The Atlanta Objective: Kicking Down The Door Of The Room Where It Happens

I've been on both sides of a meeting closed to the public. I hate it every time. They should be fought on principle. Here's a primer on Georgia's open meetings law.

I lawyered up on Wednesday.

I used your filthy subscription lucre to pay Sarah Brewerton-Palmer — a respected First Amendment attorney at Caplan Cobb who generally charges $350 an hour — to help wage journalistic war on the city of Atlanta.

This is good and moral and righteous.

Atlanta held the first meeting of its antiviolence advisory group on Wednesday…