Atlanta has long been known as “the city in a forest,” owing to the fact that it boasts a remarkably high tree coverage rate for a major city – a 2014 study put the ratio at 48% coverage. Local residents and conservationists though, are not resting on their laurels though, as Trees Atlanta launched the One Million Trees Initiative earlier this year with the intention to protect and plant one million trees in the Atlanta metropolitan area by 2030. The group recently convinced the city of Sandy Springs to join the initiative, and the city council has already made it an official priority to plant at least 300 trees in 2020 in order to protect and enhance the tree canopy. Good for shade, aesthetics, and the environment – Atlanta’s devotion to its trees continues to RISE…
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…
