(AJC) — If anyone had any questions about Atlanta’s strong mayor system, Kasim Reed answered it Monday night. Minutes after the Atlanta City Council voted 13-0 to approve the city’s proposed legislative package, a “wish list” to be submitted to the General Assembly in January, the mayor made a rare stop in the council chambers […]
(AJC) — A constitutional amendment that would exempt police officers, firefighters and teachers from paying city property taxes is on a proposed “wish list” Atlanta will deliver to the Georgia General Assembly. The amendment will be familiar, as it initially was passed out of the state Senate by Kasim Reed when he was a senator […]
(AJC) — Gov.-elect Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed have teamed up to try and bring the Super Bowl back to Atlanta, and the first move was to meet in Atlanta with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell prior to Thursday night’s game between the Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens at the Georgia Dome. Goodell, after speaking with […]
(AJC) — Mayor Kasim Reed travels to Amsterdam on Tuesday to try to lure more air cargo business to Atlanta. But he’ll be doing so amid new security questions after bombs were found last week on air cargo planes in England and Dubai. The bombs were destined for the United States. The Transportation Security Administration […]
(Kasim Reed) — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed promised an aggressive investigation into claims Atlanta Police Department officials and officers erased text messages, cell phone photos and e-mails that a judge ordered turned over in a lawsuit based on a raid of a gay bar a year ago. And if the charges leveled in court filings […]
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Leading ambassadors from across the globe stopped off at Metro Atlanta Chamber headquarters Oct. 13 for a briefing on what makes Georgia – and the Southeast – a great place to do business. Part of the U.S. State Department’s “Experience America” program, the 40 ambassadors, along with their spouses, are in […]
(AJC) — Mayor Kasim Reed on Monday visited the Atlanta City Council to ask members to become better educated about a referendum slated for 2012 that would allow the region’s residents to tax themselves for transportation improvements. Reed said he was invited to the chamber to talk about House Bill 277, which passed earlier this […]
(AJC) — When the U.S. State Department recently surveyed ambassadors from around the world on which U.S. city they wanted to know more about, their No. 1 pick was overwhelmingly consistent: Atlanta. So later this month, the State Department will lead a group of about 50 foreign diplomats to the city, where they’re scheduled to […]
(AJC) — It was around 10 a.m. and already approaching the mid-90s. Still, Lee Williams and his crew are working the corner of Collier Drive and Bolton Road at the edge of city-owned Collier Park. The community center behind them, for more than a year now, is closed. “This park is too big for that […]
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will chair the transportation and communications committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, according to a statement from Reed’s office. The conference organizes the mayors of all cities with population over 30,000, to promote urban policy. The group’s president, Burnsville, Minn. Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz, made the appointment, the statement said. […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Mayor Kasim Reed has picked a native son of Atlanta who has steadily risen up through the ranks to lead the city’s police force. At a news conference this morning, Reed will recommend his interim police chief, George Turner, to be the next chief of the Atlanta Police Department. Turner’s nomination […]