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| Law and Government |
The city has a mayor (currently Shirley Franklin) and a city
council. The mayor may veto a bill passed by the council, but
the council may override with a two-thirds majority. The Atlanta
Board of Education runs the Atlanta Public Schools, and owns
and operates radio station WABE-FM at 90.1 MHz (the National
Public Radio affiliate) and television station GPTV channel
30.
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| Possibly owing to the city's African American majority, each
mayor elected since 1973 has been black; the uninterrupted string
of black mayors in excess of thirty years is a first for any
metropolitan area in the country. Maynard Jackson was elected
for two terms and then for another term in the early 1990s.
His successors Andrew Young (and later, Bill Campbell) owed
their success in the mayoral election at least in part to Jackson's
endorsement. |
Atlanta City Hall |
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| In July 2004, Atlanta became the first city in the state to
impose a sales tax of its own, bringing the total to 8% in both
the Fulton and DeKalb parts of the city. This passed in a referendum
during the July 20th primary election with a 75% majority, after
being allowed by the state legislature earlier in 2004. The
sales tax helped to reduce a huge rate increase on water and
sewer bills, necessary to pay three billion dollars in bonds
to fix the city's aging (and in places decrepit) municipal water
and sewer systems. Combined sewer overflows will also be eliminated,
so that runoff water is separated, preventing diluted sewage
from overflowing at water treatment plants during heavy rains. |
| As the state capital, Atlanta is also the site of most of
Georgia's state government, including the Georgia State Capitol
(topped with gold from Dahlonega, Georgia), the General Assembly,
and the residence of the Governor of Georgia in Buckhead. It
is also home to Georgia Public Broadcasting headquarters and
Peachnet, and is the county seat of Fulton County, with which
it shares responsibility for the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
System. |
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