ATLANTA (October 7, 2014) | Sen. Vincent Fort (D- Atlanta) has released the following statement regarding his freedom of information request to the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority (MILRA):
“The McPherson Authority continues to do its business in secrecy. Releasing one redacted document out of several requested in my Freedom of Information request is not transparency; it is stonewalling.
If the secret, backroom Fort McPherson/Tyler Perry deal is such a good idea why don’t they release more documentation? For example, they say the Perry deal will produce 8,000 jobs. If so, let us see the documentation; let us see what modeling has been done to come up with those numbers; and let us know how many jobs for people in the community have been produced by Perry’s studio located in the Greenbriar neighborhood. MILRA wants the community to trust them until after the deal is done.
What do they have to hide?
The released document does show that there are no community benefits of the sort advocated by neighborhood leaders for the last eight years. For example, there are no provisions for community people to be given priority for jobs.
It is apparent that the reason Perry has gotten this deal is that he is a friend of Mayor Reed and gave Governor Deal a huge contribution.”
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For Immediate Release:
October 7, 2014
For Information Contact:
Jennifer Yarber, Director
Adam Sweat, Sr. Communications Specialist
Adam.sweat@senate.ga.gov
404.656.0028