The Atlanta City Council on Monday voted to begin negotiations to purchase the Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter in midtown, hoping to turn the building into a police station. The meeting was a controversial one, with many protesters present decrying the decision. Others though applauded the Council, saying that the shelter is poorly run and a blight on the neighborhood and that dispersing homeless citizens to better nearby shelters is better for all involved. Anyone who’s driven by the Peachtree-Pine location recently likely agrees with the latter, and the City Council’s decision to clean up the neighborhood has their ship RISING…
Major contender enters CD-6 primary
With U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath expected to announce her bid for governor in the near future, Democrats are lining up with their eyes on her current, 6th District seat. The first candidate to jump into the race is state Sen. Sonya Halpern, a well-connected lawmaker who will be among the favorites to win a hotly contested Democratic primary in the deep-blue district. By getting in early, Halpern’s odds at winning the primary in the west metro Atlanta CD-6 are RISING…
