June 11, 2018. Their reporter misses the e-mail that won a federal lawsuit. He wasn’t the only one, but we’re talking about AJC right now. He publishes this story on me. It’s of relevance as I live 700 feet from the VyStar at The Bridge Amphitheater stage.
These are Stafford’s amphitheater stories that I found through search + direct page extraction. They are NOT found in the default staff page view.
By Leon Stafford (18 bylined + 1 photo gallery = 19 total)
2019 — Planning & groundbreaking
- Stockbridge seeks amphitheater to make it a southside destination (2019-10-18)
- Stockbridge to break ground on its new amphitheater Monday (2019-10-24)
2021 — Pre-opening & grand opening
- Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle to headline opening of Stockbridge venue (2021-08-23)
- Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle concert opens new Atlanta amphitheater (2021-09-30)
- Chaka Khan proves ‘Ain’t Nobody’ like her in Stockbridge show (2021-10-26)
2022 — Concert reviews
- Sheila E., The Time bring old school funk to Stockbridge Amphitheater (2022-05-09)
- Lightning, rain halt Stockbridge ’80s icons concert midway through (2022-08-07)
- Fantasia, Johnny Gill bring soul to Stockbridge Amphitheater (2022-08-15)
- Rick Springfield closes Stockbridge Amphitheater 2022 concert season (2022-10-31)
2023 — Concert reviews
- Stockbridge seeking to create ‘Chick-fil-A’-like service at amphitheater (2023-01-26)
- The Isley Brothers, After 7 bring decades of soul to Stockbridge (2023-04-20)
- Monica, Tank concert a ‘ladies night’ in Stockbridge (2023-06-05)
- Maxwell brings that Sumthin’ Sumthin’ to Stockbridge Amphitheater (2023-05-15)
- Babyface, Stokley bring decades of hits to Stockbridge Amphitheater (2023-09-21)
- Patti LaBelle, En Vogue bring the classics to Stockbridge Amphitheater (2023-08-13)
- Concert review: Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne still going strong (2023-09-26)
2024 — Concert reviews
- TLC celebrates ‘CrazySexyCool’ on 30th anniversary in Stockbridge concert (2024-06-10)
- Karen Briggs, Regina Belle, Phil Perry bring jazz, soul to Stockbridge (2024-07-07)
Photo gallery (by Leon Stafford)
https://www.ajc.com/neighborhoods/henry/photos-gladys-knight-and-patti-labelle-perform-at-stockbridge-amphitheater/TLYNYUMSJVBVDHLOZSUED67F7I/stockbridge-amphitheater/TLYNYUMSJVBVDHLOZSUED67F7I/
So, after participating in what I characterize in my parlance as, “a fucked up, half baked, Georgia Strategy Group produced media hit piece.” Leon, nor any other reporter that reported on my false arrest ever published the precedent setting win. But he did attend shows 700′ from my house 19 times.
That brings us to today. I’ve previously tracked big media’s ~70 stories and 260 syndicated reposts about Jayden. In the latest AJC piece today I read, “The motion, filed with the city clerk’s office and obtained by the AJC…”
Well, I call bullshit & a Writ of Shenanigans on how this kangaroo court was set up by Veal. Effectively making your accusers & ambitious political opponents the judge, jury and executioner seems to me is why higher courts exist. As you can extrapolate from my case. HCPD conveniently showing up with an 11th grade, 18 year old burglary suspect stinks of Henry County homecooking.
We, as in many independent & interested Stockbridge citizens, have been asking for amphitheater financial statements and P-cards and the line items on District 5’s $110,000 phone bill for quite some time. As of today, no one I talked to could get them to answer the phone. So I’m not going to pretend AJC is publishing anything but the usual corporate stenography fed to them by the city PIO, Shana Thornton, who directly caused comments dissenting about the TAD and amphitheater to be edited out of meeting streams.
We are, after all, just two websites now. I would thank Leroy Chapman & the gang up there for doubling down on segregating the paper and sinking the battleship. But I’m not into segregation as the Cox AJC/UATL machine seems to be.
