For the sixth year in a row, Republicans won the annual Congressional Baseball Game over the Democrats. Three Georgia lawmakers – U.S. Reps. Rich McCormick, Andrew Clyde and Clay Fuller all featured on the GOP team in its blowout 11-2 victory. The even bigger winner was the array of local charities that the game raises money for – $3.2 million total – for groups including the Boy and Girls Club of Greater Washington and the United States Capitol Police Memorial Fund. 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…
