even liberal Atlanta looks askance at plans for more folks
The Wendy's on University Avenue in Atlanta was in flames after demonstrators blocked the interstate and set it on fire Saturday night, June 13, 2020. Protesters gathered there after Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, was shot and killed by Atlanta police Friday evening during a struggle at the Wendy's drive-thru line. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION | The Wendy’s fiasco: The one that broke the city?
Employees of CORE, a crisis response organization, take down information and get samples at the COVID-19 testing site at the Shrine of the Black Madonna on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta on June 27, 2020. (STEVE SCHAEFER for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
OPINION: Take the ‘Freedom Vaccine’ — then head to work
Atlanta Mayoral candidates (from left) Antonio Brown, Andre Dickens, Sharon Gay, Felicia Moore and Kasim Reed participate in the second Atlanta mayoral forum at The Works Upper Westside Atlanta in Atlanta’s Underwood Hills community, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
OPINION: Wake up, Atlanta, and pay attention to the mayor’s race
A rendering of Rodney Cook Sr. Park looks to the southwest towards the Atlanta University Center in the distance. The Georgia Peace Column rises in the near distance. (National Monuments Foundation)
OPINION: Battle of the Peace Park continues for Atlanta scion
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