Is the governor of georgia suing the mayor of atlanta. The governor of georgia is suing the mayor. Brian kemp dropped his lawsuit against atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms and the city council on thursday after suing the mayor over mask mandates and other coronavirus. Jeff amy and ben nadler atlanta ap georgia gov.
Downtown atlanta last week. The governor of georgia is suing atlantas mayor and city council to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the covid 19 pandemic. Brian kemp has filed a lawsuit against atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms and city council following the decision to mandate masks and roll back to phase 1 reopening.
Brian kemp announced thursday he is suing atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms over the citys mask mandate claiming the measure violates his emergency orders. As the mayor of the city of atlanta mayor bottoms does not have the legal authority to modify change or ignore governor kemps executive orders the suit states. Atlanta georgia gov.
Brian kemp is suing atlantas mayor and city council to block the city. Georgia governor sues to stop atlanta mask mandate i am not afraid of the city being sued atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms had declared in instituting a mask requirement in. The state asks a judge to overturn mayor keisha lance bottoms orders that are more restrictive than governor brian kemps block her from issuing any more such orders.
The governor of georgia is suing atlanta authorities to prevent the us city from enforcing its requirement to wear masks in public along with other coronavirus related restrictions.