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Public speaker accuses administration of sidelining Atlanta public access TV; committee seeks update
Summary
Adrienne Coleman Tyler criticized the mayoral administration’s handling of public access television, saying the channel remains offline and questioning consultant payments; the committee chair said staff and the mayor’s appointee will brief the committee in a forthcoming informational meeting.
Adrienne Coleman Tyler told the City Utilities Committee during public comment that the Dickens administration has worked to "destabilize and ultimately shut down Atlanta Public Access," and she pressed the committee for a public accounting of the channel's status and consultant payments.
"Since 2022, when the Dickens administration and this council took office, there has been an effort to destabilize and ultimately shut down Atlanta Public Access," Coleman said, asserting the channel (People TV / Atlanta Channel 24) was taken offline in 2023 despite an existing contract. She said a blue-ribbon panel appointed by the…
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