http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/tim-bentley-briefly-cls-news-editor-dies/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/tim-bentley-briefly-cls-news-editor-dies/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:00:53 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13006 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/tim-bentley-briefly-cls-news-editor-dies/feed/ 0 One-time CL news editor Tim Bentley died two weekends ago at age 55. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/01/saxby-folks-are-at-it-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/01/saxby-folks-are-at-it-again/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:19:08 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9976 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/01/saxby-folks-are-at-it-again/feed/ 4 Republicans air another attack ad linking a Democratic Senate candidate to terrorism. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/jim-martin-unveils-new-campaign-commerical-features-max-cleland/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/jim-martin-unveils-new-campaign-commerical-features-max-cleland/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:45:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/jim-martin-unveils-new-campaign-commerical-features-max-cleland/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/jim-martin-unveils-new-campaign-commerical-features-max-cleland/feed/ 0 Jim Martin, the former state lawmaker itching to unseat U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, on Nov. 4, released his newest campaign commercial. It features former Sen. Max Cleland, the war veteran Chambliss defeated in 2002 after a bitter campaign. In it, Cleland says Martin — himself a former U.S. Army intelligence officer — is the kind of [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/atlanta-blogs-today-35/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/atlanta-blogs-today-35/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:46:37 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/atlanta-blogs-today-35/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/atlanta-blogs-today-35/feed/ 0  — It’s convention time: balloons, big speeches, inspiring video bios. Bernita is in Denver and blogging for Blog For Democracy. The first thing she does is piss off the Secret Service. Uh-oh. — Amy Morton from Georgia Women Vote is also in Denver. She has steered clear of aggravating the Secret Service, and managed to have [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-blogs-today-22/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-blogs-today-22/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:59:30 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-blogs-today-22/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-blogs-today-22/feed/ 2 — A somewhat sobering post at Atlanta Water Shortage. They chart out Lake Lanier’s levels over the last three years. Right now, the lake is down to 1,055 feet above sea level. That’s nearly 10 inches feet lower than this time last year, and equal to the level last November. — At The Daily Whim, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/the-last-two-standing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/the-last-two-standing/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:20:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/the-last-two-standing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/the-last-two-standing/feed/ 0 Georgia Democrats may feel over the next few weeks as if they’re watching Bugs Bunny battle Elmer Fudd for the right to take on U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss. In an Aug. 5 primary runoff, you’ve got Vernon Jones, the flamboyant and polarizing DeKalb County CEO who snagged 40 percent of the votes in last week’s primary. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/georgia-electronic-voting-probed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/georgia-electronic-voting-probed/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:50:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/georgia-electronic-voting-probed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/21/georgia-electronic-voting-probed/feed/ 0 A security consultant and former policy adviser to Sen. John McCain is investigating allegations of voting-machine tampering in Georgia’s 2002 elections, according to Raw Story. Stephen Spoonamore says he was given a computer patch from a whistleblower who worked in former Secretary of State Cathy Cox’s office. The whistleblower alleges that prior to the November 2002 [...]