Political Rewind: Abortion, inflation, COVID and decriminalizing marijuana: Georgia mayors weigh in
Tuesday on Political Rewind:\xa0Bill Nigut welcomes East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith to the panel. With 80 days left until the midterms, we'll talk to these city leaders about what their communities want out of candidates. But first, Tamar Hallerman provides an update on the latest in Fani Willis' probe in Fulton County.\n\nThe panel\nMayor Julie Smith, @JulieB_Tifton, Tifton\n\nMayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, @DeanaIngraham, East Point\n\nMayor Kelly Girtz, @kellygirtz, Athens\n\nTamar Hallerman, @TamarHallerman, senior reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution\n\nTimestamps\n0:00 - Timestamps\n2:00 - An update on the Fulton County special grand jury.\n6:00 - Mayors from Tifton, East Point, Athens and more make up the Georgia Municipal Association.\n17:00 - How Georgia's cities responded to COVID and its economic fallout.\n24:00 - How do cities respond to mental health crises since the 988 hotline rolled out?\n31:00 - Among abortion, housing, COVID and inflation, what issues matter most to Georgians ahead of the election?\n45:00 - Athens is one of a few cities statewide that have decriminalized possession of marijuana. Instead of jail time, offenders will face a $35 fine.\n48:00 - School systems statewide are facing unprecedented teaching shortages.\n\nPlease be sure to download our newsletter: www.gpb.org/newsletters. And subscribe, follow and rate this show wherever podcasts are found.