{"id":323,"date":"2019-06-17T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/articles\/atlanta-takes-steps-to-curb-legacy-of-corruption\/"},"modified":"2019-06-17T09:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T09:00:37","slug":"atlanta-toma-medidas-para-frenar-el-legado-de-corrupcion","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/es\/articles\/atlanta-takes-steps-to-curb-legacy-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta toma medidas para frenar el legado de corrupci\u00f3n"},"template":"","class_list":["post-323","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Ending a feud over funding between Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council, Atlanta will introduce a new office to tackle corruption and bolster transparency for the city.","featured_image":null,"article_type":162,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":12275}"],"related_issues":[92,105,106,402],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_image_and_text","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_image_and_text":{"manually_curate":true,"image_side":"left","row_color":"blue","work":null,"kicker_text":"","title":"","summary":"Years of corruption at the highest levels in Atlanta has seen trust in the city\u2019s government wear thin. The Georgian capital and its mayors have been embroiled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/revelations-mar-legacy\/fdKVo3rvUuIjEWMCu8jvcK\/\">scandal<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantamagazine.com\/90s\/bill-campbell-one\/\">scandal<\/a> for years\u2014but a recent effort by city leaders may be the dawn of a new era for Atlanta politics.\r\n\r\nMayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council have finally agreed on a $800,000 budget earmark to fund the city\u2019s first Independent Compliance Office\u2014a new group of legal experts and investigators that will help tackle corruption in the city. The office will serve as a watchdog for Atlanta, investigating corruption from elected officials, employees and vendors alike.\r\n\r\nBottoms\u2019 2017 mayoral campaign championed the restoration of public trust in the city, with a 10-point ethics guide anchoring her message. The guide included provisions aimed at banning insider contracts, forcing public disclosure from the city\u2019s government and police department, tightening lobbying rules, and joining a national effort to demand the disclosure of tax returns for presidential candidates.\r\n\r\nBut the mayor\u2019s foot-dragging on what was her campaign\u2019s banner issue has been well documented. Her administration has, until recently, failed to commit funding despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/atlanta-city-council-mayor-spar-over-budget-for-compliance-officer\/z4GipXYo0PaaudtzyfnHrK\/\">numerous requests<\/a> from the City Council.","image":5105,"post_link":"","button_text":"","secondary_link":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2>Comience su cap\u00edtulo de Common Cause en Georgia<\/h2><p><a class=\"button1\" role=\"button\" href=\"mailto:shenderson@commoncause.org\">Env\u00ede un correo electr\u00f3nico a CCGA<\/a><\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Si bien el presupuesto de $800,000 est\u00e1 muy lejos de lo solicitado por el Consejo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/atlanta-city-council-unveils-office-investigate-corruption\/zyZPkoJ9zKk2CwL1J8WWvN\/\">$1,4 millones<\/a>La oficina reci\u00e9n creada tiene la esperanza de abordar las acusaciones de corrupci\u00f3n en toda la ciudad que ascienden a una cifra escandalosa. <a href=\"http:\/\/citycouncil.atlantaga.gov\/Home\/ShowDocument?id=1545\">$10 millones<\/a>, seg\u00fan una investigaci\u00f3n en curso del FBI. Ese gasto fraudulento de 10 millones de d\u00f3lares equivale aproximadamente a la cantidad que Bottoms tiene <a href=\"https:\/\/atlanta.curbed.com\/2019\/5\/9\/18563235\/atlanta-beltline-affordable-housing-budget\">comprometido<\/a> al desarrollo de viviendas asequibles el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o. Dejando a un lado el teatro pol\u00edtico, la creaci\u00f3n de la oficina de cumplimiento es una victoria trascendental para el futuro de la pol\u00edtica de Atlanta. Los exuberantes contratos de la ciudad, las cenas lujosas (incluyendo una <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/steakhouse-holiday-party-for-mayor-reed-cabinet-cost-taxpayers-100\/m7lvSpvjfjDmN1XMaOVCHO\/\">$12,000<\/a> fiesta navide\u00f1a), y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/exclusive-year-end-bonuses-under-reed-cost-atlanta-taxpayers-811-000\/iy9eGAUApPtKVHwhk7A79N\/\">bonificaciones masivas<\/a> Para los funcionarios de la ciudad, Atlanta se gan\u00f3 la reputaci\u00f3n de ser una de las <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/05\/us\/fbi-corruption-investigations.html\">El m\u00e1s corrupto<\/a> Ciudades del pa\u00eds. La oficina de cumplimiento refleja iniciativas recientes en Filadelfia, Chicago y Austin para combatir la corrupci\u00f3n en el gobierno municipal. Los reguladores ser\u00e1n supervisados por una junta independiente y no gubernamental de siete miembros, eliminando leg\u00edtimamente la pol\u00edtica de la ecuaci\u00f3n. Los votantes merecen un gobierno \u00e9tico que beneficie a todos. Nuestro sistema pol\u00edtico tiene reglas por una raz\u00f3n, y es hora de que Atlanta tenga las herramientas para hacerlas cumplir."}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Atlanta Takes Steps to Curb Legacy of Corruption - Common Cause Georgia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/es\/articulos-2\/atlanta-toma-medidas-para-frenar-el-legado-de-corrupcion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atlanta Takes Steps to Curb Legacy of Corruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/es\/articulos-2\/atlanta-toma-medidas-para-frenar-el-legado-de-corrupcion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Georgia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/articles\/atlanta-takes-steps-to-curb-legacy-of-corruption\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/articles\/atlanta-takes-steps-to-curb-legacy-of-corruption\/\",\"name\":\"Atlanta Takes Steps to Curb Legacy of Corruption - 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