Residents of the city of Stone Mountain in DeKalb Co. are up in arms after Mayor Beverly Jones took control of the city’s various bank accounts and while removing other city officials from having access. The city council is hosting an emergency meeting to look into hiring a private investigator to look into the allegations, which include Jones taking over various accounts including the downtown development authority and payroll account, for more than a month before the council noticed. Now they say they’re locked out and that they expect to mount a serious investigation, and to get Jones out of office ASAP. SINKING…
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Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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