http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:10:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/11/atlantas-bond-rating-downgraded/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/11/atlantas-bond-rating-downgraded/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:03:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16901 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/11/atlantas-bond-rating-downgraded/feed/ 0 Mayor, city councilmembers receive news at weekend treat to deal with — you guessed it — Atlanta's financial woes. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/10/add-it-up-stimulate-me-obama/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/10/add-it-up-stimulate-me-obama/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:00:52 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14508 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/10/add-it-up-stimulate-me-obama/feed/ 0 City and state officials hold out their hands for Obamabucks. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/wsj-apdelta-stopped-airport-bond-issuance/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/wsj-apdelta-stopped-airport-bond-issuance/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:01:50 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13005 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/wsj-apdelta-stopped-airport-bond-issuance/feed/ 0 Wall Street Journal and Associated Press report Delta thwarted Atlanta bond issuance last fall. Atlanta claims the bonds weren't issued because of the nation's lousy financial markets. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/atlanta-airport-expansion-threatened-by-nations-financial-crisis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/atlanta-airport-expansion-threatened-by-nations-financial-crisis/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:18:26 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9205 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/14/atlanta-airport-expansion-threatened-by-nations-financial-crisis/feed/ 0 No one's buying municipal bonds anymore. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/how-atlanta-is-like-mexico-city/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/how-atlanta-is-like-mexico-city/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:54:38 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7634 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/20/how-atlanta-is-like-mexico-city/feed/ 0 Atlanta is like Mexico City, and not in a good way. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/30/flashback-atlanta-airport-sex/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/30/flashback-atlanta-airport-sex/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:41:00 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/30/flashback-atlanta-airport-sex/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/08/30/flashback-atlanta-airport-sex/feed/ 0 In April, I interviewed a Clayton County assistant solicitor about the ins and outs of sex-crime enforcement at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. How does the law distinguish between “lewd exposure” of sexual organs and the utilitarian exposure of sexual organs required for successful use of a toilet? She wouldn’t say. Read more. Or don’t. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/bathroom-humor/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/bathroom-humor/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:54:58 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/bathroom-humor/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/12/bathroom-humor/feed/ 1 The Associated Press and USA Today just picked up the AJC’s April 2 story about the Atlanta Police Department’s War On Bathroom Sex. I blogged a little bit about it on April 3. In case you missed it, Atlanta cops are peering into toilets at the airport to catch people engaged in sexual activity. Seeing [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/03/atlanta-glory-holes-suddenly-less-glorious/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/03/atlanta-glory-holes-suddenly-less-glorious/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:45:37 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/03/atlanta-glory-holes-suddenly-less-glorious/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/04/03/atlanta-glory-holes-suddenly-less-glorious/feed/ 1 Yesterday’s edition of Atlanta’s alternative daily newspaper featured a story about an Atlanta Police Department crackdown on men having sex with other men in restrooms at Hartsfield-Jackson. Maj. Darryl Tolleson, commander of the airport precinct, credits a recent increase in “public indecency” arrests at the airport to new and better crime-fighting tactics by the police. Among the [...]