http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/18/horse-racing-added-to-georgias-list-of-attractions/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/18/horse-racing-added-to-georgias-list-of-attractions/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:21:22 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=27760 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/18/horse-racing-added-to-georgias-list-of-attractions/feed/ 3 Georgia lawmakers want to propose a public referendum to legalize horse racing 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/2009/03/02/atlanta-oks-lottery-terminals-at-underground-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/atlanta-oks-lottery-terminals-at-underground-atlanta/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:15:59 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16257 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/02/atlanta-oks-lottery-terminals-at-underground-atlanta/feed/ 6 City Council votes 11-0 in a move that will either make Underground Atlanta exciting or depressing. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/22/streetalk-while-visiting-underground-would-you-have-gambled/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/22/streetalk-while-visiting-underground-would-you-have-gambled/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:50:45 +0000 Jeff Slate http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=15236 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/22/streetalk-while-visiting-underground-would-you-have-gambled/feed/ 2 Yes, no and "hell yeah!" to the idea of casinos at Underground. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/atlanta-blogs-today-mice-casinos-norwood/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/atlanta-blogs-today-mice-casinos-norwood/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:37:19 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14928 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/16/atlanta-blogs-today-mice-casinos-norwood/feed/ 0 A sampling of some of the other voices out there. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/16/word-roll-the-dice/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/16/word-roll-the-dice/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:22:38 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12755 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/16/word-roll-the-dice/feed/ 4 Underground Atlanta executives announced last week that a gaming company has offered to spend $450 million to turn the downtown retail complex into a casino with video slot machines and a 29-story hotel. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/11/word-taxing-sin/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/11/word-taxing-sin/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:00:19 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12037 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/11/word-taxing-sin/feed/ 0 Nothing makes money like sex, tobacco and booze. 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/2008/11/19/casinos-in-atlanta-shirley-says-sure/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/19/casinos-in-atlanta-shirley-says-sure/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:30:34 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9418 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/19/casinos-in-atlanta-shirley-says-sure/feed/ 20 Mayor Shirley Franklin asks state lawmakers to consider allowing gambling in Atlanta. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:30:12 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/michael-vicks-football-career-is-most-likely-over/feed/ 3 October 2009. That’s when a 29-year-old Michael Vick will be released from federal prison for bankrolling a dog fighting operation that will go down in history as one of the dumbest things a high-profile professional athlete has ever done. $130 million. That’s the contract Michael Vick threw away when he helped kill a half-dozen pit bulls that weren’t [...]