http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/04/sine-die-recap-transportation-marta-funding-fails/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/04/sine-die-recap-transportation-marta-funding-fails/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:49:10 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18078 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/04/sine-die-recap-transportation-marta-funding-fails/feed/ 2 What is the opposite of 'progress?' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/perdue-richardson-cagle-announce-regional-water-council-members/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/perdue-richardson-cagle-announce-regional-water-council-members/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:57:40 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=14617 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/02/11/perdue-richardson-cagle-announce-regional-water-council-members/feed/ 1 State's top politicos pick members who will oversee water-planning process. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:03:13 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12439 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/feed/ 1 Transportation, education and taxes are the big issues — but everything hinges on the nearly $2 billion budget. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/more-of-the-same-at-the-gold-dome/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/more-of-the-same-at-the-gold-dome/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:26:53 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8931 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/10/more-of-the-same-at-the-gold-dome/feed/ 0 Rep. Richardson and Rep. Keen keep their House GOP leadership posts, despite failures. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/atlanta-blogs-today-62/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/atlanta-blogs-today-62/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:04:43 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7986 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/27/atlanta-blogs-today-62/feed/ 0 — Over in Iraq, the Daly Briefing is getting ready to come home. Which means it’s no time for complacency because that can get you killed. He makes a final trip down into a bunker when they hear explosions near their compound. When they emerge, they learn that a convoy with an Iraqi official was [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/atlanta-blogs-today-11/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/atlanta-blogs-today-11/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:53:04 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/atlanta-blogs-today-11/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/18/atlanta-blogs-today-11/feed/ 0 — Is the clock ticking on Glenn Richardson’s reign as House Speaker? Jason Pye says some key Republican legislators have come out publicly in support of a challenge by state Rep. David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge. — What’s life without DriftGrift’s “Morning Wooten?” — Reporter-Cub recounts a jarring election day conversation he had with a tech at his [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/31/the-skinny-on-richardsons-divorce/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/31/the-skinny-on-richardsons-divorce/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:59:15 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/31/the-skinny-on-richardsons-divorce/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/31/the-skinny-on-richardsons-divorce/feed/ 4 House Speaker Glenn Richardson has been criticized for having his divorce decree sealed from public view, but that censure is somewhat misplaced. That’s because the speaker is not actually divorced — or at least wasn’t when the court documents were sealed. The explanation we heard from a knowledgeable House member is that the documents in question [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/word-asphalt-desert/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/word-asphalt-desert/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:30:41 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/word-asphalt-desert/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/word-asphalt-desert/feed/ 2 Has metro Atlanta’s growth and development had any effect on the metro region’s water shortage? It depends who you ask. “Absolutely not!” — State House Speaker Glenn Richardson’s response when CL Senior Editor John Sugg asked him on Nov. 18, “Do you think development has contributed to the water problems?” “In Atlanta, for example, the model shows that [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/15/speaker-absolutely-no-connection-between-development-and-water-shortage/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/15/speaker-absolutely-no-connection-between-development-and-water-shortage/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:50:25 +0000 John F. Sugg http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/15/speaker-absolutely-no-connection-between-development-and-water-shortage/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/15/speaker-absolutely-no-connection-between-development-and-water-shortage/feed/ 1 Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson is the villain du jour — due primarily to his proposed tax plan. That’s why I interviewed him last week, and you can read my take on Richardson’s plan in this week’s Metropolis column. But it’s impossible to talk to a state official nowadays without mentioning water, as in the fact [...]