Week In Review: The Future Of Georgia’s GOP, Art In Adairsville And A Pulitzer Prize
WABE
June 11th, 2021
Kemp and the Georgia GOP…
At the Georgia Republican Party convention last weekend, Gov. Brian Kemp faced boos and cheers from the crowd. Since refusing to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, Kemp has been attacked from the right wing of his party by some of his constituents and former president Donald Trump.
But in an interview with WABE News, Kemp said he is not swayed by “an orchestrated course of boos from political operatives and other folks,” and thinks the convention went “as good as it could go.”
A new mural has gone up in Adair Park, highlighting the neighborhood, which has been around since 1892. CREDIT EMIL MOFFATT / WABE
Murals can often define a neighborhood in Atlanta, expressing the history and culture of a place.
In the Adair Park area, southwest of downtown, residents are hoping to set themselves apart with the creation of a towering mural, designed by one of their own.
— The Pulitzer Prizes (@PulitzerPrizes) June 11, 2021
WABE’s Lisa Hagen in collaboration with KCUR, NPR and Guns and America won the Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting for the podcast No Compromise. If you haven’t listened to it, you should. It is a big win and in a world that has been so harsh for so long now, it is important to celebrate the wins. We are so proud, Lisa.
In this episode we also heard from:
–Johnny Kauffman from the Georgia GOP convention on Jekyll Island last weekend.
–Martha Dalton on Atlanta Public Schools again changing the hours students are to be in class after parents complained about the lack of input.
–Christopher Alston on the head of Alpharetta-based Colonial Pipeline testifying before Congress after his company paid a ransom to cyber attackers whose hack shut down gas flow throughout the U.S.
