http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/23/city-ends-dump-sewage-poop-chattahoochee/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/23/city-ends-dump-sewage-poop-chattahoochee/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:08:33 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25314 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/23/city-ends-dump-sewage-poop-chattahoochee/feed/ 2 R.M. Clayton wastewater treatment plant is operational once again http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/22/city-flood-chattahoochee-sewage-poop/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/22/city-flood-chattahoochee-sewage-poop/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:58:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25286 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/22/city-flood-chattahoochee-sewage-poop/feed/ 18 City's largest wastewater treatment plant flooded, sustains 'tens of millions of dollars' in damages http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/boil-water-advisory-in-effect-for-northwest-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/boil-water-advisory-in-effect-for-northwest-atlanta/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:59:37 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24797 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/10/boil-water-advisory-in-effect-for-northwest-atlanta/feed/ 0 Loss of water pressure blamed http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/08/boil-water-advisory-in-north-atlanta-lifted/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/08/boil-water-advisory-in-north-atlanta-lifted/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:42:42 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22029 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/08/boil-water-advisory-in-north-atlanta-lifted/feed/ 0 Commence the drinking http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/04/atlanta-sewer-project-audit-released-nuggets-found/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/04/atlanta-sewer-project-audit-released-nuggets-found/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:09:24 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19317 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/04/atlanta-sewer-project-audit-released-nuggets-found/feed/ 1 170-page report filled with wonkish goodness 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/2009/01/02/city-restores-morris-brown-colleges-water-service/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/city-restores-morris-brown-colleges-water-service/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:48:30 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11856 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/city-restores-morris-brown-colleges-water-service/feed/ 0 Must pay $214,000 by mid-February. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/forget-atlanta-tax-increase-water-rates-will-break-you-first/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/forget-atlanta-tax-increase-water-rates-will-break-you-first/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:36:33 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/forget-atlanta-tax-increase-water-rates-will-break-you-first/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/19/forget-atlanta-tax-increase-water-rates-will-break-you-first/feed/ 0 Much wailing and gnashing of teeth has been heard in Atlanta over a potential property-tax hike. Fair enough; no one likes paying higher taxes. But relatively little public attention has been paid to the prospect of higher water rates, which will end up costing the average homeowner more than 10 times as much. At around 1 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/19/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-water-department-audit/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/19/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-water-department-audit/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 19:51:24 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/19/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-water-department-audit/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/19/city-council-overrides-mayors-veto-on-water-department-audit/feed/ 3 Just minutes ago, the Atlanta City Council unanimously overrode Mayor Shirley Franklin’s veto, and in doing so, echoed their call for the city to conduct an audit of the Department of Watershed Management before the council votes on a 27.5 percent water and sewer rate increase. UPDATE: Franklin, who’s currently in Las Vegas attending the International [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/25/ponce-de-leon-lane-closures-on-wednesday-and-thursday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/25/ponce-de-leon-lane-closures-on-wednesday-and-thursday/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:28 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/25/ponce-de-leon-lane-closures-on-wednesday-and-thursday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/25/ponce-de-leon-lane-closures-on-wednesday-and-thursday/feed/ 0 This just might suck. The Atlanta Department of Watershed Management will be working on sewers on Ponce de Leon Avenue near Parkway Drive this Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Two lanes will be closed, so proceed with caution or hit up an alternate route. Bookmark It