http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-selling-home/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-selling-home/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:59:49 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-selling-home/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/25/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-selling-home/feed/ 5 Megan Matteucci of the AJC reports that Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, everyone’s favorite lawman, has put his four-bedroom ranch home on the market for nearly $300,000. He bought the joint for $240,000 three years ago. Perhaps the real estate market is in shambles everywhere but Riverdale. Who knew? Hill may have good reason to [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/morning-headlines-112/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/morning-headlines-112/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:55:36 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/morning-headlines-112/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/11/morning-headlines-112/feed/ 0 BULLDOGGED: Did an Athens site for a federal research facility get left off the finalist list because of politics? It’s suspicious that a site in Mississippi that scored lower than Athens on the Department of Homeland Security’s checklist made the pool of finalists, and Athens didn’t. ADULT SWIM: Squirty the loggerhead sea turtle makes its first [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/06/runoffs-bring-good-news-to-clayton-co-etc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/06/runoffs-bring-good-news-to-clayton-co-etc/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:51:36 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/06/runoffs-bring-good-news-to-clayton-co-etc/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/06/runoffs-bring-good-news-to-clayton-co-etc/feed/ 0 We haven’t seen turnout figures yet for yesterday’s runoffs, but the results in most cases seemed to confirm predictions. The Democratic Senate nominee, of course, is former Atlanta lawmaker Jim Martin, having trounced DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones 60% to 40%. Some folks might look at this result as the triumph of funding, since Martin entered the race [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/morning-headlines-100/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/morning-headlines-100/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:53:27 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/morning-headlines-100/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/24/morning-headlines-100/feed/ 0 ABRIDGE OVER STUBBLED WATER: Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is instituting Razor-Free Fridays, asking male ag employees to conserve water by skipping shaving. BAT SIGNALS: A graduate student’s research uncovers an unknown population of about 900 Rafinesque’s big-eared bats living in South Georgia bottomland forests; scientists had previously spotted just 17 of the bats in all [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/01/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-named-in-lawsuit-for-alleged-improper-spending-odd-wall-art/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/01/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-named-in-lawsuit-for-alleged-improper-spending-odd-wall-art/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:23:51 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/01/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-named-in-lawsuit-for-alleged-improper-spending-odd-wall-art/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/01/clayton-co-sheriff-victor-hill-named-in-lawsuit-for-alleged-improper-spending-odd-wall-art/feed/ 0 The Clayton Daily News reports a Clayton County Sheriff’s Department employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Sheriff Victor Hill and the state. The plaintiff, Pamela Blasingim, alleges Hill lavishly spent vending machine and forfeited drug funds on various items, including office artwork that sounds so wild it’ll blow your mind. Click here to read [...]