Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
As a field of candidates jockey for position in the ‘09 race for mayor of Atlanta, a new name was floated — and sunk — on Wednesday. The name was Shirley Franklin. The owner of the torpedo was also named...
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... and, as the theory goes, the criminal beggars in the tourist areas will be graced by the wisdom of Shirley Franklin and cease their criminal activity which drives away tourists. But do these programs work elsewhere? Of course not . That doesn’t stop the Wizards of Smart in City Hall, though: “The response to the program has just been tremendous,” said Debi Starnes, senior policy adviser...
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Stupid. This is what government is supposed to do in the eyes of Shirley Franklin, the “Mayor too busy to think.” Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Wednesday the city is putting five “donation meters” downtown for people to contribute money for homeless outreach services. The yellow and black meters are part of a new campaign to [...]
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
David Franklin, former husband to Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, died today. Here is the AJC take on his life and death. But this evening, Shirley Franklin sent out a more detailed obituary to her friends. Read it here in its...
ajc.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
David McCoy Franklin, the ex-husband of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and a key adviser to former Mayor Maynard Jackson, died Sunday of undisclosed causes.
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
By Aaron Gould Sheinin asheinin@ajc.com Denver — When — or if — Georgia’s delegation announces where its 102 votes go, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and state Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kidd will do the honors. Like all of the delegations,...
Political Insider | ajc.com (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
By Aaron Gould Sheinin asheinin@ajc.com Denver — Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said today’s anniversary of women gaining the right to vote should be a launching pad to working for equality around the world. Speaking at a luncheon marking National Equality...
ajc.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin said Thursday she still plans to veto the City Council's legislation to reopen Fire Station 7.
Georgia Politics Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) announced today that former President Jimmy Carter and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin will lead in the efforts to "give back to the Denver community in a meaningful way and to highlight an issue that’s important to the Democratic Party – national service." Wednesday, August 27th will mark the first-ever Delegate Service Day where Democratic...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... mayors honored by the magazine include Bill White of Houston, Richard Daley of Chicago, Shirley Franklin of Atlanta, John Hickenlooper of Denver, Bill Purcell of Nashville and Thomas Menino of Boston.Governing magazine is published monthly by a subsidary of Times Publishing, which publishes the St. Petersburg Times, and has 85,000 subscribers. Its annual Public Officials of the Year...
Blog for Democracy (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
... What's your position on these amendments? Text of amendments here . Word on the street is that Shirley Franklin is for all three amendments. Personally, I am generally against amending the Constitution for rinky-dink stuff, but I could be convinced that these are Really Important Issues.
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Widespread arriving on the red carpet. Linda Davis performed to honor the recently deceased Dottie Rambo and Keith Sweat performed a few of his “hits” in his imitable style. Ludacris was inducted into the Hall by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. Cris gave a suitably moving induction speech, yet did not perform. At this point in the [...]
The Philadelphia Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Conversations were frank, points of views varied, and the more than 100 government, business, nonprofit and civic leaders from Philadelphia began to formulate opinions on what pages they should take from the Southern city. Thursday's sessions included morning panels on Atlanta's leadership on issues, its traffic problems and remarks by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. Foremost, in many...
On The record Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
... the Georgia Music Hall of Fame’s first rapper to be inducted. He was introduced by Atlanta’s Mayor Shirley Franklin. The artist did not perform, but Keith Sweat sang a few of his numbers to mark the celebration of his 23 years in the music industry. The evening’s other inductees were Widespread Panic, Dottie Rambo, Hamp Swain and Fred and Dinah Gretsch.
The BN Village (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... that we know and can rest assured that is a political plot by the City of Atlanta-office of Mayor Shirley Franklin to use this circumstance as a poster case as the presiding Judge Hicks invoked as "aggressive panhandling gone awry". Those of you who were present at the hearing can clearly see for yourselves that the evidence in the case is fishy and inconclusive as a panhandling meddlesome...
