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John Ruch

  • Paralegal, Spears & Filipovits, LLC
Atlanta
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The 2023 Stanley Awards for Georgia’s worst suppressions of First Amendment and open government

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By John Ruch
| Substack
Welcome to the “existential battle” edition of the Stanley Suppression Awards. Last year, I created the awards to spotlight Georgia’s worst attempts to stifle First Amendment activity and cloud government transparency. The intent was to name and shame a variety of excesses and overreaches. And 2023 had its share, from criminalized rap lyrics to surprise highway projects.
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Our readers’ top stories of 2023

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By John Ruch
| Saporta Report Verified
2023 was a year of turmoil over the “Cop City” controversy and the future of MARTA. The movie scene lost George Lefont, but also regained the Tara. And old favorites like the Little Five Points Halloween parade continued to delight. Here are the year’s top stories as chosen by our readers through their clicks, and some of their favorite pieces by our columnists and contributors. Click the headline to read each story.
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An oral history of Sweet Auburn’s John Lewis mural, from a living legend to a new Atlanta landmark

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By John Ruch
| Saporta Report Verified
Intended to honor an Atlanta icon, the John Lewis “Hero” mural in Sweet Auburn has itself become iconic. Though only 11 years old, the artwork is well on its way to becoming a historic Atlanta landmark, with plans in the works to refresh its paint and construct a park at its base. As often happens in history, the origin of the mural is also fading into one-liners – or nothing at all – in the growing parade of tourism promotions, political events and Hollywood productions that include it.
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