http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:32:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/liveblogging-tonights-runoff-results/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/liveblogging-tonights-runoff-results/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:28:32 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/liveblogging-tonights-runoff-results/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/05/liveblogging-tonights-runoff-results/feed/ 0 It seemed like only yesterday we liveblogged the July 15 primary results. Since then, we’ve also covered a rainstorm, the sun rising, and the dude stocking our vending machine — all in real time. Next week I’m going to start wearing a camera on my head and documenting my therapy sessions. Tonight, however, we stick to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/us-senate-democratic-runoff-dudes-youre-livin-in-the-past-man/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/us-senate-democratic-runoff-dudes-youre-livin-in-the-past-man/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:40:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/us-senate-democratic-runoff-dudes-youre-livin-in-the-past-man/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/us-senate-democratic-runoff-dudes-youre-livin-in-the-past-man/feed/ 0 Tomorrow we’ll find out the answer to the most pressing issue of the Jim Martin and Vernon Jones runoff: Who is the least like George W. Bush and who loves Barack Obama more? Sounds pretty irrelevant, right? Tell that to the reserved former state lawmaker and his opponent, the flamboyant two-term CEO of DeKalb County. Since [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/fulton-runoff-fever-hot-sheriff-and-court-clerk-action/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/fulton-runoff-fever-hot-sheriff-and-court-clerk-action/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:40:52 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/fulton-runoff-fever-hot-sheriff-and-court-clerk-action/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/fulton-runoff-fever-hot-sheriff-and-court-clerk-action/feed/ 1 Yes, we’re trying to get you pumped about voting tomorrow. It may seem a tall order to get titillated over runoffs for such down-ticket races as Fulton County Sheriff and Clerk of Fulton Superior Court (what, no dog catcher?), but you gotta try. That’s because, this year, doing nothing is tantamount to supporting incompetence and [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/dekalb-ceo-ellis-race-to-lose-but-you-never-know%e2%80%a6/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/dekalb-ceo-ellis-race-to-lose-but-you-never-know%e2%80%a6/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:19:19 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/dekalb-ceo-ellis-race-to-lose-but-you-never-know%e2%80%a6/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/dekalb-ceo-ellis-race-to-lose-but-you-never-know%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 “Forget it, Jake. It’s South DeKalb.” With apologies to Chinatown, that’s what DeKalb voting patterns make me think of. Who imagined, back in 2004, that Cynthia McKinney would win back her Congressional seat without a runoff against such heavy hitters as Lianne Levitan and Cathy Woolard? Ditto for embattled CEO Vernon Jones, who easily won re-election [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/15/last-minute-voter-angst/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/15/last-minute-voter-angst/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:17:02 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/15/last-minute-voter-angst/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/15/last-minute-voter-angst/feed/ 0 Need to figure out who’s running for what before now and 7 p.m. when the polls close? You may want to review our Voter Guides for several major races: DeKalb CEO Fulton Sheriff Public Service Commission U.S. Senate Also, check out the AJC/League of Women Voters guide. Now, go vote! Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-fulton-sheriff/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-fulton-sheriff/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:26:49 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-fulton-sheriff/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-fulton-sheriff/feed/ 5 All nine Democratic candidates for Fulton County sheriff took part in a Thursday morning Atlanta Press Club debate that will air on GPB-TV Sunday night. But we’ll try to fill you in about these guys as best we can now. The sheriff’s race has been surprisingly below-the radar, but some details can be gleaned from [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-dekalb-ceo/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-dekalb-ceo/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:14:19 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-dekalb-ceo/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/10/voter-guide-dekalb-ceo/feed/ 4 We’ve called the DeKalb CEO possibly the most powerful local elected official in Georgia, by virtue of the position’s administrative clout and its influence over the County Commission. A fall referendum may rein in that power a bit, but the job is still a big deal in metro Atlanta – most important, actually, than similar [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-public-service-commission/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-public-service-commission/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:02:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-public-service-commission/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-public-service-commission/feed/ 7 This information should help you decide who to vote for Tuesday in the primary for state Public Service Commission. It’s the first of several 2008 primary voter guides we’re putting up on Fresh Loaf this week. Two seats are in play — an open seat now held by a pro-consumer Commissioner Angela Speir and the seat [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:51:58 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/09/voter-guide-us-senate/feed/ 1 As the July 15 primaries approach, we at CL wanted to give our readers a recap of some of the most important races. Let’s call it our Ad-hoc, Incremental, Online Voter Guide! Let’s start with the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate. They’re fighting for the honor to take on first-term Republican (and Bush hand-maiden) Saxby Chambliss. Polls [...]