Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Freelance Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Georgia Journalist | @NYTimes @AtlCivicCircle | formerly @Florida_Today/@USAToday @stateaffairsGA @phnompenhpost @themessenger. @USC ‘14. Speaks: 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇫🇷
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1 week ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
The elections for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) are the only statewide races Georgia voters will decide this year. Literally — they’ll be at the top of the ballot, above your mayoral and city council candidates for the General Election on Nov. 4. This is the first time since 2020 that voters will have a chance to vote for a Public Service Commissioner. The primary elections for PSC Districts 2 and 3 are set for June 17 — but what is the PSC?
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
On Tuesday, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens released his proposed budget for the city of Atlanta’s upcoming 2026 fiscal year – a whopping $3 billion proposal that must be passed by the end of June. Now the Atlanta City Council will review, amend, and ultimately vote on the budget over a series of public hearings between now and June 30. The new budget will take effect on July 1, when the city’s 2026 fiscal year starts.
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2 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Cobb County Democrats could celebrate early on Tuesday night, when the initial vote tally was announced in a special election for two hotly contested county commission seats. Just after polls closed at 7 p.m. for the specially called District 2 and 4 elections, the two Democratic candidates, Erick Allen for the District 2 seat and Monique Sheffield, the District 4 incumbent, already held commanding leads.
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3 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Clark Atlanta University has partnered with national labor rights group Jobs With Justice to launch a first-of-its-kind academic center for training young Black and Brown labor movement leaders, on the belief that the South is the front line for revitalizing the US labor movement as a force in political democracy.
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3 weeks ago |
atlantaciviccircle.org | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
A year after law enforcement deployed tear gas against hundreds of peaceful pro-Palestine protestors on Emory University’s main quad, a few dozen student activists on Tuesday kicked off a week of action with teach-ins, art builds and more rallies.
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EXPLAINER: What’s at stake in the Georgia Public Service Commission’s upcoming primary elections https://t.co/Icegnhg4tg via @AtlCivicCircle #gapol
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RT @ribunchreports: The mayor's proposed public safety spending, in particular, was questioned by council members and even described by one…