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I do have a nice view for my remote reporting, though.
Westmoreland asks when the council could expect numbers attached to these six points. Molla says 90 days.
Here are some of the talking points consultants distributed to encourage support of the NRI.
The administration says it will do things differently with TADs this to around.
The administration also proposed reforms to the tad advisory committees.
Dickens response to why raising taxes can’t do what TADs can do:
They mayors office reserved the first two rows of seating, leaving many standing
Around 50 people have signed up for public comment so far at the Community Development and Human Services committee hearing on the mayor’s proposed extension of six tax allocation districts to pay for his Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative.
Cutler steps over to the screen to break down the budget
Goldstone's book follows five Atlanta-area families fighting for housing in Atlanta—a city with the highest level of income inequality of any major city in the U.S. We had the opportunity to hear from Goldstone earlier this year, when ACPC co-hosted a workshop on homelessness in Atlanta.
Collins also supports CVI investment in the city.
Angela Smith, director of the mayor's Office of Violence Prevention, shows this slide and asks the council to silently identify who is the trafficker and who is being trafficked.
This morning a coalition of organizations including the fire fighters union, PAD and immigrants rights groups held a press conference outside city hall to demand the city honor the firefighter union contract, honor its diversion contract with PAD, end collaboration with ice and increase housing.
Happening now: Protest outside Flock Safety headquarters in West Midtown.
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I now have a copy of the agenda thanks to the OIG's fantastic comms person.
Ah, ATL26 is having technical issues, per the city's X account. Videos of today's meeting will be uploaded at a later point.
It's a packed house to start the meeting. There are four proclamations on today's agenda. We'll see how long they take to get through. Council President marci Collier Overstreet indicated she intended proclamations stick to the 15-minute limit laid out in the municipal code.
Brookhaven PD just issued a dispersal order, threatening arrest and chemical munitions.
Several hundred people have gathered on Buford Highway to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and celebrate the general strike launched by Twin City residents on Jan. 23 and today.
As the sun set, the group held vigil and did their best to keep candles lit, with wind gusts up to 25 mph.
Hundreds of Atlantans have gathered in Kirkwood to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis Saturday.
Georgia House Rep. Gabriel Sanchez speaks on why immigrants are a targeted community.