One upside of building a shiny new football stadium? You skip to the front of the line when it comes to hosting big name events. The latest instance of that phenomenon is Atlanta receiving the 2018 College Football Playoff Championship Game, to be played in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. That gives the Dawgs plenty of time to right the ship and play in front of their hometown fans to win their first championship since 1980 right? Either way another huge event in Atlanta sees the city’s ship RISING…
Atlanta paid deadbeat $910,00 for virtually no work
It’s outrageous that Atlanta taxpayers paid Foris Webb $910,000 for two years even though he produced little record any “work.” After reviewing invoices and emails, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found he was supposed to be overseeing a petition calling for a vote on the Atlanta police/fire training center. Yet by the time the “consulting contract” was discovered and payments were being made, the center had opened, the referendum never occurred and petition signatures were forgotten. Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council are blaming each other, but who issued this no-work contract to Webb? No one knows—for now. This incredible taxpayer rip off has Atlanta SINKING…
