Observers were already skeptical when plans for The Roman, an $800M mixed-use megadevelopment in Clayton County was announced. Now county officials are outright upset after learning about the $559K in taxpayer funds that were spent just on design plans for a business incubator within the development, which is still very much in the nascent planning stages and hasn’t even received approval. The developer, Roman United, was found to have a fake portfolio of projects (since removed) on its website, lending more skepticism to the proposal. Another sketchy situation in Clayton Co. has taxpayers DRIFTING…
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…
