Atlanta Council Held Briefings With Quorums, Kept No Minutes
(APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta holds seven private, closed-door Committee briefings every two weeks, and has consistently told members of the public they cannot come in. Under the current...
View ArticleANALYSIS: Moore, Sheperd Crucial to Pension Compromise
(APN) ATLANTA — When the City of Atlanta passed a compromise pension reform proposal it was hailed as a shining new example of the City Council coming together in a unanimous vote. But the unanimous...
View ArticleGeorgia Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Secret Vote Case
Georgia Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Secret Vote Case By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The Supreme Court of Georgia agreed on Monday, July 11, 2011, to hear a case brought by the News Editor of...
View ArticleSupreme Court Bans Secret Votes across State of Georgia
(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, February 06, 2012, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its ruling in the case Cardinale v. City of Atlanta et al., ruling that the Georgia Open Meetings Act indeed requires...
View ArticleJack Jersawitz, 1934-2012, !Presente!
(APN) ATLANTA — Jack Jersawitz, a radical leftist activist and commentator with over thirty years of significant contributions to Atlanta and Georgia politics, has passed away, Atlanta Progressive News...
View ArticleMandamus Against Mitchell, Johnson Sought in Secret Vote Case
(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, December 27, 2012, the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, the present writer, filed further litigation in the secret vote lawsuit seeking for the Fulton County Superior...
View ArticleAtlanta Council Approves New Open Meetings Rules
(APN) ATLANTA — In a unanimous vote of twelve to zero, the City Council of Atlanta approved new open meetings rules that are even stronger than the language of the Georgia Open Meetings Act, by...
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GSU Library Acquires APN Editor’s Personal Papers
(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia State University Library has acquired a box of personal papers from the News Editor and Founder of Atlanta Progressive News–the present writer–covering eight years of...
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On Heels of Open Meetings Victory, Tisdale Assaulted, Arrested at GOP Event
With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — After finally claiming victory in an open meetings dispute with the City of Cumming, Georgia, that had been going on since April...
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