Sunday, March 6, 2016

Gridlock Guy: Voters won't decide on more transit funding for Atlanta and other top stories.

  • Gridlock Guy: Voters won't decide on more transit funding for Atlanta

    When I’m wrong on an issue, I’m not one to run and hide. I admit my error and move on. A month ago in this column I suggested (much to the disbelief of many readers) that Senate Bill 330 which called for an $8 billion MARTA expansion would not be approved by the electorate. I was wrong. Citizens won’t even get a chance to vote on the massive expansion as the bill died on “crossover” day under the gold dome.The fact that that the bill couldn’t get out of the house and senate is a crushing blow to..
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  • Details still murky in shooting death of Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh

    Details still murky in shooting death of Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh
    The search continued Sunday for the person — or persons — responsible for the Friday night shooting that killed popular Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh.The 28-year-old performer, whose birth name is Trentavious White, was shot shortly after 11 p.m. Friday when gunfire erupted at Street Execs Studios on Defoor Place in northwest Atlanta. He was driven to the hospital by someone at the scene but died just before midnight.Atlanta police spokesman Donald Hannah said Sunday that there were no updates i..
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  • Fire at Atlanta police substation site 'suspicious,' officials say

    An overnight fire at the future home of an Atlanta police substation is “being investigated as suspicious,” officials said Sunday.The blaze broke out at 711 Fulton Industrial Boulevard, a former SunTrust Bank branch that was donated to the city for a new police substation in October. The facility was still under renovation.Atlanta fire spokesman Cortez Stafford said the cause of the fire, which left charred remnants near the front door, was unclear but investigators were treating it as suspiciou..
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  • Atlanta Public Schools plans to form its own police force

    ATLANTA — One of Georgia's largest school systems plans to end its school security contract with the Atlanta Police Department.Atlanta Public Schools is moving ahead with the plan despite warnings from Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed that the move could have "catastrophic consequences" for children.The school system is taking steps to form its own police force and replace the city police officers currently patrolling schools with officers directly accountable to the district.In a letter sent Feb. 22, ..
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  • Trump stokes GOP fears of alienating Hispanics

    AIKEN, S.C. – Karina Trueva was standing with about 10 other Mexican immigrants outside the St. Mary Help of Christians Church a couple of Saturdays ago. They’d just left a baptism conducted in Spanish.Trueva was asked what she thought about comments by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally.In a part of the country where the Hispanic and Latino population has seen some of its fastest growth, Trueva related the question to the ..
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  • Army vet builds startup community

    Army vet builds startup community
    VALDOSTA — Kendrick Mobley is on a mission to shift the culture and turn Valdosta into a startup community.Mobley grew up in Atlanta, but spent summers with family in Quitman.He liked it, the small-town, country vibe and he kept up with friends in the area, even after he enlisted with the Army in 2005.Mobley comes from a military family. One day, he came home to find his grandmother had invited Army recruiters to meet with him in the living room. A couple of rounds of the ASFAB test later and h..
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  • Cops: Gwinnett man shot 4 people after argument at Roswell ...

    Cops: Gwinnett man shot 4 people after argument at Roswell ...
    An early morning argument at a Roswell hookah bar ended with a Gwinnett County man shooting into a car full of people, wounding four, authorities said.Roswell police spokeswoman Officer Lisa Holland said the alleged victims and 39-year-old Peachtree Corners resident Jacob Weaver were involved in “an altercation” at the Moon Hookah Lounge on Atlanta Street early Sunday morning. Management reportedly asked Weaver to leave, but he “waited in the parking lot” and gave chase when the seven victims le..
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  • Echols: Georgia's lone holdout for Sanders

    Echols: Georgia's lone holdout for Sanders
    ATLANTA — Doors to polling precincts had barely swung shut Tuesday night when Georgia’s Democratic primary was called for Hillary Clinton.As predicted, the former Secretary of State dominated in the state and was bolstered, in part, by strong support from minority voters.She won 71 percent of the vote and claimed every county – except one.Echols County – no doubt the last place her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, would have looked for votes – played the role of spoiler, blocking Clinton fro..
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  • Judge: Attorney for sex case accuser must pay Waffle House CEO ...

    Judge: Attorney for sex case accuser must pay Waffle House CEO ...
    She reportedly began videotaping sexual encounters with Rogers a few weeks later, and went to Atlanta police that September. Judge: Attorney for sex case ...
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  • Sunday Interview with Neal Pope: 'I'm an officer of the court but I'm ...

    Sunday Interview with Neal Pope: 'I'm an officer of the court but I'm ...
    Neal Pope is a product of his upbringing. Raised in a working-class family in Montgomery, Ala., Pope has become a highly successful trial attorney, holding large corporations accountable.He works out of offices in Columbus and Atlanta and lives on the Alabama backwaters in Lee County.He survived a heart transplant in 1993 and quadruple bypass surgery in 2004. He was won multi-million dollar verdicts on the civil side and defended those facing the Alabama electric chair.At 77, he is still workin..
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A Zika breakthrough: Scientists detail how virus can attack fetal brain .Accused killers may have tried to sell fake Xanax to slain Mercer ... .
Attorney: Comedian Katt Williams pointed gun at 5 women in Atlanta .Atlanta weather | Storms coming, isolated tornado possible .

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