Phil Gingrey will NOT be a U.S. senator—in 2021. The Marietta congressman is running next year for Sen. Saxby Chambliss’s soon-to- be-vacated seat. Gingrey has pledged that as Georgia’s junior senator, he would “help repeal Obamacare in [his] first term or go home.” Get back to us in about seven-and-a-half years. That’s when we’ll be able to tell you if the good Dr. Gingrey is making a permanent house call, and whether he is RISING or SINKING
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…
