Sept. 18 | Albany, Macon, Columbus, GAB, more
<p>• Congrats to <strong>The Albany Herald</strong> for a watchdog result covering massive financial woes in Edison, Ga. The Herald hired Lucille Lannigan in July through the <strong>Report for America</strong> 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 <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 <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>• 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 <strong>Samantha Hamilton</strong> of the UGa Law Center — our lawyer on all things Georgia access and records. <strong>Jake Shore</strong> of The Current will pair up with Samantha for part of the session.</p>
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