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Before I get to those other bills, let me briefly talk about the plan to reduce the commission from 7 members down to 5. One of the reasons I believe that legislation hasn’t been introduced yet is the legislators behind it haven’t found a way to get the bill written as a general bill in order to by-pass the Atlanta-Fulton delegation.

— Andre at Georgia Politics Unfiltered provides a succinct summary of legislation at the Capitol that will most impact Fulton County.

1. Take my little, yippy dogs to a children’s playground after dark and let them run around off-leash.

2. Get stupid drunk at Shawn Mullins’ 40th birthday bash and, with his family in the audience, yell out “You went to college Shawn?!”

— Decaturite at DecaturMetro weighs in on two things he witnessed this weekend and, upon reflection, wouldn’t do himself.

Over the years, as I built up a good clientele and found myself spending more and more time in the space, I have been working to make this room warmer, more inspirational and better organized. Right now, the space is cozy (dimensions to come) and the walls are what could best be described as a putty color. As a result, I find myself throwing open the blinds, turning on the lights and begging the sun to move just a little bit that way, no…that way…yes, that’s it…to liven things up in here.

— Paige at the Avery Lane Experience gives us a glimpse into her freelancer’s lair and asks for suggestions as to how she can improve it. (My advice is on the way, Paige.)

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I know everyone has better things to do these last two days before Christmas, so why don’t we all take a two day time-out from politics and spend some quality time with our families. At this time of the year, family comes first.

— Georgia Politics Unfiltered’s Andre Walker, writing at Peach Pundit, and requesting a cease-fire on all things politique in the run-up to Christmas.

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My two-year-old threw a kaleidoscope at Santa Claus today.

The holiday misanthrope in me is somewhat proud of that.

— Paige at the Avery Lane Experience, remembering that one of the true joys of Christmas is letting your babychild just be a babychild, eyeballs of part-time shopping mall elves be damned.

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Late last night in the Ponce Kroger parking lot, a white-haired man approached me and told me Shirley Franklin would arrest him if he asked me anything. When I told him I didn’t have any cash, he told me he could have found me a better black mayor in 1969. He then said some other things I couldn’t really understand but I think implicated me in Mayor Franklin’s ascendancy to office and her subsequent vendetta against this man. “She ain’t my mayor,” he said a few times as he wandered off.

— Christa at PecanneLog. The white-haired man — we hope — was not Jim Wooten.

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