Screams from the Porch. Atlanta News & Opinion Blog | Fresh Loaf. Atlanta Falcons A major legal challenge to block the use of public funding for the proposed Atlanta Falcons stadium, a move that could delay the project's timeline through 2015, was battled out in court yesterday. During a more than six-hour hearing, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville heard arguments from lawyers on behalf of residents living in the proposed $1.2 billion stadium's shadow. Their motion contests an attempt by Invest Atlanta, the city's economic development arm, to issue at least $200 million in bonds that would partially pay for the stadium. The Falcons have already started work on the multi-use athletic facility and hope to finish the project in 2017. According to the AJC, the bonds are expected to raise about $246 million to help fund construction costs.
Woodham voiced more than two-dozen objections to the issuance of the bonds, which would be paid off with the city's lucrative hotel-and-motel tax. "This is tax collection," Woodham told the judge. News Front Page. L.I.(P.) The Peanut Post | Georgia News and Views. RJ4US - Uphill and Worth It. Mandamus be damned. Drifting Through The Grift. Blogging While BLUE. | Your Lobbyist for Ethical, Honest, and Accountable Government. Blue in Redsville. Death Penalty « Extreme Liberal's Blog. Don’t Kill Another Innocent Man – Troy Davis given execution date! Troy Davis in the Chatham County Superior Court during his trail in the shooting death of off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail. (AP Photo/Savannah Morning News) by Emily Hauser Troy Davis, the death row inmate about whom I wrote last week, has been given an execution date of September 21.
I repeat: Mr. There is no physical evidence connecting him to the crime, seven out of the nine eyewitnesses have recanted, stating that they had been pressured, coerced or frightened into testifying, and jury members have said flat out: “If I knew then what I know now, Troy Davis would not be on death row.” The police officer that Mr. Please, please: If you haven’t signed the Amnesty petition yet, please do so by clicking here.If you are a member of the legal profession or clergy, please join the sign-on letters being circulated in support of Mr.
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