Sept. 18 | Albany, Macon, Columbus, GAB, more

<p>&bull; Congrats to&nbsp;<strong>The Albany Herald</strong>&nbsp;for a watchdog result covering massive financial woes in Edison, Ga. The Herald hired Lucille Lannigan in July through the&nbsp;<strong>Report for America</strong>&nbsp;program. Nearly $500,000 in fiscal shortages was soon shown. By mid August, the Mayor resigned, the City Manager resigned, the Police Chief departed. Hard days for citizens there. Here is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.albanyherald.com/news/edison-mayor-reeves-lane-resigns-amid-city-financial-crisis/article_b0bb0630-4064-11ee-bb97-8bf778d8c5bd.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">one read</a>, and here is a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.albanyherald.com/news/uninsured-city-vehicles-collapsed-sewer-lines-more-concerns-revealed-at-edison-council-meeting/article_e1e7bee0-3b84-11ee-9e94-e37b5d0059e0.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">second read</a>.</p> <p>&bull; We have a training session set for Wednesday, Oct. 18 on the latest in Georgia access to records and open meetings. It will be led by&nbsp;<strong>Samantha Hamilton</strong>&nbsp;of the UGa Law Center &mdash; our lawyer on all things Georgia access and records.&nbsp;<strong>Jake Shore</strong>&nbsp;of The Current will pair up with Samantha for part of the session.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@toddfranko/sept-18-albany-macon-columbus-gab-more-6188b04381b7"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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