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/2009/04/01/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/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:31:59 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12804 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/feed/ 5 State lawmaker files legislation that would help North Fulton residents split from the county and form their own. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/07/santayana-be-damned-over-dunwoody/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/07/santayana-be-damned-over-dunwoody/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:19:59 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/07/santayana-be-damned-over-dunwoody/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/07/santayana-be-damned-over-dunwoody/feed/ 3 The Spanish-born philosopher Santayana is best known for coining the aphorism, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It’s a maxim unlikely to go out of style because there’s always an example to give it currency. Which brings us to DeKalb. At tomorrow morning’s county board meeting, Commissioner Lee May will introduce [...] 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/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:18:10 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/buckhead-library-saved/feed/ 1 The Buckhead Library will not be demolished. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners voted today to reject developer Ben Carter’s $24 million offer to buy the library, according to Stacy Wyman, an architect at Perkins + Will who was at the commission meeting. Carter’s offer to buy the modern architectural mini-gem, demolish it, and use the land [...]