big scandal in Atlanta - amid an ongoing housing crisis, the city spent over $100,000 of money FROM the affordable housing trust fund on…consultants. overall, they paid $370k to marketing/comms consultants who didn’t disclose they were being paid by the city! atlpresscollective.com/2026/06/09/a...
The app/site is definitely still a work in progress! Shoot me a message if something looks off or is missing, or if you have ideas on how to make it better.
if i'm making this out right, at 0:30 the staffer points out where pop was watching from a suite for wemby to look up at him and that's then he starts to break down into tears and if that's not a reason to care about watching sports then there isn't one
Please give the charts a second to load (I'm on the free version of shinyapps.io). The app lets you change TAD closure dates, property tax growth rates, and more to model the impact to APS. The site also explains why the anticipated revenue from closed TADs is so important to APS!
For instance: meeting APS' 2030 goals of Free Universal Pre-K for 3 & 4-year-olds and getting the average teacher salary to $100K depends on additional revenue coming in! Closing the TADs on time makes those things possible - along with other wish list items like Free MARTA for APS students.
Curious about the impact of the impact of the Mayor's updated Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative (NRI) on Atlanta Public Schools? I built a #shinyapp where you can see how changing TAD closures impacts future Atlanta Public School revenue. Check it out here - nickspiva.shinyapps.io/tad_app/.
tagging folks who may be interested: @danimmergluck.bsky.social, @julianbene.bsky.social, @civicatlanta.bsky.social, @kelseabondatl.bsky.social, @stephenjowens.bsky.social, @feefuh.bsky.social, @heflinhollis.bsky.social, @johnpseudo.bsky.social, @vladimir.theatl.social, @libbyheeren.bsky.social
This is what the Brave Of US do. Congrats to this phenomenal girl and the obviously brave parents who raised her.
Hannah Riley Fernandez
NRI consultants failed to disclose financial ties and were partially paid through Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
