http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/city-names-new-planning-commissioner/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/city-names-new-planning-commissioner/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:06:20 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7689 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/city-names-new-planning-commissioner/feed/ 1 Takes the reins at a tumultuous time for the city. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:46:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6798 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/01/city-stands-by-firing-of-arborist/feed/ 0 The internal investigation conducted by the City of Atlanta into why former arborist Tom Coffin was fired is complete, the AJC reports. Its conclusion? He wasn’t a team player, yo. On Monday, the city’s human resources director wrote a letter to Coffin that said he was fired by the city’s Planning and Community Development department “as [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/atlanta-planning-commissioner-resigns-accepts-job-in-private-sector/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/atlanta-planning-commissioner-resigns-accepts-job-in-private-sector/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:22:46 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/atlanta-planning-commissioner-resigns-accepts-job-in-private-sector/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/atlanta-planning-commissioner-resigns-accepts-job-in-private-sector/feed/ 0 City of Atlanta Planning Commissioner Steve Cover has resigned. According to a department spokeswoman, he submitted his written resignation this morning. He’ll officially leave the department on Oct. 3, after which he’ll join HOK Planning Group. Deputy Commissioner James Shelby will be acting commissioner. Cover’s department has been at the center of an unlikely controversy involving the [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/the-fired-arborist-the-silent-city-and-now-the-plan/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/the-fired-arborist-the-silent-city-and-now-the-plan/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:13:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/the-fired-arborist-the-silent-city-and-now-the-plan/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/the-fired-arborist-the-silent-city-and-now-the-plan/feed/ 4 The controversy swirling around the firing of city arborist Tom Coffin is now being discussed on Daily Kos. A member on the left-leaning website posted a PDF of a e-mail communication between city Planning Commissioner Steve Cover and Ibrahim Maslamani, the director of the city’s bureau of buildings and Coffin’s former boss. In it, Maslamani asks [...]