New Coalition Of Old Faces Rallies Against Falcons Stadium Deal | WABE 90.1 FM

A newly formed collation Tuesday rallied against the proposed Atlanta Falcons stadium, one day after the city council pushed forward plans for the estimated $1.2 billion project.

The group Atlantans for a Fair Deal want the city council to reverse last year’s decision to use at least $200 million in bonds backed by hotel/motel tax revenue to help pay for the planned stadium.

The coalition includes familiar faces in the stadium debate: The Rev. Anthony Motley of Lindsay Street Baptist Church and William Perry, who heads the ethics watchdog group Common Cause Georgia.

“Bonds have not been sold,” Perry said at a rally on the steps of city hall. “And up to the minute that bonds are sold is when the city council can choose to reverse their decision from one year ago to put in place such a horrible deal for the people of Atlanta.”

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