Crowded Columbus City Council meeting sparks calls for transparency
A packed Columbus city council meeting saw citizens demanding transparency and expressing distrust in the appointment process ...
Columbus City Council meeting features lengthy public agenda, much of it critical of new councilor John Anker
Members of the community also spoke about changing the city charter that allowed for the quick appointment. Demetrius McBride ...
Outcry at Columbus Council. Residents question vote appointing John Anker to citywide seat
I ask you tonight, where is the transparency in this ordeal?” Columbus resident Marvin Broadwater asked the council.
Columbus NAACP news conference calling for investigation of city council
The recent nomination and quick appointment of a Columbus City Council member has sparked controversy, with some questioning ...
Trade center parking plan faces hurdle at Columbus council meeting
Councilors Cogle and Crabb are voicing their concerns with the proposed plan for the trade center’s new parking plan. The ...
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Columbus City Council meeting sparks strong feelings and even stronger security
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Tuesday night’s Columbus City Council meeting drew strong emotions and extremely tight security.A chorus of opposition to John Anker’s appointment on a 6-3 vote to fill the ...
Columbus Council under scrutiny. NAACP seeks probe into whether state law was broken
“No elected official is above accountability,” Melvin Tanner Jr. president of the Columbus branch of the NAACP, said in the ...
NAACP and pastors call for Columbus Council to recall vote appointing John Anker
They’re in-house Negroes,” the Rev. Johnny Flakes III said, referring to the two Black councilors who supported this move. “They carry the buckets of the water, and they have sold their souls.” ...
NAACP collecting signatures for petition and organizing to vote out Columbus Councilors
You cannot subvert the will of the voters,” said Ed DuBose national NAACP board member. “When you do that, you are ​operating ...