http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/robb-pitts-ransom-esque-gambling-propaganda/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/robb-pitts-ransom-esque-gambling-propaganda/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:01:31 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17900 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/01/robb-pitts-ransom-esque-gambling-propaganda/feed/ 0 Fulton County commissioner wants you to know the economy is bad. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:21:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15959 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/26/downtown-library-to-host-marcel-breuer-presentation/feed/ 0 Endangered building is architect's final work. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/metropolis-profiles-atlantas-downtown-library-in-jeopardy/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/metropolis-profiles-atlantas-downtown-library-in-jeopardy/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:27:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15218 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/18/metropolis-profiles-atlantas-downtown-library-in-jeopardy/feed/ 4 The local arts community says an architectural masterpiece is in danger. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/07/fulton-co-commisioner-free-homes-for-police-officers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/07/fulton-co-commisioner-free-homes-for-police-officers/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:38:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12042 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/07/fulton-co-commisioner-free-homes-for-police-officers/feed/ 0 Robb Pitts wants free abodes for cops that pay $2,500 down payment and commit to 15 years on the force. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/05/robb-pitts-no-nightlife-%e2%80%93-whadya-call-magic-city/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/05/robb-pitts-no-nightlife-%e2%80%93-whadya-call-magic-city/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:22:25 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11943 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/05/robb-pitts-no-nightlife-%e2%80%93-whadya-call-magic-city/feed/ 3 Fulton Commissioner Robb Pitts says Atlanta should give grown-up tourists a reason to visit Atlanta. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/robb-pitts-to-general-assembly-gambling-should-be-peoples-decision/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/robb-pitts-to-general-assembly-gambling-should-be-peoples-decision/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:23:33 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10758 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/11/robb-pitts-to-general-assembly-gambling-should-be-peoples-decision/feed/ 0 Fulton County commissioner says Georgians should vote on the issue. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/musical-chairs-city-hall-style/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/musical-chairs-city-hall-style/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:17:54 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8318 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/musical-chairs-city-hall-style/feed/ 3 Atlanta Council members are busy plotting out who would change seats if Obama offers Mayor Franklin a job. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:46:39 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/feed/ 8 Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders is expected to announce shortly that she will discontinue her campaign for mayor. Borders, one of the favorites in an already-crowded field of hopeful successors to Shirley Franklin, became the first declared candidate in April 2007. No, her decision has nothing to do with the Atlanta Dream’s terrible WNBA record [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/library-dreams-from-robb-pitts/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/library-dreams-from-robb-pitts/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:59:40 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/library-dreams-from-robb-pitts/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/23/library-dreams-from-robb-pitts/feed/ 1 Last month, CL’s Scott Henry reported on Fulton County at-large Commissioner Robb Pitts’ ambition to replace downtown’s central library with a new facility near Centennial Park. Today Pitts sent out a mass e-mail titled “Atlanta’s Opportunity To Have A World Class Central Library.” The e-mail includes photos of architecturally pleasing central libraries in other American cities, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 19:23:46 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/feed/ 3 Add one Jesse Spikes to the long list of folks planning to run for Atlanta mayor next year. No, we weren’t familiar with Mr. Spikes, either, so we gave him a call. Spikes, 57, is a former Rhodes Scholar and a senior partner with McKenna Long & Aldridge, one of the city’s largest law firms. Although [...]