In February Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams was forced to resign following a series of over 30 misconduct charges, highlighted by an incident where she jailed a 21 year old woman who had been called to testify in her parents’ divorce case. Now she’s got a new gig, hired on as a prosecutor by Fulton County DA Fani Willis. Bringing on the disgraced former judge has the Fulton DA’s office 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…
