When the Georgia General Assembly convenes in January, it will feature the most Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) legislators of any state in the nation. That means that the newly formed 12-member Georgia Legislative Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus, announced Monday, will be the largest of its kind in the U.S. The bipartisan group will seek to better represent Georgia’s growing AAPI population, the fastest growing ethnic group in the state. RISING…
Atlanta, Fulton Co. square off in tax fight
The City of Atlanta has long used tax allocation districts (TADs) as an economic development tool, leveraging property tax increases to pay for local infrastructure projects. But the Fulton County Commission has slammed on the brakes, voting 4-1 to reject a proposed 30-year extension of Atlanta’s TADs. That sets up a major budgetary clash, as the Fulton TADs would be expected to generate over a billion dollars over that period. Now the county will vote on TADs on a case by case basis, with stricter oversight and enforcement, leaving Atlanta’s money faucet DRIFTING…
