As Atlanta’s new mayor and city councilmembers take office, they face an unprecedented problem – nearly 500 vacant seats on more than 120 city boards and commissions remain unfilled, creating a leadership void in the city. Bodies like the Public Safety Commission have been unable to meet, while other important groups such as the Zoning Review Board have remained understaffed. Already recently sworn-in Mayor Andre Dickens and City Council President Doug Shipman have pledged to begin addressing the vacancies ASAP, but left a mountain of a task by the prior administration the city’s boards and commissions are DRIFTING…
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The proliferation of Flock Safety license plate readers has been praised by law enforcement officials, and met with suspicion by critics. In fact, here in Georgia there have already been dozens of cases of law enforcement officers abusing the surveillance technology, often to track down personal acquaintances. The Atlanta-based tech company now has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states, making an estimated 20 billion scans each month. But with great power, comes great responsibility, and abuse from our trusted law enforcement has Flock DRIFTING…
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