Any Democrat could give this speech. Connect the two.

Legislation reducing the powers of the Office of Inspector General and the Ethics Office is on today's agenda. That legislation was scheduled for discussion by the Committee on Council. However, that meeting was canceled today and will be held during this full council meeting.

As long as parking is abundant, Atlanta will never build a robust public transit system. The first step is going to have to be making driving more painful. It'll either be intentional (e.g. taking space for buses/bikes, traffic calming), or more likely we'll just let the traffic keep getting worse.

All NPUs are trash, and we'd be better off shutting the system down and redirecting any money spent on it to professional opinion polling and better city websites.

Ah yeah that's screaming for a connection. It's just crazy how things get half-assed like this.

The gap on what street between where and where? You mean Glenwood from Bill Kennedy to Moreland? Or Memorial from Glenwood to Austin?

We need to do what the conservative movement started doing decades ago. Aggressively cultivate a favorable media ecosystem where Democrats can play on home turf. And if we ever get the Supreme Court back (unlikely), start working to reduce the role of money in politics.

Problem is that people tune ads out. They're not trusted sources. Even guests on conservative shows can be self-sabotaging, because conservative hosts are effectively showing their audience how to respond to liberal talking points (instead of listening).

I think they're expecting some people to just get a car instead of dealing with transfers, and I think that's a reasonable expectation. After decades of gentrification, they're finally pivoting their bus service to try to win "choice" riders with high-quality routes.

I'm only an occasional bus rider these days, so take this for what it's worth. But I think the reliance on transfers is an unavoidable outcome of reducing overall route-miles (to improve frequency on high-demand routes). I have no idea if this map is good, but we certainly need a shake-up.