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/2009/07/30/perdue-invites-alabama-florida-governors-to-friendly-water-wars-chat/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/30/perdue-invites-alabama-florida-governors-to-friendly-water-wars-chat/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:38:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23130 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/30/perdue-invites-alabama-florida-governors-to-friendly-water-wars-chat/feed/ 3 Let's talk about that vital resource the state's largest metro area needs to survive http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/judge-rules-against-georgia-in-water-wars-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/judge-rules-against-georgia-in-water-wars-case/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:57:49 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22503 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/17/judge-rules-against-georgia-in-water-wars-case/feed/ 6 Alabama's right, says a judge with an awesome name — Lake Lanier is not metro Atlanta's water fountain http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/12/us-supreme-court-declines-water-wars-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/12/us-supreme-court-declines-water-wars-case/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:51:15 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12398 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/12/us-supreme-court-declines-water-wars-case/feed/ 0 Ruh roh. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:05:10 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/morning-headlines-138/feed/ 0 HAULING ASSET: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson held a press conference this morning about the federal government’s plan to take all those pain-in-the-ass assets off the hands of struggling financial companies. It’s expected to be the biggest federal meddling in the free market since the 1930s, and markets around the world are digging it. HADRON COLLIDER: [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/07/breaking-ga-legislature-not-as-bad-as-floridas/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/07/breaking-ga-legislature-not-as-bad-as-floridas/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 17:32:16 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/07/breaking-ga-legislature-not-as-bad-as-floridas/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/07/breaking-ga-legislature-not-as-bad-as-floridas/feed/ 5 We’ve given them a lot of hell, but at least this year’s legislative session only saw Georgia take a couple of steps backward. Down in the Sunshine State, the Legislature could outlaw neither a pair of dangling bumper “ornaments” nor the age-old practice of bestiality. Plus, their commuter-rail program died in the Senate. On second [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/14/states-miss-water-war-deadline/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/14/states-miss-water-war-deadline/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:39:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/14/states-miss-water-war-deadline/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/14/states-miss-water-war-deadline/feed/ 0 Alabama, Florida and Georgia will not be able to meet the Feb. 15 deadline set by the White House and come to a settlement about how water would be shared among the three states, the Associated Press reports. Officials involved with the talks say they need some more time. From the article: Officials said the states [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/05/georgia-loses-lake-lanier-appeal/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/05/georgia-loses-lake-lanier-appeal/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:49:32 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/05/georgia-loses-lake-lanier-appeal/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/05/georgia-loses-lake-lanier-appeal/feed/ 1 From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that Georgia reached with the Army Corps of Engineers for water rights to Lake Lanier, handing Alabama and Florida a major victory in the states’ years-long water wars. The agreement, which would give Georgia about a quarter of the lake’s capacity [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/governors-agree-reduced-flows-needed-will-iron-out-the-kinks-later/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/governors-agree-reduced-flows-needed-will-iron-out-the-kinks-later/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:20:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/governors-agree-reduced-flows-needed-will-iron-out-the-kinks-later/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/17/governors-agree-reduced-flows-needed-will-iron-out-the-kinks-later/feed/ 0 What does 270 miles of traveling south and a day in Tallahassee get you? According to today’s meeting of the governors of Florida, Georgia and Alabama, just some more time. Gov. Sonny Perdue trekked down to the Sunshine State’s capital to meet with Governors Charlie Crist of Florida and Bob Riley of Alabama and, according to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/24/florida-to-bush-deny-georgias-request/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/24/florida-to-bush-deny-georgias-request/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:07:17 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/24/florida-to-bush-deny-georgias-request/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/24/florida-to-bush-deny-georgias-request/feed/ 1 Alabama followed Florida’s lead today, asking President Bush to deny Gov. Sonny Perdue’s request to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ release of water from Lake Lanier. Citing the “profound socioeconomic” effect such an act would have on Apalachicola River and Bay’s commercial fishing industry, Florida Gov. Charles Crist told President  Bush in a letter [...]