http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/31/photo-of-the-day-check-your-trees/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/31/photo-of-the-day-check-your-trees/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:31:37 +0000 Joeff Davis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23158 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/31/photo-of-the-day-check-your-trees/feed/ 0 Bye, bye, Bradford pear http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/12/students-along-beltline-plant-1000-trees-and-shrubs/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/12/students-along-beltline-plant-1000-trees-and-shrubs/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:39:11 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=16979 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/12/students-along-beltline-plant-1000-trees-and-shrubs/feed/ 0 Today's effort goes toward building one of country's largest 'tree museums.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/15/former-atlanta-arborist-im-suing-the-city/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/15/former-atlanta-arborist-im-suing-the-city/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:02:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14911 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/15/former-atlanta-arborist-im-suing-the-city/feed/ 0 Tom Coffin, dedicated tree hugger, filed suit on Friday. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/fired-atlanta-arborist-wants-his-job-back/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/fired-atlanta-arborist-wants-his-job-back/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:14:13 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12981 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/26/fired-atlanta-arborist-wants-his-job-back/feed/ 0 Tom Coffin, whose firing last year rankled environmentalists, mulls legal options if city doesn't rehire him. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/atlantas-credit-card-habits-win-300000-worth-of-trees/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/atlantas-credit-card-habits-win-300000-worth-of-trees/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:39 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9556 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/21/atlantas-credit-card-habits-win-300000-worth-of-trees/feed/ 1 American Express cardholders' purchases helped Atlanta beat seven other cities in national contest. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/24/back-off-los-angeles-%e2%80%94-we-need-those-trees/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/24/back-off-los-angeles-%e2%80%94-we-need-those-trees/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:59:08 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7952 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/24/back-off-los-angeles-%e2%80%94-we-need-those-trees/feed/ 1 Swipe your credit card to increase Atlanta's chances of winning a tree grant. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:46:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6798 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/feed/ 0 The internal investigation conducted by the City of Atlanta into why former arborist Tom Coffin was fired is complete, the AJC reports. Its conclusion? He wasn’t a team player, yo. On Monday, the city’s human resources director wrote a letter to Coffin that said he was fired by the city’s Planning and Community Development department “as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/fired-atlanta-arborist-gets-a-blog/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/fired-atlanta-arborist-gets-a-blog/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:33:15 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/fired-atlanta-arborist-gets-a-blog/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/fired-atlanta-arborist-gets-a-blog/feed/ 0 The blog, “Holding Atlanta City Government Accountable,” isn’t written by Tom Coffin, the arborist who was fired by the city for working too hard, but by fellow tree lovers in Atlanta who are keeping watch on the ongoing investigation into his ouster. It’ll include documents related to Coffin’s firing, news stories and information about suspicious [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/14/fired-atlanta-arborist-investigation-complete/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/14/fired-atlanta-arborist-investigation-complete/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:39:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/14/fired-atlanta-arborist-investigation-complete/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/14/fired-atlanta-arborist-investigation-complete/feed/ 0 Tom Coffin, the dedicated Atlanta arborist who was fired by the city in late July for what seems to be simply doing his job, has not given up on his fight to uncover why he was dropped off the city payroll. (To get the background about Coffin’s firing, click here.) The real-life Lorax sent word this [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/12/why-was-atlanta-arborist-tom-coffin-fired/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/12/why-was-atlanta-arborist-tom-coffin-fired/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:59:10 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/12/why-was-atlanta-arborist-tom-coffin-fired/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/12/why-was-atlanta-arborist-tom-coffin-fired/feed/ 22 That’s a damn good question. On one hand, you have an outspoken arborist who churned out more citations and inspections than his colleagues combined, holds a Ph.D in forestry from the University of Georgia, and by all standards and definitions, committed what may be the ultimate sin in municipal government: He actually — gasp — did [...]