http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/former-state-rep-jamieson-indicted-for-tax-evasion/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/former-state-rep-jamieson-indicted-for-tax-evasion/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:58:55 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22887 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/27/former-state-rep-jamieson-indicted-for-tax-evasion/feed/ 0 State Rep. Jeanette Jamieson, D-Toccoa, has been charged with two counts of evading state income taxes. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/03/state-political-races-update/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/03/state-political-races-update/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:48:55 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18059 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/03/state-political-races-update/feed/ 0 State Attorney General Thurbert Baker is planning a run for governor and ex-Gov. Roy Barnes may be. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/10/genarlow-wilson-to-receive-college-scholarship/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/10/genarlow-wilson-to-receive-college-scholarship/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:15:31 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/10/genarlow-wilson-to-receive-college-scholarship/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/10/genarlow-wilson-to-receive-college-scholarship/feed/ 9 Genarlow Wilson will attend Morehouse College on a full-scholarship paid for by the Tom Joyner Foundation. Details are after the jump. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Neil Foote, Tom Joyner Foundation neil@neilfoote.com Tom Joyner Foundation Offers Scholarship to Genarlow Wilson to Attend Morehouse College (Dallas – January 10, 2008) The Atlanta man, who spent two years in prison for having [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/atlanta-blogs-today-common-ground-on-sex-crimes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/atlanta-blogs-today-common-ground-on-sex-crimes/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:02:47 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/atlanta-blogs-today-common-ground-on-sex-crimes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/31/atlanta-blogs-today-common-ground-on-sex-crimes/feed/ 0 Maybe Nader just needs one big group hug to validate his role in American politics. After the hug, maybe someone should also slap him on the back of the head and ask “WTF??” – Bernita on Blog for Democracy, reacting to a Washington Post article stating that Ralphie Boy is suing the Democratic National Committee for [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/atlanta-blogs-today-harpies/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/atlanta-blogs-today-harpies/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:43:45 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/atlanta-blogs-today-harpies/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/29/atlanta-blogs-today-harpies/feed/ 0 When the Genarlow Wilson decision came down, on that clear day of justice and rectitude, certain leaders in the Republican Party and their personal harpies in the media chose not quiet restraint but instead opted for fakery and obfuscation. — GriftDrift gives Sen. Eric Johnson, and others like him, a piece of his mind. —– I am now [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/background-on-the-genarlow-wilson-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/background-on-the-genarlow-wilson-case/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:15:28 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/background-on-the-genarlow-wilson-case/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/background-on-the-genarlow-wilson-case/feed/ 0 ESPN magazine published a long feature story in January by Wright Thompson on the Genarlow Wilson case. If you want to know the history of the case, it’s a good place to go. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/a-house-divided-on-genarlow-wilson/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/a-house-divided-on-genarlow-wilson/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:24:22 +0000 John F. Sugg http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/a-house-divided-on-genarlow-wilson/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/a-house-divided-on-genarlow-wilson/feed/ 11 Within heartbeats of the Georgia Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision releasing Genarlow Wilson, the statements from officials began hitting the in-boxes. Thurbert Baker, the state’s lackluster attorney general, quickly whipped out this CYA missive: “I have received and reviewed the decision by the Georgia Supreme Court in this matter, and I respectfully acknowledge the Court’s authority to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/genarlow-wilson-to-be-freed-from-prison/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/genarlow-wilson-to-be-freed-from-prison/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:04:30 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/genarlow-wilson-to-be-freed-from-prison/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/10/26/genarlow-wilson-to-be-freed-from-prison/feed/ 1 The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled Genarlow Wilson’s 10-year sentence “cruel and unusual” and ordered his release from prison. Here’s the press release announcing the ruling, and here’s the official prison release order. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/20/atlanta-blogs-today-problem-solvers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/20/atlanta-blogs-today-problem-solvers/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:40:18 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/20/atlanta-blogs-today-problem-solvers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/20/atlanta-blogs-today-problem-solvers/feed/ 2 House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R-St. Simons Island) said the Michael Vick case could give new life to efforts to shut down dog-fighting in Georgia. — AJC.com’s Political Insider on possible legislative push in Georgia to restrict dogfighting Maybe if Michael Vick got involved in demolition derby, the Legislature might get enthused about mass transit. —– Supremes to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/19/say-your-cellblock-farewells-genarlow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/19/say-your-cellblock-farewells-genarlow/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:22:48 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/19/say-your-cellblock-farewells-genarlow/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/07/19/say-your-cellblock-farewells-genarlow/feed/ 1 Georgia’s infamous inmate of the moment, teen sex offender Genarlow Wilson, could soon be heading home to Douglas County, say some local legal eagles. That prediction is based on the fact that the Georgia Supreme Court recently took the unusual move of reversing its own June decision not to hear an appeal of Wilson’s denial of [...]