Blue Trip

Another Democratic mayor is having problems:

Members of the public in South Fulton, along with City Councilwoman Helen Willis, believe Kamau used a city-issued card to make what appears to be thousands of dollars of personal purchases between October and December 2024. According to WSB-TV, he used the card for multiple Amazon purchases, a $1,300 drone, and travel expenses, including over $5,000 in airplane tickets. Most notably, Kamau spent 20 days in Ghana in December — what's with all these majors going to Ghana lately? — and it's believed that he may have used taxpayer money to fund the trip. Some of the mayor's trip has been documented on Instagram. "I wanted to find out if taxpayers paid for this trip,” South Fulton resident Reshard Snellings told a WSB reporter, adding, "We should not be asked to go without something so that our elected officials can travel all over the globe." That same reporter asked Councilwoman Willis if the trip had anything to do with Kamau's job as mayor, and she said she didn't think so. "We need more economic development here and we don’t need to go to Africa in order for the city to have a multi-business deal," Willis also said, adding that the situation is currently under investigation. Other members of the city council have asked that the mayor make a public statement, but he has yet to do so, even after numerous South Fulton residents packed City Hall last week demanding answers. Willis also told Atlanta's Fox 5 that city officials have 72 hours to justify any expenses made with the card, but "there are 112 receipts that have not been reconciled or submitted." Both WSB and Fox 5 say they've reached out to the mayor, who calls himself a "college-educated, community activist and Southern, Black, Christian Socialist," about the allegations, but he hasn't responded.

He was probably on another trip...