{"id":2392182,"date":"2025-01-18T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-blm-activist-elected-to-mayors-office-citizens-furious\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T22:22:54","slug":"first-blm-activist-elected-to-mayors-office-citizens-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-blm-activist-elected-to-mayors-office-citizens-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;First\u2019 BLM Activist Elected to Mayor\u2019s Office, Citizens Furious"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffirst-blm-activist-elected-to-mayors-office-citizens-furious%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Khalid Kamau, teh mayor of South Fulton, Georgia, has come under scrutiny for allegedly misusing city funds, specifically regarding unauthorized expenditures totaling over $26,000 on\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeff-crouere-democrats-are-destroying-louisiana\/\" title=\"Jeff Crouere: Democrats Are Destroying Louisiana\">city-issued credit card<\/a>.\u200c Kamau, who identifies himself as\u2062 the frist mayor associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, reportedly spent this money on\u2064 unauthorized travel, food, and other\u200d expenses, including\u2064 a notable 20-day \u200ctrip to Ghana. Local residents and council \u2063members are questioning his spending decisions, particularly\u2063 as\u2062 city policies prohibit personal expenses on city\u2063 cards and require justification of \u2064receipts. The \u2064city council is currently reviewing its policies related to international travel\u200d following thes revelations.\u2063 While Kamau has not publicly addressed \u200cthe complaints, \u2064concerns about fiscal obligation and ethical governance continue among South Fulton residents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought that an activist with an organization famous for grifting off of the largesse of donors would get elected to mayoral office and start allegedly grifting with his city&rsquo;s finances?<\/p>\n<p>Meet Khalid Kamau, mayor of South Fulton, Georgia. He&rsquo;s also known as &ldquo;Mayor Kobi&rdquo; for reasons inexplicable by God or man. According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/01\/17\/us-news\/ga-mayor-khalid-kamau-faces-scrutiny-of-alleged-unauthorized-purchases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> New York Post<\/a>, he brags about being the &ldquo;first&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-erupts-outside-courthouse-daniel-penny-acquittal-blm-leader-calls-black-vigilantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter<\/a>-associated mayor in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Surprise of surprises, he&rsquo;s accused of a bevy of unauthorized charges on a city credit card totaling over $26,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With a population that is 92 percent African-American, South Fulton, Georgia is now the blackest big city in America,&rdquo; his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofsouthfultonga.gov\/2167\/Mayor-khalid-kamau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a> on the city website said. &ldquo;[K]halid is a mission to make America&rsquo;s Blackest City Black. &nbsp;On Purpose &mdash; which means a city that is not just unapologetic about its demographics, but moving on purpose to be a laboratory for economic, housing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/socialist-georgia-mayor-arrested-on-trespassing-burglary-charges\/\" title=\"Socialist Georgia Mayor Arrested for Trespassing and Burglary\">restorative justice policies aimed<\/a> at improving the lives of African Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it appears that Kamau might be about &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-prosecutors-hypocrisy-exposed-as-past-case-comes-to-light\/\" title=\"Daniel Penny Prosecutor&#039;s Hypocrisy Exposed as Past Case Comes to Light\">restorative justice&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to himself.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>According to a report this week from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/south-fulton-county\/trip-ghana-drone-flights-south-fulton-mayor-made-26000-unauthorized-purchases\/TX35YBKH3RHNDMZWGY32K6BCYA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSB-TV<\/a>, South Fulton residents are now questioning the mayor&rsquo;s use of funds, including a 20-day trip to Ghana that he put on Instagram. (Whoops.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bank records from a city-issued credit card show nearly $26,000 spent between October and December on unauthorized travel, food and other expenses,&rdquo; the station reported, noting that its reporters &ldquo;went through documents and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">discovered multiple plane tickets totaling<\/a> more than $5,000, including an Air Kenya flight worth more than $1,500.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s also a purchase for a $1,300 drone. According to documents, the mayor also made multiple purchases from Amazon, with one purchase totaling more than $1,800.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Residents, naturally, are furious.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I wanted to find out if taxpayers paid for this trip,&rdquo; resident Reshard Snellings said.<\/p>\n<p>One of the station&rsquo;s reporters asked South Fulton Councilwoman Helen Z. Willis whether the city had any business in Ghana or anywhere in Africa. &ldquo;Not to my knowledge, that isn&rsquo;t even a priority,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need more economic development here and we don&rsquo;t need to go to Africa in order for the city to have a multi-business deal,&rdquo; she said, adding that the council was investigating.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/mayor-khalid-kamau-faces-scrutiny-over-spending-26k-south-fulton-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAGA-TV<\/a>, Willis added that it was &ldquo;a pretty large amount of unauthorized charges.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She wasn&rsquo;t the only one on the council questioning the charges, either. Councilwoman Linda Pritchett said she&rsquo;d talked to &ldquo;Mayor Kobi&rdquo; privately and thought he needed to come out and make things public: &ldquo;I would like to see the mayor have the opportunity to address the issue transparently,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Jaceey Sebastian, the mayor pro tempore, said &ldquo;[t]here are some things that I see in the public that need some explanation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The card cannot be used for personal expenses, although there&rsquo;s no policy on the usage of it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-residents-rage-absent-mayor-wildfires-cause-devastation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for international travel<\/a>. There were also 112 receipts which weren&rsquo;t justified within 72 hours of purchase, as city policy requires.<\/p>\n<p>What the city did in response to the revelations was to vote to suspend international travel for somewhere between 30 and 45 days while they review their policies. That&rsquo;s it, for now. Keep charging that plastic, &ldquo;Mayor Kobi.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You might not be surprised to know that when asked to justify the purchases, he refused requests to respond.<\/p>\n<p>But why should we be surprised in the first place? If somebody is bragging about being the first BLM activist to be elected to mayoral office, they&rsquo;re basically touting themselves as a member of an unaccountable organization that helps itself to heaps of corporate money and spends it unaccountable ways.<\/p>\n<p>You may have heard Patrisse Cullors&rsquo; name in the news again, as the Black Lives Matter co-founder and self-described &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-black-lives-matter-founder-admits-far-left-political-activist-trained-marxists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trained Marxist<\/a>&rdquo; allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OcrazioCornPop\/status\/1878231004936380881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost<\/a> two of her three Los Angeles-area mansions in the Southern California wildfires. Of course, this brings up the reason why Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marxist-blm-co-founder-bought-4-homes-rejects-hypocrisy-says-supporting-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had three mansions<\/a> in L.A. in the first place. (Spoiler alert: You probably know the answer.)<\/p>\n<p>The difference between Cullors and &ldquo;Mayor Kobi,&rdquo; it looks like, is that the latter simply failed to think big. Why go for $26,000 when you can have a few mansions instead?&nbsp;<em>That&rsquo;s<\/em> what inquiring minds should be asking. As for the residents of South Fulton, one does feel bad for them, but what did they think they were getting? Another spoiler alert: There&rsquo;s no right answer aside from &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blm-co-founder-goes-million-dollar-real-estate-buying-spree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grifter<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Introducing Khalid Kamau, the mayor of South Fulton, Georgia, also referred to as &#8220;Mayor Kobi&#8221; for reasons unknown. He claims to be the &#8220;first&#8221; Black Lives Matter-affiliated mayor in the U.S. However, he faces accusations of misusing a city credit card for over $26,000 in unauthorized expenses. South Fulton is predominantly African-American and aims to implement policies focused on economic and social justice for its community. Yet it seems Kamau may be prioritizing his own interests instead.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports reveal residents questioning his spending habits after he posted about a 20-day trip to Ghana on Instagram. Bank statements show nearly $26,000 spent on unauthorized travel and other costs between October and December, including over $5,000 on plane tickets and a $1,300 drone purchase from Amazon. Residents are understandably upset; one questioned if taxpayers funded his trip since there\u2019s no known business connection with Africa.<\/p>\n<p>City Council members are also scrutinizing these charges; some have called for transparency from Kamau regarding the situation. The council has temporarily suspended international travel while reviewing their policies but has taken no further action yet.<\/p>\n<p>Kamau&#8217;s refusal to justify these purchases raises eyebrows given his self-promotion as part of an unaccountable organization that often misuses funds. This situation mirrors issues surrounding Patrisse Cullors of Black Lives Matter fame who faced scrutiny over her real estate holdings amidst financial controversies within the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it appears that while Cullors aimed high with her assets, Kamau&#8217;s alleged financial misconduct falls short by comparison\u2014leading one to question what residents expected when electing him: perhaps they should have anticipated this outcome all along<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-2025-01-18T152118.399.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5327,13956,5985,4602,4542],"class_list":["post-2392182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activist","tag-blm","tag-community","tag-mayor","tag-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Picture-2025-01-18T152118.399.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392182"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392186,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392182\/revisions\/2392186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}