http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/dekalb-ceo-race-by-the-numbers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/dekalb-ceo-race-by-the-numbers/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:05:36 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/dekalb-ceo-race-by-the-numbers/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/dekalb-ceo-race-by-the-numbers/feed/ 0 Politicos know that a bulging campaign war chest doesn’t guarantee victory. (Paging Roy Barnes…) Next to incumbency, however, it’s usually the best indicator of which candidate has the edge. And by all known rules of thumb, Commissioner Burrell Ellis looks to be running away with the runoff race to become the county’s next CEO. For [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/18/sembler-wont-get-schools/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/18/sembler-wont-get-schools/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:24:12 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/18/sembler-wont-get-schools/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/18/sembler-wont-get-schools/feed/ 0 The DeKalb school board voted this morning to deep-six a controversial proposal to sell three school buildings and a stadium to Sembler to make make way for a mammoth shopping center and condo development. After months of community protests over the potential loss of the school property, the final vote was somewhat anti-climactic. Sembler had [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/sembler-meeting-moved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/sembler-meeting-moved/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:26:15 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/sembler-meeting-moved/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/17/sembler-meeting-moved/feed/ 0 StandUp DeKalb, the homeowner group opposing the planned Sembler development, has spent the past week sending out notices to spur attendance at a Friday public hearing on the proposal. Now, on the eve of the gathering, it seems the DeKalb school board has moved the meeting place – again. First, it was to be held at [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/full-tad-ahead/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/full-tad-ahead/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:25:01 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/full-tad-ahead/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/11/full-tad-ahead/feed/ 0 The DeKalb County Commission today approved the creation of a tax allocation district around the intersection of Briarcliff and North Druid Hills roads. It wasn’t even a squeaker, but a solid 5-2 majority, with the “nay” votes coming from Commissioners Burrell Ellis and Elaine Boyer, the board’s reliable naysayer. To many, the action comes across as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/tad-already/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/tad-already/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:03:28 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/tad-already/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/12/10/tad-already/feed/ 0 Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Atlanta, conducted a poll of 318 households in his mid-DeKalb district to see what local homeowners thought about the prospect of high-density, mixed-use development — a la what the Sembler Co. is proposing — around the intersection of Briarcliff and N. Druid Hills roads. Turns out surrounding residents are fairly split on [...]