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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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.)
How can media fight repression, activate allies, shape narratives, and build solidarity?
Here's some thoughts & cool examples of anti-repression media made by defendants and their movements:
& why you should listen to episode 15 of Outlaw Podcast
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Eric Teusink
Outlaw Podcast
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:
One of Atlanta’s most important independent newsrooms is shutting down.
The Atlanta Civic Circle is closing due to a lack of funding.
This is a critical problem for the city, and we need our readers to act on it.
Now is the time to support local news outlets like ACPC.
Julian Bene
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.
The committee finally votes on the ordinance. Westmoreland abstains. Bond votes no. Everyone else votes yay.
The legislation moves on to FEC for another vote tomorrow.
