Morning headlines
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008LEAVEITTOWN: The reeling housing market is accelerating Americans’ interest in New Urbanism, helping reverse the march toward suburbia that began post-WWII with the Levittown burbs.
AN INCONVENIENT YOUTH: Al Gore takes the stage with Barack Obama in Detroit to endorse the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, lending his enormous party clout to the young upstart, albeit a little late.
NORREESE HAYNES: The former Clayton County school board member’s lawsuit, an attempt to regain his board seat he was voted out of in March, is dismissed by Clayton Superior Court Judge Deborah Benefield.
BIOMASS PLANT: Rollcast Energy plans to build a $160 million, 50-megawatt biomass power plant in Lamar County that will burn wood waste from logging, land-clearing and other sources.
WINGS AND A PRAYER: Aside from its Athens-Atlanta flights, which it’s initially offering for $49, Wings Air has hopes of becoming a regional commuter airline to compete with increasingly clogged ground traffic.
CHORE OF ENGINEERS: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ water plan doesn’t seem to please anyone, as Georgia officials say it doesn’t do enough to conserve Lake Lanier’s water, and everyone south says it does too much.
PLAYING DIRTY: Former Pike Nurseries CEO Randy Pike was arrested and charged with groping several women at a pool party in Dalton over the weekend.
