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Commissioner says proposed Development Authority changes are racist
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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ATLANTA - A Fulton County commissioner blasted his colleagues at a commission board meeting on Wednesday, accusing them of being racist for calling the embattled Fulton County Development Authority into question over per diems.
Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the practice which has recently come under scrutiny, had been in place for years, but once Marty Turpeau, who is African-American, became chairman in November of last year, some of the commissioners wanted to reduce the per diem amounts and even demolish the Fulton County Development Authority altogether.
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(Bloomberg) Republicans aiming to retake the U.S. House next year will have to defend the party’s pandemic record, especially in Sun Belt districts that stand out for their grim death tolls or lackluster vaccinations.
Forty-seven Democrat-held districts and 21 Republican seats are at the center of the fight. High Covid-19 death rates or low vaccine penetration stand to be issues in around 20 of them, 15 to the potential advantage of Democrats.
While voters’ memories are often short, none have been through a combined public-health, economic and political crisis in such a short time. Whatever lessons they take will determine whether Democrats who as of Tuesday will have a seven-seat margin in the 435-member body can avoid the usual midterm setback for a new president’s party.
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Georgia Asian Times
April 15, 2021
Atlanta, April 14, 2021 – Fulton County Commissioners began the process of legally challenging the State of Georgia over Senate Bill 202. In a Resolution titled “Stop Voter Suppression” sponsored by Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, the Board voted 4-2 to adopt her Resolution.
“This puts us as county on the right side of history,” said Commissioner Khadijah. “I am happy that Fulton County has gone on record as the very first government that may challenge this restrictive ‘Jim Crow’ racist law and I hope the other 158 counties do the same.”
Commissioner Lee Morris, a Buckhead area Republican, lamented before casting a no vote on the resolution. “This is a really tough issue. There is no way that a white man in America could understand the feelings of the people of color have about these really important issues,” Morris said.