On Monday Katrina Taylor-Parks, the deputy chief of staff to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the bribery scandal that has engulfed City Hall. Taylor-Parks, who was found to have accepted bribes from vendors in exchange for city contracts, is the fifth member of Reed’s administration to have been sentenced. Reed himself has lawyered up, and as the investigation continues to swirl around him it seems the former mayor’s ship is SINKING…
Taxpayers nervous about two Fulton Commission races
Georgia’s largest county– Fulton– has Democrat Mo Ivory running for County Commission chair. This year, she was the sole commissioner to vote for a tax hike. Now she has new spending plans that could cause property taxes to soar by 40 percent! Republican Bridget Thorne is challenging Ivory– and Thorne is endorsed by the outgoing Democrat chair because they oppose any hike. To stop the Democrats’ tax increase, Republican and retired IBM executive Paul Burton seeks to defeat Ivory ally Jodi Merriday in another Commission contest. The races could be close. DRIFTING….
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