HIGHLIGHTS 2004 - 2007

• Councilman H. Lamar Willis and Creation of Citizen Review Board
  Nacole Review Article -Spring 2007
  
  
• Councilman H. Lamar Willis and Council Proclaim Run@Work Day
  September 11, 2007
  
  http://www.rrca.org/news/index.php?article=2102
  
• The Morehouse Men, By Richard L. Eldredge, 3/20/2007

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2007/03/20/metbuzz0320a.html

Atlanta author John Eaves will officially unveil his much-anticipated "Speakers of the House: Morehouse Men Reflect on Their Journey to Manhood" tonight at Manuel's Tavern in Poncey-Highland. The book profiles 30 of the Atlanta institution's more notable graduates in the diverse fields of medicine, law, politics, ministry and entertainment. The tome even touts a photograph of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s charming 1948 Morehouse commencement photo. Among the folks who give their first-person accounts: former Godfather's Pizza CEO now radio host Herman Cain, former NBA player Harold Ellis, U.S. Olympian Edwin Moses, former Surgeon General David Satcher, fashion guru Marcellous Jones, filmmaker Spike Lee and Atlanta City Councilmen Caesar Mitchell and H. Lamar Willis. Explains Morehouse President Walter Massey in the book's foreword: "This book could not have been written at a more propitious time — a time when the overwhelming majority of stories we read and hear about black men in America are negative. In stark contrast, the stories these Morehouse men tell about their lives and their success . . . are truly inspirational."

• Atlanta Journal Constitution - February 2007 Coverage of Citizen Review Boards
  
  • (02.17.2007) - Police trainer files certification request
    Atlanta Councilman H. Lamar Willis replies to questions about the director of the city police academy.
    http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2007/02/17/metapd0217a.html
  • (02.19.2007) - Panel would eye no-knock warrants
    Atlanta Councilman H. Lamar Willis proposed creating a board with broad authority to investigate officers in place of the Civilian Review Board that has not met since 2002.
    http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/stories/2007/02/19/metjohnston0219a.html
  • (02.20.2007) - Atlanta to hold hearing on citizen review boards
    Councilman H. Lamar Willis along with Council members C.T. Martin and Ivory Lee Young, recently proposed a citizen review board that would look into complaints against the Atlanta Police Department. The board would be empowered to do its work while a police investigation and prosecution is under way, unlike the current review board.
    http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/02/20/022007metreviewboard_web.html
  • (02.21.2007) - Police Board Selection a Key Issue for Atlanta
    Councilman H. Lamar Willis discusses the substance of his proposed Citizen Review Board at a recent Public Safety Committee work session. http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/02/21/0221metjohnston.html
    
    Obtain all four articles from February on the Police Citizens Review Boards by clicking here
    
    
• Police Accountability (2007) Proposal Offered for vamped-up board to review allegations of misconduct http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A188423
  
• The Story (2007) H. Lamar Willis Seeks to Reorganize the Citizens Review Board
  http://www.the-stories.com/gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid%3A7423&imageIndex=1
  
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (January 2007)
  Citizens, elected officials, Atlanta police at odds over no-knock warrants
  City council member H. Lamar Willis stated, "We need to have a board that has true teeth and meets on a monthly basis." Featured in the Georgia State University Signal.
  
• GA Trend (2006)
  H. Lamar Willis was named one of Georgia Trend magazine’s 100 Most Influential Georgians! in 2005.  This yearly listing features the state's most powerful and influential citizens.  You can visit the article on-line at http://www.georgiatrend.com/features-people/100-influential-georgians-s-z.shtml
  

• Atlanta Business Chronicle (April 2006)
  Councilman Eyes GM Job at MARTA
  http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/04/10/story4.html
  
  
  

  Georgia Tech's SMART’s Marsha Brinkley greets Atlanta City Councilmember H. Lamar Willis as Larry Carlson from Philips Arena looks on

• Georgia Tech News Room (2004)
  Georgia Tech and City of Atlanta Announce
  Alcohol Server Training Program
  http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=260
  

• National Minority Health Month Foundation (Feb 2005)
  Former Falcon Gary Burley & Councilmember H. Lamar Willis Support Unprecedented Collaboration To Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in Atlanta
  http://www.nmhm.org/newsroom02252005.html
  
  
  
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (2007)
  Big score holy grail for drug officers 
  
  
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (2007)
  Atlanta Council Expands Mayor's Fiscal Authority to Sign Contracts
  This article talks about Councilman Willis's introduction of the Citizen Review Board legislation.
  

• Atlanta Journal Constitution (2006)
  The Atlanta Mayor Defends Embattled Police Chief 
  This article references Councilman Willis' recommendation to wait on the Chief's pay raise.
  
  
• Atlanta Journal Constitution (March 2006)
  Atlanta mayor leads Atlanta's last-lap efforts for NASCAR Hall of Fame
  
   
  

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