Atlanta would be in the company of New York, Madrid and Paris if it adopts a style of budgeting that would give residents more say in how city money is spent.
A proposed city ordinance would fund participatory budgeting, a program that started in Brazil in the late 1980s.
“This is a chance for residents to have direct control over how some tax dollars are being spent,” said Atlanta City Council member Amir Farokhi, who proposed the ordinance.
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