Everyone knows Atlanta is a football town, but a futbol town? The state’s newest team, Major League Soccer franchise Atlanta United FC, kicks off their season this Sunday at Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium. The team will play there until their permanent home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, is ready later in the Summer. 50,000 seats have already been sold for the team’s season opener and it is expected to sell out by Sunday. Atlanta seems to have caught soccer fever, and for the team and owner Arthur Blank that news has their ship RISING…
Redistricting spells trouble for some state reps.
It was inevitable that some Georgia state reps. would be dismayed by the proposed redistricted map, the first draft of which was unveiled this week. Eight representatives, six Democrats and two Republicans, have been drawn into the same districts. Among those – Democratic Reps. Sam Park and Greg Kennard of Lawrenceville, Reps. Teri Anulewicz and Doug Stoner of Smyrna, and Republican Reps. Beth Camp of Concord and David Knight of Griffin. The maps will be debated and potentially updated during the special session but for incumbent legislators drawn into the same districts the ship is DRIFTING…
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