@JustinGTanner (Fraternity Brother of Pastor Richard Winn of Ben Hill Christian Academy. They are both members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.) is an Attorney who works for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (My ex-husbands Fraternity Brother. They are members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.). @Menyuan (A Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the same Sorority that I am a member of))is the Director of Ben Hill Christian Academy (Led by Pastor Richard Winn, Fraternity Brother to Justin G. Tanner and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.), the private school that called the Atlanta Police in a failed attempt to have me falsely arrested for visiting Spencer. When that did not work, they issued a Notice of Criminal Trespass (on their private school property) at my ex-husband s, presumably Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed s and the Judges request to nolonger allow me to visit Spencer. Mayor Kasim Reed and Pastor Richard Winn of Ben Hill United Church
Stacey Chavis worked for the Democratic Party of Georgia at the same time that I did (when I was pregnant with Spencer) and she received all of my updates regarding the Federal Cases and Complaints. Note who she is tweeting to (@GrierLawOffice, Spencer s Guardian Ad Litem / Attorney Karlise Grier coincidentally of course). Also note who she is naming as a great representative (Menyuan Smith, Ben Hills School Director coincidentally) for the New Leaders Council. Here is the Mission of the New Leaders Council.
Now ask yourself if (Based on what you have read about, viewed website evidence on and / or witnessed) if Atlanta really needs Guardian Ad Litem Attorney Karlise Grier or Menyuan Smith to lead us on ANYTHING ELSE in our schools, courts, State or this Nation. Finally, ask yourself why Stacey Chavis (New Leaders Council Alumni) would vet these two individuals knowing EVERYTHING about these two individuals and my cases and complaints (she receives my updates).
Note (again) that Guardian Ad Litem - Attorney Karlise Grier is sending out photos of Menyuan Smith to all of her followers to help clean up her reputation presumably because the exposure of the Federal Cases and Complaints are rightfully taking a negative toll of their professional reputations. Note also that Menyuan Smith is wearing an AKA (representing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Sorority that we are both members of) Jacket (The associations are a mention because I want you to know that my decisions have not been biased, personal or based on favors and perks.) at another function unrelated to AKA.
Now note the recent Date which again tells you that other forces are working behind the scenes to clean up the missteps and maintain things just the way they are (corrupt) at my, Spencer s, the communities, this State and this Nations expense.
Here are the other Key Players in the Federal Corruption Cases and Complaints Attorney General Eric Holder President (Attorney) Barack Obama President Obama s Senior Advisors David Plouffe and Attorney Valerie Jarrett
Georgia Attorney General Republican Sam Olens Georgia Governor (Attorney) Republican Nathan Deal Atlanta Mayor (Attorney) Democrat Kasim Reed
Georgia Governor (Attorney) Republican Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor (Attorney) Democrat Kasim Reed introducing another $200 Million Dollar Corporate Deal funded by taxpayers. http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jeffschultz/2013/mar/07/blank-kicks-more-it-still-doesnt-add-200-million/. A travesty given that Atlanta s educational systems are in ruins (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/13/atlanta-school-cheatringrace/2079327/ ), a large number of once thriving communities are crime ridden (http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/22398753/south-atlanta-residents-speak-out-aboutcrime ), our utilities are spiking at an all time high (http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2012/09/28/atlantas-water-rates-have-spiked-233- percent-since-2001 ) and yet we have plenty of Tax-Payer money to finically support an already extremely wealthy business owner like Arthur Blank (Owner of The Home Depot). Here s how Atlanta Mayor (Attorney) Kasim Reed sold this latest hand out to the citizens (who never voted for the Corporate Welfare Gift) followed by one citizens reaction and a link to a secondary article on how to reverse the gift (that the tax payers NEVER AUTHORIZED) so that it better serves the public and not this corporate business man or the politicians who are using our money for personal perks. Also, take note America, this is not just happening in Atlanta. To the rescue City of Atlanta carries the ball for new Falcons stadium Posted in Maria s Metro - Date: March 10th, 2013, 6:37 pm By Maria Saporta Part One: The politics of the new Atlanta Falcons stadium deal Once again, the City of Atlanta is leading the way. The tentative agreement reached between the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Falcons holds great significance far beyond the building of a new home for one of the state s top professional sports teams.
The agreement is yet one more example that without Atlanta s leadership, Georgia would have been stuck in reverse. There are too many examples to name. But here are a few. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, arguably the most important economic engine for the whole state, was and is a creature of the City of Atlanta. Virtually every company that locates in Gwinnett or Cobb or North Fulton or any other county in the metro Atlanta region mentions the airport as a major reason. Many communities south of the airport, Peachtree City in particular, would not exist if it were not for the airport. But none of those governments contribute to the City of Atlanta and the airport in a tangible way. For decades, the three-party alliance between the City of Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County moved the entire region forward. Think MARTA. Those three jurisdictions passed the MARTA Act in 1971 building a rapid transit system that has served as a skeleton to what should be a regional system (had other counties and the state joined in). But even without that support, MARTA has been instrumental in the whole region and the state entering the international stage. Without MARTA, Atlanta never would have won the 1988 Democratic National Convention, the 1994 and the 2000 Super Bowls, and most importantly the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. And without MARTA, Georgia never would have become one of the country s leading convention centers. Again, the whole region and the whole state has profited from MARTA. But only three local governments have been paying for its annual operating costs. In fact, rather than provide financial support, that state keeps trying to impose onerous conditions on MARTA making it even more difficult for it to fulfill its mission. And it is a similar story with Grady Hospital which serves patients from all over the state but often leaves it up to Fulton and DeKalb to pick up the tab. Now we have the new Atlanta Falcons stadium, a building that will be owned by the state from day one. The public financing for the deal is coming entirely from the City of Atlanta s hotel-motel tax. When the Georgia Dome was being built, the State of Georgia issued $200 million in revenue bonds, that were backed by hotel-motel taxes collected in the City of Atlanta and unincorporated Fulton County. But this time around, Gov. Nathan Deal and the State of Georgia did not want to take a political risk to get legislative approval to issue either $300 million or $200 million in revenue bonds (still backed by the city s hotel-motel taxes) for the $1 billion project. The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to cover the balance of the project s costs. So it was left to the City of Atlanta to take over. Given the law of unintended consequences, Gov. Deal did the city a favor. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Read and his team were able to negotiate a much more favorable deal for the city and the surrounding community than they ever would have been able to had it been a state-driven agreement. The tentative deal announced on March 7 calls for $50 million of the actual construction agreement to go towards infrastructure improvements related to the stadium project. It also calls for 31 percent minority and women participation in the construction. And that s not all. The agreement includes a commitment of $15 million from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and a matching commitment from Invest Atlanta in Westside Tax Allocation District funds (for a total of $30) to go towards community rejuvenation. Efforts also will be made to get other partners to join in to make the neighborhoods of Castleberry, Vine City and English Avenue more vibrant and livable areas of the city. Much credit for this enlightened agreement, which still must be approved by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority and the Atlanta City Council, must go to Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank and his entire organizations. The dynamics of Thursday s press conference were fascinating. Gov. Deal was invited to come to City Hall, but I don t think any one expected him to come. Up until now, no Republican governor has ever made it across the street to Atlanta s City Hall for any reason. (Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin told me that she and former Gov. Roy Barnes used to visit each other when they were both in office). Now here s another intriguing piece of info that has not yet surfaced. The announced agreement leaves out Fulton County.
Because of all the new cities that have been created in Fulton County, there are so few hotels and motels left in the unincorporated areas that the deal makers decided it s just was not worth the effort to get it through the Fulton County Commission. Gregory Pierce, chief financial officer for the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, said the annual share of hotel-motel taxes going to the new stadium project from unincorporated Fulton County would only be a little more than $50,000 (compared to a total of about $19.5 million). So think about it. When it comes to this deal, the state legislature has made itself irrelevant. So has Fulton County because of all the new city governments. And given the disarray in DeKalb County, with its own fair share of new city governments, its political influence has been diluted. All of a sudden, the City of Atlanta which still represents only 10 percent of the region s population has re-emerged as the government that is leading metro Atlanta, if not the whole state. Overlay these truths with all the Atlanta leaders who have provided the vision and the moral high ground over the decades lifting Georgia and the South to a place of tolerance, wisdom and relative prosperity and peace. Just where would Georgia have been without Henry Grady, William B. Hartsfield, Ralph McGill, Ivan Allen Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ted Turner, Coretta Scott King, Anne Cox Chambers, Maynard Jackson, Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin, Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Bill Foege and so many others? So today I applaud the City of Atlanta for stepping in and taking the lead. Still, I can t help but wonder how much stronger Georgia would be if Atlanta truly had a meaningful and constructive partnership with the rest of the region and the state. Next week: Part Two: The interface between a new football stadium and the surrounding communities. This entry was posted in Maria's Metro. Bookmark the permalink. 150 68 15 302 Responses to To the rescue City of Atlanta carries the ball for new Falcons stadium 2. Citizen J says: March 11, 2013 at 12:54 am You re comparing the accomplishments of Henry Grady, William B. Hartsfield, Ralph McGill, Ivan Allen Jr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ted Turner, Coretta Scott King, Anne Cox Chambers, Maynard Jackson, Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin, Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Bill Foege with that of getting a twenty year old football stadium replaced with another football stadium? You don t think that s a bit insulting to the accomplishments of the people you have listed? Is Ghandi next going to be compared to David Beckham? What I d like to know is when will the public be allowed to see the actual details of this deal? Do we get to see it before the city is obligated to it for the next three decades or is that part of the leadership we are suppose to admire, keeping things hidden from the public who apparently are too dumb to understand such things. Comparing a newer stadium with a few more bells and whistles to the airport and MARTA is about as silly as the council member who recently justified not allowing the people of the City of Atlanta to vote on this deal because voters also wouldn t have approved the Voting Rights Act. So now the City of Atlanta s voters are the kind of people who wish to deny their fellow citizen the right to vote? Though given that it looks like the city council is going to do exactly that in this matter, I can see why they would project that character flaw on others to make them feel better about themselves.
The world s busiest airport, a transit system that moves close to half a million people a day, an upgrade to a sports facility, the right for all citizens to vote. Which of those things doesn t belong with the others? Pretty sure even the muppets on Sesame Street could figure it out. The level at which this new stadium has been elevated to reverence is shocking and should never ever be mentioned in the same breath as the accomplishments of the fine people listed in the article. It demeans all they did to compare them to a stadium upgrade. http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jeff-schultz/2013/mar/07/blank-kicks-more-it-still-doesntadd-200-million/ Now take a look at all of the Politicians that are lining up to support Atlanta Mayor (Attorney) Kasim Reed in his efforts to have you use your Tax Payer money (over decades) to fund and financially support a $200 Million Dollar Corporate Welfare Gift to a wealthy businessman. Ambassador Andrew Young (Who participated in Robo calls and personally met with Church members to convenes them that the sale of their property to a wealthy businessman would help them to continue their ministry. Of course I would argue that the priority of the ministry should first be to the people and not just the congregation members but the people in the community and the Atlanta Tax Payers that will have to fund the $200 Million dollar corporate donation for decades. http://m.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/08/andrew-young-mayor-reed-meetwith.html?r=full), Calvin Smyre (It should be noted that Georgia State Representatives
Calvin Smyre and Georgia House Minority Leader (Attorney Stacey Abrams) worked diligently to block former Georgia House Representative Rashad Taylor from introducing the Georgia Civil Liberties Act, which addressed the same issues of corruption that are also found in the Federal Complaints and Cases) celebrating Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reeds re-election. Chief Judge and Democrat Cynthia Wright Republican Judge Tom Campbell Served as a GA Legislator with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed Federal Expert Judge John Goger
Menyuan L. Smith (404-344-0618) Ben Hill United Methodist Church Lead Pastor Richard D. Winn, Sr. Democratic Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams Democratic Clerk Catherine Tina Robinson