Mayor Issues Veto Letter On What She Calls A Procedurally Defective Use Of Force Ordinance Passed By Atlanta City Council

From the City of Atlanta:

July 15, 2020

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued a notice to the Atlanta City Council requesting the body to sustain her veto of Ordinance 20-O-1449. The purpose of the Mayor’s veto is to ensure that the City of Atlanta’s actions remain in compliance with the Georgia Constitution. Because 20-O-1449 is in the form of an ordinance rather than properly in the form of a resolution it is vulnerable to a constitutional challenge.

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