First Slice 8/27/14: Atlanta’s ethics board files complaint against Councilman Michael Julian Bond
‘I don’t know why you thought I was undocumented. Is it because I look Hispanic?’
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- Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond
Atlanta’s Ethics Office has slapped Councilman Michael Julian Bond with an ethics complaint for his improper use of city funds to pay for party favors for his high school reunion, travel expenses to a Washington D.C. family reunion, and personal math tutoring.
Where did $2.2 million in asphalt and other supplies belonging to Atlanta’s public works department go? The city can’t seem to find it, according to a new audit.
Rooks Boynton, a 72-year-old evangelist, allegedly helped indicted former DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer commit tens of thousands of dollars worth of fraud. Boyer faces criminal charges and possible jail time. Boynton has yet to be charged.
“I don’t know why you thought I was undocumented. Is it because I look Hispanic?”
Atlanta’s home prices are on the rise, but the metro area has the highest percentage of “under water” homeowners, according to two new reports.
Attention DeKalb County cityhood supporters: You have until Nov. 15 to submit a boundary map to state lawmakers that will be considered during the 2015 legislative session.
East Point police reportedly Tased Gregoy Towns more than a dozen times before he died. “This is a direct violation of their own rules,” says attorney Chris Stewart, who’s preparing a lawsuit on behalf of the Towns family. “You cannot use a Taser to escort or prod a subject.”