By Guest Columnist DAVID SUITTS, founder of Unite For Kids Atlanta
When people ask why I care about early childhood development, I think back to when I first thought I could maybe teach.
There’s a Youtube video of that summer: I’m filming and talking at three girls, none whom could be older than 6 years.
Metro Atlanta commuters can find solace in a factoid nestled in a report released Thursday by the Georgia Ports Authority. Some 50,000 trucks a year are to be removed from the region’s highways once an inland port served by rail opens next year in Chatsworth, officials say.
Atlanta City Council District 12’s incumbent councilwoman faces three challengers in this year’s election to represent an area that runs from Pittsburgh and Fort McPherson all the way south and east to the city limits.
Atlanta City Council District 12 would be Diana Watley’s first elected office. She did not reply to multiple voice mails or emails sent to the phone number and email address specified in her campaign registration documents. Campaign website Back to Atlanta City Council District 12 candidate profiles
Joyce Sheperd was first elected to Atlanta City Council District 12 in 2004. Reached by phone, she acknowledged Saporta Report’s request for comment, but said she had to consider how much SR covers District 12 before she decided whether to take part. She did not reply to a subsequent email. Campaign website Back to Atlanta […]
Atlanta City Council District 12 would be Michael Jackson’s first elected office. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website A: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 12? Q: My number one concern for district 12 is that it’s without a true Council person that shows concern for the communities and its citizens. […]
Atlanta City Council District 12 would be Randy Gibbs’ first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 12? A: My No. 1 concern is the poor leadership and representation. I think that it leads to poor quality of life. I think it also leads to the fact that we don’t […]
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 29, 2017
Oglethorpe University will receive a $50 million gift from alumnus Bill Hammack to establish a business school.
The gift is 10 times larger than the biggest gift the university has ever received – $5 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. It also is 20 times larger than the biggest individual gift the university ever received – $2.5 million from Ann and Tom Cousins, a donation made in 2017.
The new business school, which will open in the fall of 2019 within the liberal arts college, will be called the Q. William Hammack Jr. School of Business. It will be housed in the new Center for Science and Innovation, which also will open in the fall of 2019. Hammack already had signed on to give the new Center $2 million.
Days ahead of the start of early voting in Atlanta, top mayoral candidates are looking not just at the issues, but are going on the attack a bit in their bids to get into — and win — a runoff that’s all but certain to come.
By Maggie Lee Parts of southwest Atlanta like Cascade, Campbelltown Road and Greenbriar are going to get a new City Council member this year. The eight folks running say their concerns are things like jobs, poverty, preservation, safety and getting ready for the growth that’s coming to southwest Atlanta. Incumbent District 11 Councilwoman Keisha Lance […]
Atlanta City Council would be Georgianne Thomas’ first elected office. She sent her regrets for missing an Oct. 6 deadline to speak to Saporta Reprt, saying her focus has been on getting votes. Campaign website Back to Atlanta City Council District 11 candidate profiles
Atlanta City Council District 11 would be Marci Overstreet’s first elected office. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: I’m motivated to serve my community as its Council member because my neighbors and I have agreed that our legacy community is worth […]
Some comments have been lightly edited for clarity. Atlanta City Council District 11 would be Brionté McCorkle’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 11? A: A: One of the biggest things to me is that there’s a lot of change that has been long-awaited that is coming to […]
Some comments have been lightly edited for clarity. Atlanta City Council District 11 would be Edith Ladipo’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What is your No. 1 concern for your district? A: My main concern is the disinvestment in the community, the deterioration and blighted conditions. All of these are intertwined with the issue […]
Some comments have been lightly edited for clarity. Atlanta City Council would be LaTarsha Holden’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district? A: To bring job training and jobs to the residents of District 11. Q: What could you as a Council member do about that, what are […]
Some comments have been condensed or lightly edited for brevity or clarity. Atlanta City Council wouldn’t be Anthony Johnson’s first elected office. He briefly served in the Alabama state Legislature. Campaign website Q: What is your No. 1 concern for your district specifically (as opposed to the city as a whole?) A: My No. 1 […]
Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity. Atlanta City Council would be Debra F. Harris’ first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 11? A: My concern for District 11 is the current infrastructure, mainly streets and sidewalk improvements and cleaning of our city of Atlanta [road and driveway] […]
Harold Hardnett, reached via phone, was asked to participate in Saporta Report’s Q and A, but did not respond to a subsequent email by an Oct. 6 deadline. Campaign website Back to Atlanta City Council District 11 candidate profiles
As the American Public Transportation Association is holding its Expo in Atlanta this week, there is much chatter among professionals about who might become the next CEO of MARTA.
But Robbie Ashe, chairman of the MARTA board, did dispel one rumor – that a possible candidate could be Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, whose two terms as mayor will end in January.
With a Tuesday vote, the members of a state House panel decided to commission a study on the state’s mass transit needs, and how to fund and manage the delivery of that transit.
