Blighted homes have long been an issue in Atlanta’s in-town neighborhoods, and if City Hall gets its wish 2017 may be the year something gets done about it. Atlanta officials have named it the number one priority on their wish list for the 2017 legislative session, asking state lawmakers to make it easier to sell condemned properties in order to speed up turnover of blighted homes. Long an issue for Atlanta, the state legislature addressing blight has the city’s ship RISING…
Ga. Senate voices support for police training center
The Georgia Senate last week found time to vote on a couple of issues other than the redistricting process they were called back to Atlanta to sort out – one of those being the Atlanta law enforcement training center that has become a focus of national controversy. On Friday a resolution was introduced voicing support for the facility, which the Senate broadly supported by a 46-5 margin. All those opposed were Democrats, (three more abstained from voting) but the vote shows widespread support just as recent polls have. Georgia support for the state of the art training facility for police and other law enforcement is RISING…
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