http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/atlanta-city-council-oks-property-tax-hike/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/atlanta-city-council-oks-property-tax-hike/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:28 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21595 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/29/atlanta-city-council-oks-property-tax-hike/feed/ 6 Average homeowner will see a $240 increase in property tax bill http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/atlanta-organization-wants-city-hall-to-protect-improve-parks/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/atlanta-organization-wants-city-hall-to-protect-improve-parks/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:19:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20971 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/16/atlanta-organization-wants-city-hall-to-protect-improve-parks/feed/ 3 New group, which includes Arthur Blank, wants one mill of property-tax hike committed to parks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/franklin-furloughs-cant-end-without-mo-money/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/franklin-furloughs-cant-end-without-mo-money/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:40:49 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16066 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/27/franklin-furloughs-cant-end-without-mo-money/feed/ 8 There's no easy answer to the budget stalemate behind the police furloughs. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/25/a-drop-in-atlantas-budget-bucket-for-alarms-and-phone-lines/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/25/a-drop-in-atlantas-budget-bucket-for-alarms-and-phone-lines/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:38:32 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7973 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/25/a-drop-in-atlantas-budget-bucket-for-alarms-and-phone-lines/feed/ 1 Anne Fauver readily concedes her proposals for bringing in new city revenue amount to rummaging for change between the municipal couch cushions. The Atlanta councilwoman estimates her two suggestions could raise upwards of $3 million. That’s not much compared to the half-billion-dollar city budget, but until someone comes up with a better idea, Council will take [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/atlanta-gets-new-cfo/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/atlanta-gets-new-cfo/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:57:43 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7288 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/atlanta-gets-new-cfo/feed/ 0 Atlanta hires a new CFO, filling a thankless job. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:11:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-wants-to-break-free/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/feed/ 0 With a belly full of grouper and anger, a Buckhead resident stood before his neighbors at 103 West in the affluent north Atlanta community and unleashed his frustration. “When is someone going to have them indicted and taken to trial?!?” he barked, eliciting head nods from fellow disgruntled taxpayers picking at their three-course lunches. The “them” he [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-fire-station-no-7/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-fire-station-no-7/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:52:53 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-fire-station-no-7/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/02/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-fire-station-no-7/feed/ 0 Despite warnings of decreased public services and reassurances that its shuttering wouldn’t affect response times, the Atlanta City Council today voted 11-3 to override Mayor Shirley Franklin’s veto of their plan to re-open Fire Station No. 7 in Southwest Atlanta. The council’s plan involves sluicing $1.12 million from various municipal departments to pay for the historic station’s [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:59:05 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/feed/ 3 And isn’t it ironic? A little too ironic, don’cha think? Earlier this month, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that state revenues were in the toilet, budget estimates were projecting a $1.6 billion ( yes, that’s a “B”) shortfall and that he was considering raising most people’s property taxes. Hmm. This reminds us of an earlier situation involving [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:50 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/feed/ 1 In a few hours, the latest round of head-butting between the Atlanta City Council and Mayor Shirley Franklin will commence. This time, the issue is the recently shuttered Fire Station #7, which the mayor ordered closed in July as part of $21.6 million in city budget cuts. Located on Whitehall Street just south of the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:19 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/atlanta-homeless-wont-lose-advocate/feed/ 3 Former Atlanta Councilwoman Debi Starnes, who has served for the past year or so as Mayor Shirley Franklin’s homeless czar (czarina?), found herself dropped from the city payroll last week. But, unlike other city employees who fell victim to the latest round of layoffs, Starnes is planning to keep her job. The deal she worked out [...]