“A great win” is announced by Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul, now that the special master in its water rate lawsuit against the city of Atlanta “ruled 100 percent” in favor of his city. The dispute, which has dragged on for over 20 years, is whether Atlanta Water can charge Sandy Springs residents a surcharge for the water it supplies to it– and the court found it is cheaper to provide water to Sandy Springs than to virtually any other customers. Thus, the current surcharge is not justified, and Atlanta’s neighboring city will no longer be ripped off. “We expect a final order to be issued by the Superior Court very soon which will open negotiations with Atlanta over the proper rates to charge Sandy Springs residents. We expect the ruling should reduce our water rates by around 21-23 percent,” Paul says. RISING….
State Farm Arena a box office draw
Downtown Atlanta’s State Farm Arena is quite the box office draw. How big? From October to to March, State Farm brought in $76.2 million across 60 events, making it the third-highest grossing venue in the entire nation, behind only New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Sphere in Las Vegas, and fifth globally. Nearly 600,000 visitors took in performances from superstars ranging from Blake Shelton to Usher, plus Hawks games and events like WWE Raw. State Farm’s status as one of the premier performance venues in the world is RISING…
