Republished from http://buckhead.patch.com/articles/buckhead-cid-gives-support-to-transportation-referendum-education-campaign By Louis Mayeux  The Buckhead Community Improvement District has joined other business organizations in stepping up support for the 2012 transportation tax referendum. At its June meeting this week, the Buckhead CID board approved a $175,000 contribution…

By Ernie Suggs Republished from http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/survey-looks-at-how-895072.html 8:52 a.m. Saturday, April 2, 2011Every morning at 6 when Malinda Adams get set to leave her Grant Park condo and go work out, she gets in her car and locks it, starts the…

Republished from http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-police-housing-strategy-792533.html. Atlanta police officer Antonio Matos and his family chose five years ago to live in Dacula rather than Atlanta for Gwinnett County’s award-winning school system and its lower cost of living. But a divorce earlier this year…

Republished from: http://www.ajc.com/news/city-must-invest-in-182516.html A stream of seemingly random and senseless violent acts in Atlanta this year have stoked fears and increased perceptions of runaway crime, putting public safety at the top of this fall’s mayoral campaign agenda. The Atlanta Police…

Republished from: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/fox-5-special:-caught-on-camera-021110 ATLANTA (MyFOX ATLANTA) – Surveillance cameras have popped up all over the metro Atlanta area. Just in the past couple of months, Mechanicsville, College Park, Decatur, and Piedmont Park have decided to install cameras in an effort…

Republished from: http://www.ajc.com/opinion/fund-more-officers-for-541317.html Mayor Kasim Reed’s commitment to public safety and the impending announcement of a new police chief are giving us renewed optimism for the Atlanta Police Department to turn a major corner. The city has a chance to…

Republished from: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/reed-opts-to-make-567211.html In part ceremony, part promotion, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed officially removed the “interim” from George Turner’s title by naming him the new Atlanta Police Chief. But the interim tag was crucial in Reed’s decision. The mayor said…

Republished from: http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlantas-crime-key-issue-137768.html The two candidates leading the polls in the Atlanta mayoral race defended themselves Sunday night against criticism that they bear some responsibility for the city’s current crime problems. During the campaign’s first televised debate, City Council President…

Republished from: http://www.ajc.com/news/cops-use-facebook-as-576549.html First they used pagers. Then, cellphones. Now gangsters and other criminals are using Facebook and Twitter, and the police are chasing them online. In Atlanta, detectives scribble down gang tags scrawled on walls then search social networking…