Tuesday, February 26, 2013
News First Slice 2/26/13: Gov. Deal to oust six DeKalb County school board members
Posted by Max Blau @maxblau on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:34 AM
Gov. Nathan Deal suspended six DeKalb County school board members yesterday and said that the ongoing uproar was a "matter of grave concern." He had originally planned to discuss the fate of the board last Thursday, but postponed his remarks after a Georgia Board of Education hearing went on for 14 excruciating hours. The school board members' pending lawsuit, which challenges a 2011 law giving the governor authority to remove them, will head to court later this week and could delay the final decision.
Ethics reform sailed through the state's lower chamber yesterday and now heads over to the Senate for approval, though not everyone's convinced.
The Atlanta City Council has dropped legislation that would have banished prostitutes in order to study the issue in greater detail.
Spelman College has decided to cancel its sports programs for the 2013-14 season. Yes, all of them.
State rep. Bill Hitchens, R-Rincon, introduced a proposal that would allow police to ticket commuters who drive slow in the left lane. "If you're not driving the speed limit, you have a duty to get out of the way," he says.
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