FAYETTE COUNTY, Georgia — Today, a federal court struck down, as violative of the Voting Rights Act, Fayette County’s discriminatory at-large method of electing members to the county Board of Commissioners and Board of Education. In the case, Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Fayette County Board of Commissioners, et al., the Court, in [...]
After Morehouse, Obama Continues to Inspire at Atlanta Fundraiser
May 20, 2013 | Posted by
President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee at the home of Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank on Sunday after giving the commencement address at Morehouse College. Sunday at 2:12 p.m. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Please have a seat. Let me begin by saying [...]
Atlanta Gets New Low-Cost Service Offering TV Over Internet
May 17, 2013 | Posted by
NEW YORK – Aereo, the startup that offers live television broadcasts over the Internet starting at $8 a month, said it will start service in the Atlanta market on June 17, following an expansion to Boston on Wednesday. Until this week, the service had been available only in the New York City area. Aereo said Tuesday that it will offer [...]
Atlanta to Vote on Ordinance to Restrict Shooting Ranges
May 15, 2013 | Posted by
The owner of Stoddard’s Guns thought he was on target to open a new gun range in an empty warehouse in the Loring Heights neighborhood of northwest Atlanta. But a new proposal, that would limit where a gun store could open, could kill Stoddard’s plans. The proposal, introduced by councilwoman Yolanda Adrean, would update an [...]
Despite DUI, Atlanta Councilwoman Plans Re-Election Run
May 13, 2013 | Posted by
ATLANTA — A longtime member of the Atlanta City Council said she is not quitting after being charged for driving under the influence. Councilman Cleta Winslow told WSB-TV in an interview Saturday she intends to remain in the post despite her arrest. “Well, I want to say I am going to be running for re-election. [...]
Atlanta’s No. 8 of Top 10 Most Exciting Places to Live
May 10, 2013 | Posted by
If you’re feeling curious, take a poll of your friends and ask them which U.S. city is the most exciting. We’re willing to bet that the majority of them will come back to you with the same answer: New York City. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. There are more than enough reasons [...]
With Legally Binding Pact, New Atlanta Stadium Will Benefit Neighborhoods
May 6, 2013 | Posted by
“A city of aspiration embraces the fundamental principal that one of the historic roles of cities has been to nurture and grow a middle class.” — Joel Koplin, lecturer in 2007 for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation lecture series. “The neighborhoods of Vine City and English Avenue have suffered too long, mistakes were made in the past, [...]
Atlanta’s First Reality TV Awards Show Set For September
May 3, 2013 | Posted by
A sea change is underfoot in Black Hollywood. Once used as an ambivalent signifier for Atlanta’s emergent class of urban movers and fakers, that tag is no longer defined solely by the aspirations and extravagances of the city’s entrenched music industry. Instead it’s being usurped by a more literal version of Black Hollywood – Atlanta’s [...]
Atlanta Council Gives Mayor 2 Weeks to Get Vendors Back in Business
May 1, 2013 | Posted by
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s administration has two weeks to come up with some solid proposals to get sidewalk vendors back to work. The apparently frustrated members of the Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety Committee voted unanimously Tuesday for a motion calling on Reed’s staff to deliver by May 14 a solid recommendation for a vending [...]
Morehouse Athletes Arrested, Charged With On-Campus Rape
May 1, 2013 | Posted by
Four Morehouse College athletes have been arrested and charged in connection with a sexual assault on the campus, Channel 2 Action News in Atlanta reported. According to Fulton County Jail records, Chukudwi Ndudikwa, Malcolm Jamal Frank, Tevin Mgbo and Lucien Kidd were arrested last month. Ndudikwa, Frank and Kidd were all charged with rape. Mgbo [...]
