Thursday, February 14, 2013
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed announces expansion of Centers of Hope program; cites public safety improvements and city’s strong financial outlook during his annual State of the City business breakfast on Wednesday.
Mayor Kasim Reed highlighted his administration’s many accomplishments over the past three years and outlined his vision for the future of Atlanta Wednesday during his annual State of the City business breakfast. In a 40-minute speech attended by more than 900 business and community leaders at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Reed focused on significant gains in public safety, economic development and the city’s financial stability. Reed also announced that the Centers of Hope initiative will open two additional recreation centers this year. “While I am never satisfied because there is always more work to be done, I can stand here for the first time since I have had the pleasure of giving this address and state proudly and confidently that …
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The national group of mayors, including a dozen from Georgia, sent a letter to President Obama Wednesday outlining the need to change gun legislation in the United States.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed joined more than 750 mayors across the country Wednesday in sending a letter to President Barack Obama in response to the shooting in Newtown, Conn., and the need to change gun legislation in the United States. Reed was among a dozen state mayors to join the coalition Mayors Against Illegal Guns. The group is led by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. The letter read, in part, "As mayors, we are charged with keeping our communities safe. But too many of us have sat with mothers and fathers of children killed with guns. Twenty-four children enrolled in public schools in your hometown of Chicago were shot to death just last year. At the moving memorial service on Sunday evening, …
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Atlanta's mayor has raised $640,000 from donors across the country this year.
Atlanta's mayoral election is two years away, but a few people in East Atlanta are already starting to open their wallets. In the last six months, they've sent about $11,000 to a Kasim Reed 2013 re-election bid. The sum covers donations from the Fourth Ward all the way to East Lake. Nationwide, Reed has collected $640,000 this year, according to the latest filing to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Much of the East Atlanta money comes from the households in the more affluent blocks just north of DeKalb Avenue, from people with job titles like "executive" and "director." Or some form of "attorney." Major lobbying and law firms watch politics closely and elections early. Two donations came from people who…
ChrisCrossdresser
6:14 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
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