http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/17/atlantafulton-homestead-exemption-why-not/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/17/atlantafulton-homestead-exemption-why-not/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:18:44 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7490 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/17/atlantafulton-homestead-exemption-why-not/feed/ 0 Fulton County and Atlanta haven’t raised their homestead exemptions for nearly two decades, during which time housing prices skyrocketed. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-library-bond-vote-no/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-library-bond-vote-no/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:28:17 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7442 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-library-bond-vote-no/feed/ 13 Could Fulton County have chosen a worse time to propose $275 million in new spending? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-state-court-new-judge-faces-challengers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-state-court-new-judge-faces-challengers/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:51:38 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7435 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-state-court-new-judge-faces-challengers/feed/ 4 Just six months after being appointed to the bench, State Court Judge Susan Edlein faces two election foes: Clayton County Senior Assistant District Attorney Anece Baxter White and former Fulton County Juvenile Judge Wanda L. Dallas. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7429/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7429/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:00:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7429 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7429/feed/ 18 Fulton voters have two Superior Court contests this year: One between seven candidates, and the other in which incumbent T. Jackson Bedford faces a challenger, Keisha Lance Bottoms, who has support from neighborhood activists. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-sheriff-jackson-is-well-qualified/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-sheriff-jackson-is-well-qualified/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:15:50 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7420 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/fulton-county-sheriff-jackson-is-well-qualified/feed/ 1 Historically, the Fulton’s sheriff’s race is won in the Democratic primary, with the general election a mere footnote. There’s little reason to think that won’t also be the case this year. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7440/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7440/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:28:33 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7440 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/7440/feed/ 12 Don't expect any such drama this year, especially when it comes to the incumbent-friendly state legislative districts in Fulton County. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/us-congress-fulton-county-incumbent-protectorate-i/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/us-congress-fulton-county-incumbent-protectorate-i/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:01:36 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7412 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/16/us-congress-fulton-county-incumbent-protectorate-i/feed/ 1 A lot of Fulton County residents may want to throw the bums out of Congress. Just not their bums.