One candidate who will NOT be appearing on ballots today is former City of Stonecrest Mayor Jason Lary, who was attempting to (illegally) run for city council. Lary served a chunk of a 57-month sentence in federal prison in 2023 following his 2022 arrest for stealing COVID funds. Upon getting out of prison early, but still on probation, he applied to run for Stonecrest City Council, affirming via paperwork that he wasn’t a convicted felon. Oops! Lary’s candidacy was immediately challenged by several Stonecrest residents, and the DeKalb District Attorney’s office last week rang him up on new charges of making false statements, false registration, and two counts of false swearing. SINKING…
Bottoms ignored metro Atlanta counties
It’s shocking to learn that former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms never became a board member of the Atlanta Regional Commission because she never attended a single ARC board meeting during her tenure. Beyond missing the board meetings, the Democrat also refused to join ARC’s regional leadership visits to other metropolitan areas to examine city planning and technical infrastructure best practices. This contrasts sharply with her successor, Mayor Andre Dickens. He engaged with the bipartisan commission and later became ARC board chairman, emphasizing a desire for closer regional connectivity. A spokesman for Democrats for Jackson (GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson) queries: “She could care less about metro Atlanta but now she wants to be governor?” Bottoms is SINKING…
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