Parts of northwest Atlanta from Underwood Hills to outside the Perimeter will get a new City Council member in this year’s election. Among the candidates, a major concern is the split between District 9’s haves and have-nots.
Category: Maggie Lee
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council Candidate Q and A: District 4
The race for Atlanta City Council District 4 has attracted more candidates than any other contest in the city. Nine folks want to represent an area that runs from Oakland City through Ashview Heights, Atlanta University Center and Downtown.
Posted inLatest News
City Hall bribery fallout lands in Atlanta mayoral race
In the wake of three guilty pleas related to allegations of crooked contracting at City Hall and an FBI raid on a city contractor, mayoral candidate Peter Aman stepped up to a microphone in his own office and became the latest in a crowded pack of mayoral hopefuls to take a jab at City Hall — and each other — on ethics.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 8
Part of Buckhead will get a new City Council member this year, and the two folks running for the northwest Atlanta seat have public safety and traffic on their minds.
Posted inLatest News
Democrats elbowing for place on Georgia gubernatorial ballot
By Maggie Lee The 2018 race for the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nomination got a bit more heated Monday night at the Carter Center. That’s when former colleagues Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans sat down for a conversation together as rival candidates for the top political job in Georgia. Abrams and Evans clashed early about education. […]
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 7
By Maggie Lee Candidates for a Buckhead-area Atlanta City Council seat say their concerns for the district are traffic, development and infrastructure. Incumbent City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001 and now chairs its Finance Committee; he says traffic is the No. 1 district concern for him. Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca […]
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 6
Atlantans from parts of Lindbergh to Virginia Highlands will get a new City Council member in a November vote. Folks running for the office have a lot to say about transportation. Jennifer Ide and Kirk Rich are both angling to become an Atlanta City Council freshman in this year’s election. Incumbent Alex Wan is running […]
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 3
Four candidates want to be on City Council from a district that runs all the way from Atlantic Station highrises to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium and the westside bungalows of some of Atlanta’s most storied neighborhoods — and some of its most distressed.
Posted inLatest News
Georgia Attorney General: Immigration is an issue for Congress
As some states threaten the federal government with legal action over the immigration status of people brought to the U.S. as children, Georgia’s top official lawyer says that immigration is an issue for the U.S. Congress to settle.
Posted inLatest News
Grant Park residents pledge appeal to court over parking deck plan
The plan for the parking deck at Grant Park is headed to court, says the attorney who tried to convince the Atlanta Tree Conservation Commission that there’s fault in a plan that calls for chopping down 131 trees.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta mayoral candidates sketch plans for arts spending
Atlantans packed a room at the Woodruff Arts Center on Monday night for a performance that can only happen every four years — Atlanta mayoral candidates bidding for the votes of art lovers.
Posted inLatest News
Committee for a Better Atlanta scores city candidates
A group of Atlanta’s and Georgia’s business and civic heavyweights have given out their scores on the dozens of folks running for city leadership this year. Five mayoral candidates got a rating of “excellent” from the Committee for a Better Atlanta.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 5
Voters in parts of Atlanta from Downtown to East Lake have a choice for their District 5 City Council seat this year: a veteran of City Hall or a first-time candidate. City services and the cost of housing top are top issues, the candidates say.
Posted inUncategorized
Atlanta City Council candidate profiles: District 2
Parts of Atlanta from Downtown to Little Five Points are going to get a new City Council member in an election this year that’s attracted more than $200,000 in donations, and talk about affordability, homelessness, taxes and planning.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta ethics board: not changing mind on tickets for development agency
Atlanta’s Board of Ethics has voted not to reconsider a 2013 opinion that says the city’s development agency can’t get free premium tickets to Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Posted inLatest News
Invest Atlanta board signals approval for bonds, breaks for Turner Field builds
The first phase of Turner Field redevelopment looks to be on track for city bonds and tax abatements after votes by the board of Atlanta’s development authority.
Posted inUncategorized
At large Atlanta City Council race attracts high-profile support
The race for Atlanta City Council between incumbent Michael Julian Bond and challenger Courtney English has attracted thousands of dollars in donations and now some well-known supporters.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta mayoral hopefuls talk traffic, transit fixes
Last year, Atlanta voters approved new sales taxes to pay for transportation and transit builds. This year, mayoral candidates are talking about what they would do in a city that’s raising cash, is predicting a lot of new residents and that aims to attract big employers.
Posted inUncategorized
Atlanta City Council candidate profiles: District 1
In one of the more crowded races for Atlanta City Council this year, five folks including the incumbent are looking for votes in parts of southeast Atlanta from Downtown to Lakewood.
Posted inLatest News
Atlanta City Council candidate profiles: Post 2 at large
The race for a vacant at large City Council seat has attracted three men who are talking about ideas like free pre-K, decriminalizing marijuana and building a more equitable Atlanta.
