The major candidates for mayor took strong stances on the fate of the city jail and issued some zingers about the Buckhead cityhood movement at a July 21 forum. Hosted by the Upper Westside Improvement District and the Northwest Community Alliance, the forum was held at The Works mixed-use complex. Candidates included City Councilmembers Antonio […]
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Mayor candidates talk equity, vie for green vote, at Downtown forum
The organizers of an Atlanta mayoral candidate forum on green space Thursday night had to move their event to a bigger auditorium — their first venue couldn’t hold everyone who wanted to know more about what candidates propose for the city’s trees, watersheds and parks.
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Three Atlanta mayor candidates top $1 million in campaign cash
The top fundraisers in the Atlanta mayoral race have already broken seven figures in campaign cash.
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Mayoral candidates pledge vigilance against any anti-gay legislative moves
Eight folks who want to be the next mayor of Atlanta laid out their platforms Friday at a forum held by the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and what they’d do as leader of a city that’s politically quite different from the state of which it is the capital.
All said they would be quick to help stop any efforts to pass something like North Carolina’s 2016 “bathroom bill” – a requirement from a conservative state Legislature that transgender people use public restrooms that that match the gender on their birth certificates. It came just after progressive Charlotte had passed an ordinance that let transgender people use public facilities that match their gender identity.
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Photo Pick: Atlanta Mayoral “Vision for Atlanta Forum” by Judith Montier
This week the Atlanta chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) hosted the Vision for Atlanta forum with our Mayoral candidates. SaportaReport’s founder & editor, Maria Saporta, was the moderator for the panel.
