First Slice 5/22/16: Can Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton win another term in DeKalb?

Plus, a vineyard in Midtown?

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DeKalb County Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton, who’s facing an ethics complaint alleging that she used county funds to purchase personal home office equipment and received a free YMCA membership, is in a tough fight against two opponents for re-election.

E-SPLOSTS can be great tools to boost schools. But sometimes they fall short.

A political action committee supporting Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell says it does not have to file disclosure reports. Some experts disagree.

Residents near Dunbar Recreation Center in Mechanicsville are concerned about violence in the area and children potentially being hurt.

Midtown is getting a vineyard! Wait, what?

Video obtained by the New York Times shows Coweta County Sheriff deputies repeatedly tazing Chase Sherman, a handcuffed man in the middle of a psychotic episode. Sherman was later pronounced dead on the scene.

Nice try, James O’Keefe. But your attempted sting stung yourself.

ICYMI: People are scratching their heads over why Mayor Kasim Reed handed pink slips to two top cabinet officials on Friday.






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