http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/21/poythress-on-secession-feverand-austin-scott-makes-sense/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/21/poythress-on-secession-feverand-austin-scott-makes-sense/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 20:53:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20017 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/21/poythress-on-secession-feverand-austin-scott-makes-sense/feed/ 7 Some honesty and some common sense over dreams of secession http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/08/new-yorkers-hendrik-hertzberg-on-georgias-secession-hopes/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/08/new-yorkers-hendrik-hertzberg-on-georgias-secession-hopes/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 22:39:08 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19539 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/08/new-yorkers-hendrik-hertzberg-on-georgias-secession-hopes/feed/ 4 'a Kompletely Krazy Kocktail of militia-minded moonshine and wacko white lightning' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/01/ga-governor-candidate-hates-abortion-loved-animals/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/01/ga-governor-candidate-hates-abortion-loved-animals/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:03:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19236 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/05/01/ga-governor-candidate-hates-abortion-loved-animals/feed/ 3 Mule sex. Yep, mule sex. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/good-riddance-to-neo-secessionists/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/good-riddance-to-neo-secessionists/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:04:04 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=19100 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/29/good-riddance-to-neo-secessionists/feed/ 3 Let Texas and the South go free again. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/15/fulton-secession-movement-still-brewing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/15/fulton-secession-movement-still-brewing/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:08:24 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18498 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/15/fulton-secession-movement-still-brewing/feed/ 3 Several North Fulton mayors offer support for Milton County http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/hoping-marta-comes-up-with-spiteful-service-cuts/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/hoping-marta-comes-up-with-spiteful-service-cuts/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:17:46 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18084 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/06/hoping-marta-comes-up-with-spiteful-service-cuts/feed/ 21 MARTA service cuts should target Republicans, and Toby Keith fans. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:31:59 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12804 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/milton-county-will-rise-again/feed/ 5 State lawmaker files legislation that would help North Fulton residents split from the county and form their own. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:11:09 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-wants-to-break-free/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/buckhead-secession-movement-gains-steam-and-gets-heated/feed/ 0 With a belly full of grouper and anger, a Buckhead resident stood before his neighbors at 103 West in the affluent north Atlanta community and unleashed his frustration. “When is someone going to have them indicted and taken to trial?!?” he barked, eliciting head nods from fellow disgruntled taxpayers picking at their three-course lunches. The “them” he [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/buckheadizens-mull-%e2%80%98adios%e2%80%99-to-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/buckheadizens-mull-%e2%80%98adios%e2%80%99-to-atlanta/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:46:55 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/buckheadizens-mull-%e2%80%98adios%e2%80%99-to-atlanta/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/buckheadizens-mull-%e2%80%98adios%e2%80%99-to-atlanta/feed/ 4 UPDATE: The date of the sold-out event has been corrected in the post. On Thursday, the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation will attempt to turn a longtime cocktail party topic into a campaign to sever Buckhead from the city. The foundation will gather businesspeople, politicians and activists at the posh 103 West restaurant to determine whether they should [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/mccain-campaign-co-chair-didnt-get-sexism-memo/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/mccain-campaign-co-chair-didnt-get-sexism-memo/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:53:27 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/mccain-campaign-co-chair-didnt-get-sexism-memo/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/mccain-campaign-co-chair-didnt-get-sexism-memo/feed/ 0 The Republican Party line since Monday has been that all criticism of Gov. Sarah Palin is sexism. Apparently, someone forgot to send the “cry sexism” memo to McCain campaign co-chair and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Here’s Whitman on Fox this afternoon, telling Chris Wallace that media prying into Palin’s past is not just fair, but [...]