Author: Tim
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Is A ‘Field of Dreams’ Coming To Atlanta’s Vine City?
The internet and listservs have been abuzz about potential taxpayer funding for a new Falcons stadium to replace the fully functioning but somehow obsolete Georgia Dome. As part of this deal, Blank’s PR from his Foundation has kicked into high gear promising investment into Vine City, the impoverished area just to the west of the current Dome…
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Georgia Democrats Last Hope In State Senate Disappears
Trying to fight off a Republican supermajority in the State Senate, the Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus recruited Lisa Collins to run in Senate District 11 in the Southwestern area’s January 8th Special Election. Today those hopes were dashed as Collins withdrew from the State Senate race ensuring a GOP strangehold on the State Senate for…
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How Boehner Stole Christmas…And Kwanza…Almost
Today, Republicans in the US House are observing a funeral. No not this one. This one. Boehner’s Plan B would sock it to the poor, no shock there. The NYSE is moving to Atlanta, kinda Cory is officially running, but not for what you think For all the fun that was Facebook in 2012 (NSFW)…
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A Task Force to Study…Well The Same Old Crap
Guns….Guns….More Guns…. Some proposals….More Proposals….and More Tirades…and Wackjobs And don’t forget a Task Force to study all those proposals, not that we haven’t had these same proposals before. If you like Antico Pizza, checkout the owner bio in Atlanta Magazine The President is Time’s Person of the Year…Really? South Korea getting a small crack in…
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Guns, Gays & Dirty Birds – your morning reads
South Carolina Governor Hailey (R) will announce her appointment to the US Senate to fill retiring Senator DeMint’s term at noon today. The President’s vows to take action during heart-felt address last night, apparently Senator Manchin (D-WV) got the message The DeKalb County School Board finds out if they are getting relief or a lump of…
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Which Atlanta City Councilmen Voted Against Marriage Equality and Why?
What with everyone’s posting about the City Council Vote supporting marriage equality and the Mayor’s signing of the resolution, I was interested in who voted NO on the resolution. Councilmen C.T. Martin and Howard Shook voted “No” against the resolution according to Creative Loafing. Here’s some quotes from our two Atlanta City Councilmen. from CT Martin – “I don’t…