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/2009/10/02/cl-video-city-council-prez-candidate-dave-walker/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/02/cl-video-city-council-prez-candidate-dave-walker/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:24:28 +0000 Joeff Davis http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25673 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/02/cl-video-city-council-prez-candidate-dave-walker/feed/ 0 'Over-educated citizen,' longtime City Council heckler, and lover of scrubs. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/17/dash-for-cash-the-inside-story-of-kyle-keysers-48-hour-scramble-to-get-on-the-atlanta-mayoral-ballot/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/17/dash-for-cash-the-inside-story-of-kyle-keysers-48-hour-scramble-to-get-on-the-atlanta-mayoral-ballot/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:18:20 +0000 Patrick Saunders http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24888 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/17/dash-for-cash-the-inside-story-of-kyle-keysers-48-hour-scramble-to-get-on-the-atlanta-mayoral-ballot/feed/ 34 An account of the emotional days leading up to Keyser's announcement and the critical hours that followed. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/15/ga-equality-endorses-borders-for-mayor-mitchell-for-city-council-president/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/15/ga-equality-endorses-borders-for-mayor-mitchell-for-city-council-president/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:46:06 +0000 Patrick Saunders http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=24967 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/15/ga-equality-endorses-borders-for-mayor-mitchell-for-city-council-president/feed/ 9 Georgia Equality endorses Lisa Borders for mayor and Ceasar Mitchell for city council President. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/pete-correll-dipping-toe-%e2%80%93-and-making-calls-%e2%80%93-for-mayor-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/pete-correll-dipping-toe-%e2%80%93-and-making-calls-%e2%80%93-for-mayor-race/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:58:13 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/pete-correll-dipping-toe-%e2%80%93-and-making-calls-%e2%80%93-for-mayor-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/26/pete-correll-dipping-toe-%e2%80%93-and-making-calls-%e2%80%93-for-mayor-race/feed/ 0 Retired Georgia-Pacific Corp. Chairman and CEO and private equity honcho A.D. “Pete” Correll is the latest local bigwig said to be eyeing the Atlanta mayor’s race. Correll, you will recall, took on the role earlier this year as savior of Grady Hospital, helping to manage the mostly bloodless power transfer from a community-based board to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:50 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/city-fire-station-flare-up/feed/ 1 In a few hours, the latest round of head-butting between the Atlanta City Council and Mayor Shirley Franklin will commence. This time, the issue is the recently shuttered Fire Station #7, which the mayor ordered closed in July as part of $21.6 million in city budget cuts. Located on Whitehall Street just south of the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/15/mayoral-bombshell-2-here-come-de-judge/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/15/mayoral-bombshell-2-here-come-de-judge/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:12:01 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/15/mayoral-bombshell-2-here-come-de-judge/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/15/mayoral-bombshell-2-here-come-de-judge/feed/ 5 Being a Superior Court judge is a pretty sweet gig. You set your own hours. Everyone calls you “Your Honor.” And when you hold people in contempt, they go to jail. It’s not just the job of a lifetime – it’s the job for a lifetime. So what would induce someone to voluntarily leave these perks [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/mayoral-bombshell-1-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/mayoral-bombshell-1-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:22:40 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/mayoral-bombshell-1-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/mayoral-bombshell-1-sorry-to-burst-your-bubble/feed/ 11 The departure of Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders from the Atlanta mayor’s race earlier this week has, by political strategists’ calculation, left behind a large window of opportunity for the right candidate. Specifically, we mean someone backed by the Atlanta business community – anointed by the Chamber of Commerce, as it were. Borders, a protege [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:46:39 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/lisa-borders-dropping-out-of-mayors-race/feed/ 8 Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders is expected to announce shortly that she will discontinue her campaign for mayor. Borders, one of the favorites in an already-crowded field of hopeful successors to Shirley Franklin, became the first declared candidate in April 2007. No, her decision has nothing to do with the Atlanta Dream’s terrible WNBA record [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 19:23:46 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/08/another-mayoral-candidate/feed/ 3 Add one Jesse Spikes to the long list of folks planning to run for Atlanta mayor next year. No, we weren’t familiar with Mr. Spikes, either, so we gave him a call. Spikes, 57, is a former Rhodes Scholar and a senior partner with McKenna Long & Aldridge, one of the city’s largest law firms. Although [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/15/mary-norwood-throws-her-hair-er-hat-into-the-ring/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/15/mary-norwood-throws-her-hair-er-hat-into-the-ring/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:27:04 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/15/mary-norwood-throws-her-hair-er-hat-into-the-ring/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/02/15/mary-norwood-throws-her-hair-er-hat-into-the-ring/feed/ 6 Buckhead City Councilwoman Mary Norwood — she of the first-lady-style suits and helmet hair — today kicked off her long-expected run for Atlanta mayor with an apparent makeover. Judge for yourself: Before and………….After OK, so her new look isn’t the big news here, but it will certainly be noted by anyone who’s grown accustomed over the [...]