The commission passed the fiscal year 2021 budget for the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government this Thursday in an 7-2 vote. Commissioner Mariah Parker, who voted no, urged her colleagues to do more to reform the ACC Police Department in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Furthermore, she asked Mayor […]
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Commissioner Mariah Parker and Tim Denson’s plan to “reimagine public safety” evolved slowly over months before the death of George Floyd catapulted it to the forefront of civic consciousness in Athens. Then, like a shooting star, it faded quickly, now seeming completely out of reach as part of this year’s […]
Raises for county staff, fare-free nights and weekends for Athens Transit, a property tax rate reduction and expanded public safety initiatives were all on the table as commissioners discussed a budget proposal put forward by Mayor Kelly Girtz last Thursday. The optimism of the ACC government comes in stark contrast […]
Tuesday night, Athens-Clarke County Commissioners expected a difficult set of choices in store for them going into budget talks this year. Might they be forced to raise taxes or cut services as the COVID-19 recession continues? According to initial estimates, maybe not. ACC Manager Blaine Williams’s first draft of the […]
The FY2020 budget for the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government is complete and it passed the commission on June 4th, 2019. But what’s in the budget? How is our tax money being spent this year? First, APN dives into some budget basics, and then we’ll talk about 6 interesting things in […]
The US owes $22 Trillion and the deficit seems to be getting larger every year. Should we be worried? No! Here’s how I learned to stop worrying. SOURCE VIDEOS National debt surpasses $22 trillion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SylVZ… Digital Dive How the national debt affects you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tclv… America owes a whopping $22 trillion. […]