True about the corruption. I heard a building contractor talk about all the payoffs you had to make in Atlanta to get contracts. He stopped working in the city. He came back when Andy Young was mayor and said the inspectors had stopped asking for bribes. Young was the best mayor Atlanta has had IMO.
Also, back in the 80s-90s bars were supposed be closed on Sundays. They stayed open under Jackson, shut down when Young was mayor, then opened up again when Jackson got back in power. It was pretty clear there were payoffs because the bars operated in violation of the law with no fear whatsoever under Jackson.
And as far as corruption, don’t even talk about Bill Campbell, the worst mayor in the history of Atlanta.
Was that this Bill Campbell? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdtwgIv2z4
Bars are private companies. The decision to operate on Sunday should be theirs’s and theirs alone. Government should never dictate that.