Cascade area Businesses Donate to Mayor Reed’s 2013 Election Fund
Donors in southwest Atlanta have given about $35,000 so far this year.
Mayor Kasim Reed's part of town has started 2011 with some $35,000 in donations to his re-election bid, even though the vote is two years away. Nationwide, Reed has collected $640,000 from business, individuals and organizations in the first six months of 2011, according to the latest filing to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission. Commercial, lobby and law firms lead in donations. Kemi Construction, Gude Management and Russell New Urban Development all build, design or manage big works like utility infrastructure, roads and large buildings, and some of their Cascade brass have made donations to Reed. Kemi's and Russell's bosses have each donated the maximum for any one giver: $2,500. And the man who leads …
Delores "Dee" Turner
12:28 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
I wonder how these donors feel about Mayor Reid going to Gov. Deal and asking him to intervene in the affairs of duly elected Atlanta school board members. The state has no business being allowed to decide who serves on the Atlanta Board of Education. Next, they will feel that they can determine who our next mayor should be. more ›