Ask: The Mayor

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms sits down with Rickey Bevington every month to answer audience questions. Submit a question for Mayor Bottoms on Twitter using #QuestionsForKeisha or email allATL@gpb.org. Listen on 88.5 FM in Atlanta or watch the live stream on the GPBNews Facebook page. 

Atlanta Mayor Shares New Details About Atlanta Child Murders Memorial

By • Oct 30, 2019
Ross Terrell / Georgia Public Broadcasting

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a memorial for victims of the Atlanta Child Murders will be placed outside of Atlanta City Hall.

During her Ask: The Mayor monthly conversation with GPB’s Rickey Bevington, Bottoms said the memorial will be in a green space on the Mitchell Street side of City Hall and there will also be an exhibit at Atlanta’s airport.

Atlanta Mayor Joins GPB's Rickey Bevington For Ask: The Mayor

By & • Oct 29, 2019
Ask: The Mayor
GPB

GPB's All Things Considered Host Rickey Bevington is joined by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for our monthly series, Ask: The Mayor 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 on 88.5 FM.

Atlanta's mayor is answering your questions live.

Atlanta Mayor Answers Your Questions About Atlanta United, Solid Waste Bills And Homelessness

By & • Aug 21, 2019
Atlanta United brought home the first-ever Campeones Cup for the MLS in August.
Atlanta United FC

How is Atlanta keeping pedestrians, bicyclists and scooter riders safe? Why are solid waste bills suddenly so high? Will the city build more parks? 

In the August installment of our Ask: The Mayor series with GPB’s Rickey Bevington, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms answers those listener questions and more.

Scroll down to watch the full video.

HIGHLIGHTS This conversation has been edited for clarity and conciseness.

Upward Of 600 Men Sign Up To Mentor Boys And Teens In Atlanta

By • Aug 19, 2019
David Goldman / AP

More than 600 men have signed up to be mentors to young boys and teens in Atlanta.

In June, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms put out a call during her monthly “Ask the Mayor” conversation with GPB, for 100 men to participate in the city's My Brother's Keeper program.


Atlanta Mayor Says City And State's Relationship Should Be A Model For The Country

By • Aug 16, 2019
David Goldman / AP

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Friday the relationship between the city and state should be a model for the country. 

Earlier this year, legislation made its way through the state capitol building that would’ve created the Georgia Major Airport Authority, giving the state control over Atlanta’s airport.  At the time, Bottoms called the move an “act of war.”


Atlanta Mayor Answers Questions In Monthly Chat With Rickey Bevington

By • Aug 16, 2019

Watch Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms answer questions from the community about everything from electronic scooters to tax revenue and the city's relationship to the rest of Georgia.

Submit your questions for the mayor on Twitter with the hashtag #QuestionsForKeisha, by email at allATL@gpb.org or post questions during the live stream on the GPB News Facebook page on Friday, Aug. 16 beginning at 10 a.m.

Atlanta Mayor Answers Your Questions On Preserving Trees, Mentoring Kids And Being An Introvert

By & • Jun 14, 2019
Jessica Gurell / GPB

In this month's edition of Ask: The Mayor with Rickey Bevington, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms answers your questions on issues ranging from redeveloping the Gulch, preserving the city's tree canopy, attracting and retaining police officers and where to put a statue of hometown sports hero, Evander Holyfield.


Atlanta Mayor Answers Your Questions On Gentrification, Atlanta Child Murders, Potholes

By & • May 22, 2019
GPB's Rickey Bevington and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Sophia Saliby / GPB

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined Rickey Bevington live on 88.5 FM GPB at 10 a.m. Tuesday to answer your questions and discuss Atlanta's most pressing issues.

Ask: The Mayor With GPB's Rickey Bevington

By & • May 21, 2019
GPB's Rickey Bevington and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
Sophia Saliby / GPB

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joined GPB's Rickey Bevington live on 88.5 FM GPB at 10 a.m. Tuesday to answer your questions and discuss Atlanta's most pressing issues. 

Watch the Facebook Live video below.

This will be a monthly conversation so submit your questions for the mayor on Twitter with the hashtag #QuestionsForKeisha or by email at allATL@gpb.org.