DeKalb turned a $498,750 Flock license-plate camera contract into an $18.97 million, 10-year sole-source deal
A police department form signed Sept. 10, 2025 requested a ten-year Flock Safety contract “not to exceed $16,800,400.00.”
Public Money
Atlanta’s Beltline tax district has collected $751 million; a federal study puts the original 2005 projection at $3 billion
Invest Atlanta’s own cash-basis statement puts Beltline tax increment collections at $751,188,436 from the district’s 2005 creation through the 2025 filing.
Georgia auditors asked lawmakers to name who gets film credits; four amendments since 2024 did not
The Department of Audits and Accounts told the General Assembly to require disclosure of each film credit recipient and to cut credits for out-of-state workers.
Fulton County’s development authority announced up to $70 million for Georgia Tech’s stadium; its own legal notice allows $75 million
Develop Fulton’s April 2026 public-hearing notice caps the Georgia Tech Athletic Association’s Bobby Dodd Stadium bonds at $75 million, $5 million above the “up to $70 million” it announced in May.
Suit says Georgia authority approved a nearly $900 million OpenAI tax break at a meeting billed only as “Project Gateway”
A complaint filed September 21, 2026 in Effingham County Superior Court says the development authority’s posted agenda for the July 21 meeting described the OpenAI deal as “Discussion regarding Project Gateway, including a Memorandum of Understanding” — naming no company, no abatement and no dollar figure.
Tallahassee agency’s own 2025 budget agenda said a $20 million road loan was already gone
Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency’s May 8, 2025 budget agenda states FDOT had redirected State Infrastructure Bank money to Moving Florida Forward.
83 of Atlanta’s 140 open audit fixes are more than a year past due, and one dates to 2013
The City Auditor’s July 15, 2026 quarterly report puts 28 of 140 open recommendations on schedule and 83 more than 365 days past the implementation dates departments set for themselves.
Atlanta wrote off $61 million in unpaid water bills, and the debt still grew by $39 million
The city’s first council-approved write-offs since 2019 cleared $35.1 million in fiscal 2024 and 2025, on top of about $26 million written off administratively, the City Auditor’s August 2026 follow-up shows.