The City ethics office will review Christmas gifts given the public safety training center advisory committee to see if they are OK under the law.
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Atlanta City Council set to vote on inspector general legislation, amid doubts
Atlanta City Council is set for a Tuesday showdown over independent supervision of city government.
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Atlanta politicians and candidates under review by state campaign finance office
State ethics investigators may call the attorney general’s office for Atlanta enforcement.
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DeKalb County ballot measure would eliminate ethics officer charged with reporting alleged crime
DeKalb County voters face a ballot issue on Nov. 5 that seeks to eliminate the position of an ethics officer who is charged with reporting suspected crimes to state or federal authorities and replace it with an administrator with no such duties. The ballot question provides none of this information.
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Shorthanded city trust task force meets; mayor says it’s a challenge to enlist folks generally
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said people are second-guessing their decisions to work with Atlanta, and called on the media to do more good news.
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New legislation shows Atlanta’s City Council is no longer a ‘rubber stamp’
For decades, Atlanta has had a strong mayor form of government with little push back from the Atlanta City Council.
But the past year under the leadership of City Council President Felicia Moore and the election of seven new members of Council, a totally different legislative body has emerged.
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Atlanta council president proposes independent office to enforce accountability
Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore unveiled Wednesday her concept to enforce legal and accountable behavior by the city’s elected officials and top officials. It is one plank in a platform of reform proposals a council committee is to discuss at a meeting Sept. 6 to address violations including those announced Wednesday by the city’s independent city auditor and ethics officer.
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Atlanta councilmembers, mayor’s staff to discuss ‘honest government’ legislation
The Atlanta City Council intends to repair breaches in the city government’s protocols on transparency and honesty, and on Wednesday a council committee agreed to meet with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ staff to work out the details. A meeting date was not set.
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Atlanta independent committees begin campaign spending
As Atlanta candidates scramble to file their financial disclosures, Georgia’s so-called “independent committees” are raising money and starting to spend it too.
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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.
