Just days after former state Rep. Dexter Sharper submitted a letter of resignation to Gov. Brian Kemp, he pleaded guilty to in federal district court to illegally receiving more than $14,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits. That makes him the second Democrat to do so this year, former state Rep. Karen Bennett pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Sharper will be sentenced in July, but prosecutors have asked he pay $10,096 in restitution and an additional $100 administrative fee (a number oddly less than what he fraudulently received). Sharper’s political career is officially SUNK…
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…
