As the Trump Administration prepares to add a new ballroom addition to the East side of the White House, it’s leaning on a Georgian to ensure it’s done respectfully and in the classical style of the rest of the National Mall. Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., was named by Trump as the chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, leaning on his decades of expertise as an architect, most famously the Millennium Gate Museum in Midtown Atlanta. If there are any additions to the West Wing or the Kennedy Center, expect Cook to have his fingerprints all over those as well. Cook’s architectural influence in our nation’s capital is 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…
