Proctor Creek Greenway Ribbon-Cutting:
The Menschkeit of Mayor Reed, Mayoral Candidate Al Bartell, Partners At Last A vibrant crowd, eclectic yet unified for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the…
Peter Aman Calls for Removal and Replacement of City’s Confederate Symbols; Other Mayoral Candidates Hedge
By Maynard Eaton It was a gutsy political gambit and a potential game changer. Peter Aman, a City Hall veteran and political novice, kicked off…
Confederate monuments coming down all over the South
Charlottesville violence prompts a region’s reappraisal Monumental change is once again sweeping the South. Massive memorials disappear in the dark of night. Statues that have…
Atlanta protesters deface Peace Monument in Piedmont Park
Protesters in Atlanta angry with white supremacist violence in Charlottesville marched to Piedmont Park Sunday night, spray painting a statue of a Confederate soldier and…
A major MARTA rail move: Emory University petitions to join the city of Atlanta
The biggest change in the landscape of Atlanta that’s been seen in generations just hit. From the Emory University press release: Emory University filed a…
Wall Street expresses its doubts about rural Georgia’s viability
Over at the Saporta Report, David Pendered has latched onto one of those macro-issues that make the revival of rural Georgia more difficult: Wall Street…