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Two-term City Councilmember Amir Farokhi announced that he will resign from in July to be Galloway School's Head of School. Because there is an election this year, Council must appoint a temporary representative for District 2 until a new person is sworn-in. #voteATL civicatlanta.org/blog/the-atl...

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Atlanta’s capital projects are experiencing significant delays, with only 7% of the $660 million Moving Atlanta Forward program funds spent so far. Neighborhoods with higher poverty rates are seeing even less investment, deepening existing disparities. 1/2 www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...

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The Department of City Planning has introduced four high-priority ordinances for discussion in Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs). Some will be up for a vote, while others are open for public review and comment. Read about the ordinances at civicatlanta.org/blog/dcp-has...

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(1/10) This week in Atlanta, @atlcouncil.bsky.social adopted sweeping changes to Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Under the newly amended City Charter, the OIG’s investigations are limited to being “administrative” in nature rather than “criminal.” 🧵

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BREAKING: Inspector General and now 5 Governing Board members resign— citing abuse and retaliation from Mayor’s office and law department.

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(1/9) This week in Atlanta, Partners for Home provided its quarterly update to the City Council’s Community Development/Human Services Committee – including information on the deadly clearing of an encampment in January. 🧵

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If we send you this, it means we just filed another open records request.

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(1/9) This week in Atlanta, the City Council unanimously approved legislation – for the 1st of 2 required times – to overhaul the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) after a series of amendments were made. 🧵

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(1/9) This week in Atlanta, Fulton Co. Commissioners adopted a $990M General Fund budget for 2025 — a 4% increase from 2024. Commissioners Arrington and Barrett voted “no,” arguing that more funding should go to @fultonsheriff.bsky.social, the District Attorney, the courts, and pubilc defenders. 🧵

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Tomorrow, Atlanta City Council will vote on renaming Westside Park & Central Avenue. But surrounding neighborhoods say they’ve been intentionally left out of the conversation. What residents have to say, & what this could mean for the rest of the city ⬇️ civicatlanta.org/blog/renamings

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Today, a number of our staff members and partners received this text message with serious accusations against the Office of the Inspector General and a call to attend tomorrow's work session. It's unclear who this came from and who runs this website. Anyone know? 👀

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Last week, we joined several organizations in calling on the Atlanta City Council to follow through on a commitment to a public work session regarding legislation that impacts the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). 1/3

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