Georgia

Saturday August 2nd :: RAGE AGAINST THE REGIME :: Protest March - 10:30 AM

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33818208

Shithole state cements republiQan hegemony. Check your state today.

• Consolidates power by stripping non-partisian chair from hiring duties
• Does so in surpise five-minute vote without discussion
• Blocks Lyft from offering discounted rides to polling stations
• other shitty things

“This is a last-minute request I was not aware of until five minutes ago,” Fervier said.

“Life’s full of last-minute things that happen,” Mills responded.

The back-and-forth over hiring authority came after the board hired a new paralegal and assistant to the executive director who was criticized for not having a legal background or formal legal training.

The new hire, Hope Coan, is the wife of former executive director Mike Coan, a Republican ex-state lawmaker who left his board position earlier this year.

The nonpartisan chair Fervier tried to raise concerns about the appointment, but was cut off by the new executive director Mills.

“I do not think this individual meets the necessary qualifications for this job, and the hiring process itself was improper,” Fervier said. “That is out of order,” Mills replied.

Hope Coan’s LinkedIn says she is president of Coan Construction. The staffer she is replacing was certified as a notary public, completed a paralegal certificate course and had worked for more than a year as a paralegal at a law firm.

Democratic member Sara Tindall Ghazal said she was not included in the search at all.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33227437

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/6872667

Peter Hubbard, a clean energy advocate, secured the Democratic Party nomination for the District 3 Georgia Public Service Commission seat Tuesday evening.  His decisive victory allows him to advance to November’s general election where he will face GOP incumbent Commissioner Fitz Johnson.  The commission regulates utilities like Georgia Power and plays an important role in […]

#Atlanta #GeorgiaRecorder

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/28705982

Ximena is a 19-year-old college student currently under ICE detention. We are raising funds for her immigration attorney and bond. Ximena is a graduate of DHS. She came to this country in 2010 at the age of 4. She did not qualify for DACA as the program ended the year before her family immigrated. She has babysat for my kids for years. We adore her. Ximena is my close friend and my children’s favorite babysitter. All money raised is going directly to Ximena and her family to be used for legal representation.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42480937

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34842012

Firefighters determined 30 minutes after a hazardous materials response began that the powder was a starch or salt and not harmful, said Atlanta Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Ronald Slatton. The courthouse was reopened shortly afterward.

Four people who complained of headaches were taken to a hospital as a precaution and the third floor of the sprawling Fulton County courthouse complex was evacuated, according to Slatton.

Slatton said he didn’t know who the letter was addressed to, only that it arrived at the district attorney’s office. When asked about a motive, he replied, “That’s for the law enforcement.”

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/21698202

cross-posted from: https://ponder.cat/post/1693090

• Price of Independence: Georgia’s experimental alternative to Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers more than $86 million.
• Enrollment Shortfall: Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in the first 18 months of the program — roughly 75% fewer than the state had estimated for year one.
• Work Slowdown: The state found it difficult to verify that people are working to keep their benefits, so Georgia has gone from monthly checks to annual ones.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18018656

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