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Cobb County’s pension plan under-funded |
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Written by TOM OPDYKE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Friday, 05 September 2008 06:24 |
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 By TOM OPDYKE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, September 04, 2008 Citing a $115 million gap in its employee pension fund, Cobb County told workers late Thursday that it wants to alter its pension formula to increase employee contributions and reduce some benefits, among other changes. With about $349 million in assets and about $578 million in obligations, the plan is under-funded by about 40 percent, one of the worst ratios in the metro area. To meet acceptable standards, it must cut that rate to 20 percent, bringing assets up to about $464 million. |
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Constitutional Law Update |
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Written by Cragheyder
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 16:17 |
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Presented by: Randy Means, Thomas and Means, LLP Thursday, September 25, 2008 Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Center Auditorium 8:00am, 8 hours POST credit GACP approved for executive level credit no tuition |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 September 2008 16:37 )
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Dunwoody police plan adds officers, $1 million to budget |
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Written by DAVID SIMPSON, DAVID MARKIEWICZ, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Monday, 01 September 2008 08:43 |
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By DAVID SIMPSON, DAVID MARKIEWICZ, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, August 31, 2008 Even as backers of the Dunwoody cityhood push were telling voters that their modest proposed police budget would improve public safety while avoiding a tax increase, an internal task force was preparing a report recommending a much larger — and more expensive — police department. The task force recommendation would increase the projected police payroll for the new DeKalb County city by more than $1 million. In a report dated Aug. 16, the group recommended cutting other departments’ spending to make the up the difference. That could be a challenge in an overall budget estimated at $18.8 million with a surplus of less than $300,000. |
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Police Shoot Suspect Near Courthouse |
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Written by Duffie Dixon 11 Alive News
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 11:13 |
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 ATLANTA -- A man fleeing Atlanta police was shot in the torso outside the Fulton County Courthouse.
Atlanta Police Detective Anthony Gentile said officers were chasing a white Toyota that screeched to a halt in front of the courthouse Wednesday afternoon. The man driving the car then took off on foot, and Gentile says police followed him for about 100 yards. The detective says after a short pursuit, police fired two shots and hit the man in the lower torso. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 September 2008 22:52 )
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Right man for job gets top pay |
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Written by Tim Eberly,The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 10:38 |
Cop group is nonprofitBy Tim Eberly, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wednesday, August 27, 2008 The Atlanta Police Foundation decided to go for it. Its board of trustees wanted to become a top-shelf nonprofit and was willing to pay top dollar for someone who could make it happen. Board members say they found their man in Dave Wilkinson, a 48-year-old former Secret Service agent who closely guarded three presidents. To land him, the board voted to pay him a salary that is more than double that of other leaders of police foundations of similar or larger size across the country, according to federal documents and interviews. Wilkinson, the foundation’s president and CEO since 2005, brings in $211,000 annually. |
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Atlanta police auditor used to dealing with firestorms |
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Written by By TIM EBERLY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 05:20 |
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By TIM EBERLY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, August 24, 2008 Cristina Beamud doesn’t pull punches.Her supporters say that’s a good thing, saying she doesn’t back down and isn’t afraid of a fight. Others say she’s brash and abrasive. “I don’t agree that I’m brash,” Beamud (pronounced BAY-a-mood) said. “I am direct, however. I try to temper my criticism in a way that it can be heard and received. … However, I do have a direct style. After all, I’m a lawyer by trade.” Beamud, 56, will take over next month as executive director of Atlanta’s Citizen Review Board, which will soon investigate complaints against city law enforcement officers. It’s the second time the former police officer, prosecutor and police legal adviser will head a police oversight effort. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 August 2008 06:03 )
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Atlanta cop shoots man near Fulton courthouse |
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Written by TIM EBERLY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 11:06 |
Baggy pants slowed man, witnesses say
By TIM EBERLY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 An Atlanta police officer shot and wounded a man Wednesday afternoon on the sidewalk near the Fulton County Courthouse, turning one of the city’s busiest downtown streets into a traffic-halting crime scene, police and witnesses said. The man, 21-year-old Emmanuel Uzowihe, was running from police and pointed a gun at officers after stumbling and falling as he struggled to keep his baggy jeans from falling down, witnesses said. Uzowihe’s injuries were not life-threatening and he was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital for treatment, Gentile said. No officers or residents were hurt.
Evidence of where the incident started and ended remained well into rush hour.
The car Uzowihe had been driving, a white Toyota sedan, sat in the middle of Pryor Street. About 100 yards down the street, a black handgun that police say was Uzowihe’s lay on the sidewalk across the street from the Fulton County Daily Report newspaper. |
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Fulton Sheriff defends actions on jail reform |
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Written by By BILL TORPY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 06:04 |
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By BILL TORPY, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Saturday, August 23, 2008 We’re trying. That’s basically what outgoing Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman told a federal judge who ordered the lawman to explain his efforts to reform the jail. In a lengthy report filed Friday, Freeman tells U.S. District Court Judge Marvin Shoob that he should not be held in contempt of court for not reaching some court-ordered goals, because falling short doesn’t mean he’s not trying. |
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Help wanted: A world-class mayor |
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Written by By John F. Sugg, Creative Loafing
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 12:23 |
 It's a wide-open race with Borders' departure, but do we have giants or midgets seeking the city's top job?
By John F. Sugg, Creative Loafing Published 08.20.08 Novelist Tom Wolfe said it best in his acidic portrayal of Atlanta in A Man in Full. Quoting fictional Mayor Wesley Dobbs Jordan, Wolfe succinctly explained Atlanta politics: "At City Hall we don't subtract points from anybody for being a jerk." Lots of jobs for lots of jerks builds a strong political machine. To be fair, a few smart, savvy, competent nonjerks sneak in from time to time. And a slow trickle of competency into City Hall was OK during, say, Atlanta's Olympic Games heyday. Heck, no one noticed the rotting infrastructure and featherbedded government payrolls when all the bright lights were shining on the extravaganza. But that was 12 years ago. As former state Sen. Sam Zamarripa says: "We're no longer a post-Olympic city. We're a post-post-Olympic city. People have forgotten. We're back to being an ordinary global city." |
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