The film industry in Georgia is not only here to stay – it is dedicated to helping the state get back on its feet as it looks to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. An announcement from Gov. Brian Kemp, citing data from the Motion Picture Association-America, states that the film industry plans to bring back and hire an estimated 40,000 production workers, who will be employed on an expected seventy-five production projects that will invest over $2 billion into the Georgia economy during the next eighteen months. 2019 was a record year for filming in Georgia, and while 2020 has been difficult to say the least, the Georgia Film Office is working alongside the state’s film industry to get the state’s economy RISING…
Atlanta paid deadbeat $910,00 for virtually no work
It’s outrageous that Atlanta taxpayers paid Foris Webb $910,000 for two years even though he produced little record any “work.” After reviewing invoices and emails, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found he was supposed to be overseeing a petition calling for a vote on the Atlanta police/fire training center. Yet by the time the “consulting contract” was discovered and payments were being made, the center had opened, the referendum never occurred and petition signatures were forgotten. Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council are blaming each other, but who issued this no-work contract to Webb? No one knows—for now. This incredible taxpayer rip off has Atlanta SINKING…
