June 1, 2020
"Mayors in two of Georgia’s most populous counties say their cities aren’t getting a fair share of federal relief money meant to help local governments cover unexpected expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Brian Kemp this week announced a plan to distribute up to 45% of the $4.1 billion in pandemic relief aid the U.S. Treasury Department allotted to Georgia in April.
Of that $1.8 billion, the federal government has already distributed $600 million directly to the City of Atlanta plus Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb and DeKalb counties because of their population size.
The remaining $1.2 billion, Kemp announced Monday, will be distributed to all other cities and counties through an online application process.
For cities in the four metro counties that received direct funding from the federal government, the process is different.
That process has created anger and division in Fulton and DeKalb counties over what city leaders describe as a tug-of-war for federal relief aid."
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