http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/buckhead-coalition-makes-its-favorites-known/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/buckhead-coalition-makes-its-favorites-known/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:07:33 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25589 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/30/buckhead-coalition-makes-its-favorites-known/feed/ 2 The Buckhead Coalition has signaled its picks in City Hall races by writing big checks http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/29/bidness-group-endorses-lisa-borders-for-mayor/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/29/bidness-group-endorses-lisa-borders-for-mayor/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:44:25 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25543 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/29/bidness-group-endorses-lisa-borders-for-mayor/feed/ 8 Council President Lisa Borders receives the highest candidate evaluation from the Committee for a Better Atlanta. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/georgias-rail-future-lags-behind-rest-of-southeast/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/georgias-rail-future-lags-behind-rest-of-southeast/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:08:00 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19110 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/georgias-rail-future-lags-behind-rest-of-southeast/feed/ 0 Lack of state funding and leadership cited as obstacles to getting on board http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/shirley-reflects-%e2%80%a6-on-her-accomplishments/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/shirley-reflects-%e2%80%a6-on-her-accomplishments/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:25:37 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11973 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/06/shirley-reflects-%e2%80%a6-on-her-accomplishments/feed/ 1 Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin used the State of the City address to tout her accomplishments. 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/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:30:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/04/atlanta-has-a-friend-in-detroit-oh-thats-wonderful/feed/ 1 Decades of myopia and road-building fever are catching up with metro Atlanta. We’re not alone in that mess, but we seem to be one of the few metro regions not doing anything about it. Neil Peirce of the Washington Post writes that in light of gridlock and arm-and-a-leg gas prices, metro areas as far west as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/new-executive-director-named-at-get-georgia-moving/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/new-executive-director-named-at-get-georgia-moving/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:27:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/new-executive-director-named-at-get-georgia-moving/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/04/new-executive-director-named-at-get-georgia-moving/feed/ 0 It was the loudest and most powerful player in the push for transportation funding during the last legislative session but it still wasn’t able to convince lawmakers to act on transportation. But yesterday Get Georgia Moving, the coalition of more than 50 organizations ranging from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce to the Sierra Club, announced [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/shouldnt-commuter-rail-be-a-no-brainer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/shouldnt-commuter-rail-be-a-no-brainer/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:08:43 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/shouldnt-commuter-rail-be-a-no-brainer/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/shouldnt-commuter-rail-be-a-no-brainer/feed/ 1 A hearing yesterday on building a commuter rail system that connects Atlanta with its outlying suburbs demonstrated both the need for it, and the reasons why it probably won’t get built in our lifetime. According to the Gwinnett Daily Post, Atlanta is one of three of the 13 largest cities in the country without commuter rail. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/19/chamber-intercity-rail-is-feasible-and-needed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/19/chamber-intercity-rail-is-feasible-and-needed/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:00:54 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/19/chamber-intercity-rail-is-feasible-and-needed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/19/chamber-intercity-rail-is-feasible-and-needed/feed/ 1 A report released Monday by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce says that connecting seven intercity rail lines in Georgia is not only feasible, but that the ridership is there to use it. Conducted by D.C.-based R.L. Burns and Associates Inc., the study evaluated the estimated ridership and cost of implementing and maintaining the different rail [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/chamber-scolds-cagle-bores/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/chamber-scolds-cagle-bores/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:18:37 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/chamber-scolds-cagle-bores/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/11/30/chamber-scolds-cagle-bores/feed/ 0 Maybe it was just me, but it seemed that, just below the surface of the usual boosterish rhetoric at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s annual luncheon earlier today was a definite message to the state’s top elected officials to shape up and start showing some real leadership. In listing the major issues facing the metro [...]