http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/senate-votes-to-end-f-22-production/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/senate-votes-to-end-f-22-production/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:25:28 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22643 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/21/senate-votes-to-end-f-22-production/feed/ 0 Under veto threat by Obama, fighter jet stripped from military spending bill http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/18/gore-to-stump-for-martin/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/18/gore-to-stump-for-martin/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:57:40 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=9410 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/11/18/gore-to-stump-for-martin/feed/ 0 Huffington Post reported this afternoon that former Veep Al Gore will campaign here Sunday for Democratic Senate candidate Jim Martin. I’m sure Young Thomas will be getting us more details later. Meanwhile, here are details on former President Bill Clinton’s visit tomorrow (or today by the time you read this) at Clark Atlanta University on behalf [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/who-wins-if-martin-and-chambliss-head-into-a-runoff/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/who-wins-if-martin-and-chambliss-head-into-a-runoff/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:25:07 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8322 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/31/who-wins-if-martin-and-chambliss-head-into-a-runoff/feed/ 1 What if Libertarian Allen Buckley got enough votes to keep both Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin from topping 50 percent in the Nov. 4 election? http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/09/chambliss-martin-now-rated-a-tossup/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/09/chambliss-martin-now-rated-a-tossup/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:56:02 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7123 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/09/chambliss-martin-now-rated-a-tossup/feed/ 0 Pollster.com today switched Georgia's U.S. Senate contest to yellow, signifying that it could go either way in the Nov. 4 election. Looks like Saxby Chambliss vote for the Wall Street bailout isn't doing him much good. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/chambliss-goes-pink/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/chambliss-goes-pink/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:23:42 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7106 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/08/chambliss-goes-pink/feed/ 0 Georgia's Senate joins a list of three other contests that lean Republican but now could be vulnerable to a Democratic upset. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/georgia-primary-election-results/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/georgia-primary-election-results/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:47:40 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/georgia-primary-election-results/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/16/georgia-primary-election-results/feed/ 1 Here’s a quick rundown on the July 15 Georgia primary results. The big news was generated by high-stakes runoffs: * U.S. senator: The two experienced Democrats — Vernon Jones and Joe Martin — vanquished three first-time candidates and will face each other in an Aug. 5 runoff. With 91 percent of precincts counted, DeKalb CEO Jones [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/03/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-1035-am/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/03/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-1035-am/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:42:05 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/03/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-1035-am/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/03/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-1035-am/feed/ 1 How did Dale Cardwell endure camping atop downtown’s Corey Tower on the coldest night of the winter thus far? “I was pretty comfortable,” he told me this morning, “I have an electric blanket. Honestly, I was too hot. I kept having to open up my sleeping bag to let some cold air in.” He says at 11 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-342-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-342-pm/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:42:43 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-342-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-342-pm/feed/ 1 EXCLUSIVE: In response to Dale Cardwell’s grab for media attention atop the Corey Tower downtown, fellow Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Josh Lanier tells CL he plans to row a small boat to the middle of Lake Lanier tomorrow.”I will not leave until Georgians hear my message of change, or until Lake Lanier is empty, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-255-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-255-pm/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:04:32 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-255-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-255-pm/feed/ 4 EXCLUSIVE: Impressed by the news media’s response to Democratic Senate candidate Dale Cardwell’s promise to camp atop Corey Tower until Georgians hear his political message, DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones announced a similar initiative. Jones tells CL he will go to Twist Restaurant and Lounge at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead tonight and not leave until every Georgian, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-146-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-146-pm/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:54:21 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-146-pm/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/01/02/dalewatch-%e2%80%9908-update-146-pm/feed/ 2 CL INTERVIEWS SENATE CANDIDATE DALE CARDWELL ATOP THE COREY TOWER: Meet the David Blaine of Georgia politics. (photo by Joeff Davis) “I didn’t expect it to be this cold.” So said Dale Cardwell, speaking to me via phone from his perch atop Corey tower, a disused 300-feet tall smokestack near the state Capitol. The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate [...]