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/2009/11/23/mayors-race-tidbits-for-monday/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/23/mayors-race-tidbits-for-monday/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:13:57 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=27954 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/23/mayors-race-tidbits-for-monday/feed/ 27 Norwood and Reed get tough in televised debates http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/24/atlanta-press-club-2009-municipal-election-debate-schedule/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/24/atlanta-press-club-2009-municipal-election-debate-schedule/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:02:29 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26605 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/24/atlanta-press-club-2009-municipal-election-debate-schedule/feed/ 8 Mayor and At-Large post debates air Oct. 25; City Council president debate airs Nov. 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/cls-thomas-wheatley-a-finalist-for-national-journalism-award/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/cls-thomas-wheatley-a-finalist-for-national-journalism-award/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 20:37:14 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19898 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/19/cls-thomas-wheatley-a-finalist-for-national-journalism-award/feed/ 12 And photographer Joeff Davis is a nominee for Journalist of the Year! http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/09/mayor-to-discuss-09-priorities-at-atlanta-press-club-event/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/09/mayor-to-discuss-09-priorities-at-atlanta-press-club-event/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:42:15 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12236 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/09/mayor-to-discuss-09-priorities-at-atlanta-press-club-event/feed/ 0 Franklin will speak about the city's "economic challenges" and "her plans to leave Atlanta in the black." http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/georgia-us-senate-debates-cancelled/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/georgia-us-senate-debates-cancelled/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:06 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9552 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/20/georgia-us-senate-debates-cancelled/feed/ 0 Atlanta Press Club will still host Public Service Commission and state Court of Appeals debates. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:47:09 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/blog-for-local-journos/feed/ 0 The Atlanta Press Club recently launched a blog for the local journalism community. Let ‘em know what you think, and what you’d like to see on the blog. You can leave them a comment or email me at mara.shalhoup@creativeloafing.com and I’ll pass the info along to the APC’s board, of which I’m a member. Seems like [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/sheriff-runoff-myrons-whoppers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/sheriff-runoff-myrons-whoppers/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:46:49 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/sheriff-runoff-myrons-whoppers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/sheriff-runoff-myrons-whoppers/feed/ 0 Most skilled politicians have a way of artfully dodging direct questions or providing clever non-answers. Not Fulton Sheriff Myron Freeman. When asked an uncomfortable question (and for him, they’re all uncomfortable), he acts as if he didn’t understand you and proceeds to repeat his chosen talking points. Or perhaps it’s not acting. During the Atlanta [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/ceo-debate-watson-a-no-show/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/ceo-debate-watson-a-no-show/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:38:47 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/ceo-debate-watson-a-no-show/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/29/ceo-debate-watson-a-no-show/feed/ 0 Damn, Stan! Viewers tuning into the Atlanta Press Club debate for DeKalb CEO on GPB this coming Sunday will see a rather one-sided affair. The debate was taped earlier today, but State Rep. Stan Watson wasn’t there, apparently having called to cancel last night. That left only Commissioner Burrell Ellis, an empty podium and three print [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:36 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/feed/ 4 RALPH REED AT ATLANTA PRESS CLUB: I swear that it’s perfectly Christian to take millions from one casino to lobby against a competing casino. Ralph Reed is a long-time master of fiction. What J.K. Rowling has done for juvenile wizard stories, Reed has done for the myth that the Republican Party is a beacon of Christian [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/28/morning-headlines-19/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/28/morning-headlines-19/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:44:33 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/28/morning-headlines-19/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/28/morning-headlines-19/feed/ 0 TAX BREAK: IRS extends tax deadline to May 19 for tornado victims in eight Georgia counties, including Fulton and DeKalb. HOSPITAL SHOOTING: Three dead at Columbus hospital after a man goes on a shooting rampage. The suspect was shot in the shoulder by police, is in stable condition and charged with murder. DEKALB POLICE: Grand jury calls [...]