http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/03/state-budget-cuts-threaten-gsus-storied-past-as-group-sex-mecca/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/03/state-budget-cuts-threaten-gsus-storied-past-as-group-sex-mecca/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:08:26 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14022 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/03/state-budget-cuts-threaten-gsus-storied-past-as-group-sex-mecca/feed/ 2 Pecanne Log says school has struggled to catch up with UGA. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/more-bad-budget-news-from-sonny/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/more-bad-budget-news-from-sonny/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:41:02 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10296 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/more-bad-budget-news-from-sonny/feed/ 0 Gov. Sonny Perdue says state agencies will likely need to cut 8 percent of their budgets. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:54:34 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/feed/ 2 Students and faculty at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School may have the luxury of being mere footsteps from all the downtown salad bars and panhandlers one could hope for, but they have the misfortune of being located in one of the Georgia Building Authority’s properties. The state agency, forced to scale back expenses in light [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/perdue-supports-big-spender-wags-finger-at-local-governments/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/perdue-supports-big-spender-wags-finger-at-local-governments/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:14:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/perdue-supports-big-spender-wags-finger-at-local-governments/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/perdue-supports-big-spender-wags-finger-at-local-governments/feed/ 1 Are you a U.S. Congressman who’s careless with your spending? Gov. Sonny Perdue understands and he wants to help. But if you’re a city or county, well, in that case, you were reckless and had it coming. U.S. Rep. Paul Broun recently made the news thanks to a congressional report that says the Republican congressman’s office [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:59:05 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/state-budget-crisis-reminiscent-of-city-woes/feed/ 3 And isn’t it ironic? A little too ironic, don’cha think? Earlier this month, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced that state revenues were in the toilet, budget estimates were projecting a $1.6 billion ( yes, that’s a “B”) shortfall and that he was considering raising most people’s property taxes. Hmm. This reminds us of an earlier situation involving [...]