Kinda shocking that ACPC is the only source (afaik) of this news.
It’s a couple of billion of Atlanta’s dollars! Biggest decision of this term.
(Andre says 7B but that’s just so he can promise ponies to weak council members.)
I have come to believe that ACPC is doing the most important journalism in our fair city.
Support them.
And ICYMI, the seventh largest metro area in the United States no longer has a single dedicated housing reporter after @atlantaciviccircle.org was forced to shut down last week.
As they continued to expose Andre Dickens' corruption, local philanthropic funding magically dried up:
If you were looking for Atlanta City Council Finance/Executive Committee meeting notes today, we weren't able to attend the meeting live. However, we will have notes about it in tomorrow's newsletter.
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And to give you a sense of how Sisyphean this fight against authoritarianism in Atlanta, the amount of money Andre Dickens funneled to these astroturfing lobbyists for this initiative alone is enough to fully fund @thexylom.com's operations until 2028, and @atlpresscollective.com for a whole year.