The upcoming Democratic primary for governor got a little lighter this week when state Rep. Ruwa Romman dropped out of the race, pivoting instead to a Gwinnett County state Senate seat. Romman, the first Muslim woman elected to the Georgia House, is pursuing the seat currently held by state Sen. Nabilah Parkes, who is running for insurance commissioner. But it won’t be a walkover; she will face off against Rahul Garabadu, a Harvard Law School-trained voting rights lawyer who announced his own campaign last week. The pivot has Romman’s political future DRIFTING…
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…
