"The GOAT Black City" The Official: ATL Discussion Thread

[The ADD]

^^^Cant believe people got that hyped to see their tax dollars wasted on propaganda during the middle of a crisis

 

[daemonova]

^^^Cant believe people got that hyped to see their tax dollars wasted on propaganda during the middle of a crisis

ill tell you the same thing I'd tell my mom, they are not going to give you that money, so you might as well just marvel at American ingenuity and go about your day

 

[The ADD]

ill tell you the same thing I'd tell my mom, they are not going to give you that money, so you might as well just marvel at American ingenuity and go about your day

Meh, fukk all that.

 

[Elle Seven]

Any of y’all live nearby and hear this going on last night???





Wild video shows huge crowds gathered to do donuts, set off fireworks on empty streets
Police responded to two huge gatherings of young people behaving dangerously.
By: [URL='https://www.wsbtv.com/author/michael-seiden/']Michael Seiden
Updated: May 3, 2020 - 6:43 PM
ATLANTA — Video posted on social media shows huge groups of people gathering to behave dangerously late Saturday night in at least two separate locations in Atlanta.

The crowds gathered days after Gov. Brian Kemp’s shelter-in-place order expired -- though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are still recommending social distancing.

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Wild video taken just before midnight outside the Mall West End shows people setting off fireworks and doing donuts in the middle of the road on Saturday night.

No one was arrested outside the Mall West End, but Atlanta police also responded to a scene on Spring Street near The Varsity where people reported reckless drivers. Police issued traffic citations to several drivers and arrested one for driving with a suspended license.

Channel 2′s Michael Seiden talked to Atlanta police, who confirmed that they responded to two separate incidents Saturday night but didn’t say if they were connected.

The Mall West End reopens on Monday.

The incidents follow a similar incident in early March where groups of people in cars did donuts on an empty Atlanta highway late at night.

Several people were arrested after video showed cars doing donuts under a bridge on I-285 near Atlanta’s airport.

“It was something like out of a movie,” a witness said at the time. “It was organized. They definitely had a system going.”

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[NeilCartwright]

Came out here for the weekend and the vibe is bringing me back. Finally done with the military

Before I left 3 years ago they were just starting to gentrify the west end and the AUC bc of the new stadium. I’m looking to buy a home around next summer, what areas are going next?

I’m hearing Bankhead and other areas but I’ve been out the loop for a while now

 

[staticshock]

Came out here for the weekend and the vibe is bringing me back. Finally done with the military

Before I left 3 years ago they were just starting to gentrify the west end and the AUC bc of the new stadium. I’m looking to buy a home around next summer, what areas are going next?

I’m hearing Bankhead and other areas but I’ve been out the loop

Im not too keen on this subject, but Cleveland Ave & the areas around it aren’t gentrified yet, so things may be cheaper that way until it gets cleaned up.

Maybe around Metropolitan where they’re building the new Zone 3 precinct as well..it still looks dilapidated over there

 

[staticshock]

I was driving from chilling with my homeboy and I came up on that stop light in front of the Chevron at the intersection of Northside & North Ave...

I just knew some young nikkas would be out there selling water bottles cause that’s where they always post at when it’s hot, but this time it was like 6 of em, but they looked like they were in their 20s.

I came up at the light, and one of them stuck their head all in my car asking for a dollar

Usually I’ll slide the young ones something or cashapp them some change before the light changes, but I can’t support no grown dudes just begging

 

[MajesticLion]

Conservation deal preserves 216 acres of green space in southeast Atlanta

The Atlanta City Council has approved the acquisition of a 216-acre nature preserve in southeast Atlanta. The property includes one of the largest old-growth forests in Atlanta among its more than 60,000 trees.


Informally known as Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve, the land sits near where Moreland Avenue meets I-285. It was at risk for industrial development in an area that is heavy with shipping companies and truck repair shops.

In partnership with the city, two years ago, the Conservation Fund designated the property as a high priority as they worked to identify land that would increase the city’s tree canopy.

The $4.5 million purchase is the Conservation Fund’s largest purchase in the city of Atlanta to preserve green space. The Conservation Fund purchased the land from Waste Management in December.

 

[MajesticLion]

I missed this some days back. Kemp & Co are about to use Ms Rona as an excuse to take a paring knife to all sorts of programs...and among the first on conservative lists is usually education. Brace for incoming.



Georgia agencies told to plan billions in spending cuts due to pandemic

State agencies were told Friday they should plan on cutting more than $3.5 billion from their budgets in the upcoming fiscal year, a move that could bring furloughs and layoffs among Georgia’s 200,000 teachers and state employees.


With the coronavirus pandemic shutdown and recession hitting state finances hard, Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget office and the leaders of the House and Senate budget committees sent a memo to agencies asking them to develop new spending proposals for fiscal 2021, which begins July 1. The amount they should expect to cut: 14%, no exceptions.


That includes K-12 schools, which would see their state support trimmed, and state colleges. For public schools, state spending cuts could bring higher property taxes in Metro Atlanta to make up at least part of the shortfall.

“The actions we have had to take as a state and as a nation to protect the health of our citizens is significantly impacting our economy and our state revenue,” the memo said. “As you know, we have a strict constitutional mandate to create and adopt a balanced budget for our state.

“Due to the rapidly changing revenue picture for FY 2021, at this time we are asking every state agency to prepare for an FY 2021 budget that includes a 14% reduction from their FY 2020 original base.

“While the Great Recession of 2008 was considered to be a ‘once in a lifetime’ event, our current situation will certainly overshadow it. That is why this request is being made to ALL areas of the state budget with no exceptions.”

 

[MajesticLion]

Ongoing.


AJC EXCLUSIVE: Atlanta procurement official fired amid federal probe

The Atlanta City Hall official whom federal prosecutors allege accepted two $10,000 bribes from an airport restaurant concessionaire was a senior procurement manager whose employees oversaw some of the most controversial and lucrative contract awards at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, The Atlanta Journal Constitution has learned.


Prosecutors accused the official of soliciting the bribes after the U.S. Attorney’s federal corruption investigation became public in 2017, and after FBI agents had raided the office of the city’s former Chief Procurement Officer.

Federal authorities do not name the official in legal documents, but the AJC has learned that Mano Smith, a senior procurement manager whose team of eight employees handled airport contracts, was fired by the city on Friday. His team handled airport contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Was on Old National earlier, and the Mexican spot Cozumel was packed. I’m talmbout there wasn’t any parking available at all. I thought these restaurants were supposed to be operating at a reduced capacity?

I had a door dash order the other day at Blu Cantina in Camp Creek, and and saw the same thing

 

[NeilCartwright]

Was on Old National earlier, and the Mexican spot Cozumel was packed. I’m talmbout there wasn’t any parking available at all. I thought these restaurants were supposed to be operating at a reduced capacity?

I had a door dash order the other day at Blu Cantina in Camp Creek, and and saw the same thing

I’m staying out on this end for a coupe days. I rode past the restaurant but didn’t pay too much attention to it. I thought there was no dining in? only take out orders

 

[Warren Moon]

Came out here for the weekend and the vibe is bringing me back. Finally done with the military

Before I left 3 years ago they were just starting to gentrify the west end and the AUC bc of the new stadium. I’m looking to buy a home around next summer, what areas are going next?

I’m hearing Bankhead and other areas but I’ve been out the loop for a while now

bankhead no doubt. That’s where I’m moving. Get in now.

 

[Offthegrid]

I'm really thinking bout finally buying my first house in the metro ATL area or might stick to the condo highrise lifestyle still single no kids wtf I'm do in a big ass house but atl ppl my 2nd home wats the vibe like in the city during this Rona bs? I'm still in Chicago ik the nikkas from my city got y'all crime rate back up lol smh. I really want to go check on my grandma big sis n auntie down there but I've been kind of shook with airport procedures now mfs tryin do random covid testing I ain't with that shyt

 

[FukYaFeelings]

I'm really thinking bout finally buying my first house in the metro ATL area or might stick to the condo highrise lifestyle still single no kids wtf I'm do in a big ass house but atl ppl my 2nd home wats the vibe like in the city during this Rona bs? I'm still in Chicago ik the nikkas from my city got y'all crime rate back up lol smh. I really want to go check on my grandma big sis n auntie down there but I've been kind of shook with airport procedures now mfs tryin do random covid testing I ain't with that shyt

it’s just about a 12 hour drive