Charlie Stauffer

@goodwonky.bsky.social

Writer in Atlanta

Plundering our affordable housing trust fund to line the pockets of lobbyists to conduct an astroturfing campaign to defund Atlanta Public Schools should be a career-ending scandal anywhere outside Atlanta. Don't let your city become Andre Dickens' Atlanta:

Atlanta Community Press Collective@atlpresscollective.com · 3mo ago

Atlanta has spent more than $370,000 on consultants tied to Mayor Andre Dickens’ Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative, records show. Some also advocated publicly for the plan without disclosing their financial ties.

this example is an EXCELLENT insight into two things: 1. why the opinion "we should run government like a business" should be treated similarly to the opinion "we should kill and eat more human infants" 2. how even a single node of friction in a system can halt a more powerful person's evil plan

A week or so ago, I was looking for a couple books by an author from 10 and 15 years ago and my library didn't have them. I requested them via a library form. Today I got a notification in Libby that they purchased both titles. Asking your library for writers' books is an amazing way to support us.

The billionaire owner of Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book who raised eight figures for "Cop City" while lying to readers about his involvement, who also turned Atlanta into the only print paper desert in the U.S., just happened to help Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens stage a 2nd self-coup since 2024

ThreadATL@threadatl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The chairman of Cox Enterprises, parent of the AJC, is using their news outlet to condemn Beltline rail. That's ridiculous. City leaders need to realize it as such. Arguing against rail transit in a city that's starved for its growth, and that is already funding it with a tax, is bad enough. 1/

"Future of Atlanta Beltline hangs in the balance. Trains are not the answer. Mayor Andre Dickens and city leaders are putting the finishing touches on this jewel, which should remain smart and green. By Alex Taylor – Chairman, Cox Enterprises"

Poll Watching today - seeing the astounding number of people at the wrong precincts (most of the people who come in!), and a couple of fixable technical issues. At every hurdle, some potential voters give up. Voter suppression is a volatile phrase, but this confusion (1/2)

Let’s call it what it is— Republicans want to rig elections because they can’t win on their own policies. Governor Kemp’s call for a special session to gerrymander our maps is yet another display of loyalty to Donald Trump and a clear maneuver to dilute the voting power of Black voters in Georgia.

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You know that gotcha moment in Working Girl where she explains where she got her idea? The ending and the prompt aren't enough, it's about the personal in betweens. AI is too vast and too shallow.