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atlanta, big-dig, reason-foundation, traffic
Coming soon: Atlanta’s “big dig”
11.15.06 | Permalink | 7 CommentsAccording to a new report by the LA-based, libertarian Reason Foundation, all Atlanta needs to solve its traffic needs are $25 billion worth of toll lanes and, yes, tunnels—count ’em, three—under the city. Sure, they admit their cost estimates are low balls (by a factor of seven). Sure, they dismiss mass transit out of hand. […]
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atlanta, east-atlanta, inman-park-properties
Bad neighbors
10.22.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Bad neighborsSeems that Inman Park Properties has let their many properties in East Atlanta Village go all to pot.
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atlanta
Excellent…
07.19.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Excellent…Sent to me today by Silver Tongued Devil during a visit to Atlanta’s City Hall East. He also adds that the candidate in this post did not, in fact, successfully mobilize the cripple vote. Which is to say, the candidate lost.
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atlanta, election, primary
Mobilizing the cripple vote
07.14.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsHad a drink or two with our good friend Silver Tongued Devil, an occasional contributor here and at Healing Hagar and a self-identified “cerebral palsy survivor.” Talking about the upcoming local primary, he said, “Yeah, I told [that candidate] I’d put his sign up in my yard, but he never brought me one. “Problem is, […]
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atlanta, benefit, hillside-hospital, service
Hillside Hospital benefit
04.07.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Hillside Hospital benefitA friend’s service organization is throwing a benefit May 10 to benefit Hillside Hospital, Atlanta’s oldest charity. The event is at Fuego Spanish Grill, and tickets are $25 (only ten of that going to Fuego). You can sign up here.
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allergies, atlanta, cold, pollen, spring
Dear Atlanta
04.03.06 | Permalink | 8 CommentsYou have too many damn cottonwood trees, or whatever the hell you call those things here. Not every yard needs three of them. In fact, none of them do. God made other trees. You should have planted more of those. They’re also nice to look at. You see, the problem is that their pollen goes […]
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