Marvel Studio’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is the blockbuster film of the summer – and it was a blockbuster for the state in which it was filmed as well. According to figures from the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Office over $182 million was spent directly in the state, including some $65 million in wages. Those numbers don’t even factor in the larger economic impact of filming one of the largest movies in cinema history, but even at base value they have the Peach State RISING…
Bottoms ignored metro Atlanta counties
It’s shocking to learn that former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms never became a board member of the Atlanta Regional Commission because she never attended a single ARC board meeting during her tenure. Beyond missing the board meetings, the Democrat also refused to join ARC’s regional leadership visits to other metropolitan areas to examine city planning and technical infrastructure best practices. This contrasts sharply with her successor, Mayor Andre Dickens. He engaged with the bipartisan commission and later became ARC board chairman, emphasizing a desire for closer regional connectivity. A spokesman for Democrats for Jackson (GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson) queries: “She could care less about metro Atlanta but now she wants to be governor?” Bottoms is SINKING…
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