City Dope
Athens News and Views
Qualifying for local elections two days after district lines are finalized? Yes! An anti-Occupy ordinance in Athens? Maybe!
City Dope
Athens News and Views
A dramatic vision for the redevelopment of Athens' Jack R. Wells Homes, and the same old plan for state Republicans.
City Dope
Athens News and Views
The Sierra Club has come out in opposition to T-SPLOST, but don't expect the next list to be greener if this one doesn't pass with voters.
City Dope
Athens News and Views
Rep. Paul Broun, Jr. remains one of the heroes of the virulently anti-government Club for Growth.
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Athens News and Views
Journalistic and educational institutions carrying water for corporations gets the Dope's goat.
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Athens News and Views
If it's April, it must be time for defiantly ostentatious flaunting of racism!
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Athens News and Views
Both of ACC's African-American commissioners will tell the Justice Dept. that the Republicans' proposed reapportionment will hurt minority representation.
City Dope
Athens News and Views
The lot where Normaltown's unassuming centerpiece once stood may soon hold a medical building that would dominate the neighborhood.
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Athens News and Views
Rain barrels catch water for eco-friendly gardens; the City Dope just catches hell from "business-friendly" developers.
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Athens News and Views
The hounds of the national media were unleashed on the Banner-Herald's Jim Thompson last week; how bad can the Dope's bite be?
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Athens News and Views
Rep. Doug McKillip had invaluable help reorganizing the ACC government against the wishes of local elected officials and citizens' committees—from Democratic Rep. Keith Heard.
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Athens News and Views
Local activists Rallied for a Better Athens at City Hall last weekend, and some of them are still there.
City Dope
Athens News and Views
The Megabus shuttle will now get you to Atlanta and back, but it can't transport the Dope from the hell that Athens politics have become.
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Athens News and Views
Good moods abound at City Hall and beyond these days, as Caterpillar has announced it will bring thousands of jobs to Athens with a new plant.
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Athens News and Views
The Athens Banner-Herald has finally acknowledged that Selig's project is not in compliance with local planning code.
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Pub Notes
- Here and There
On the radio, in the paper, at the movies.
May 23, 2012
City Pages
- Former Environmental Coordinator Field Says He Was Intimidated
ACC's first environmental chief claims top-level management never wanted his position to exist.
May 23, 2012
- ACC Budget Won't Cut Buses, Environmental Coordinator Position
Commissioners prioritize late-night bus routes over mayor's recommendation.
May 16, 2012
Capitol Impact
- Issues, Not Personalities
Will Georgians turn out to vote on roads, ethics and gambling, rather than politicians?
May 23, 2012
William Orten Carlton = Ort.
- Another Record-Wants Ramble Through the Dustbin of My Mind
Ort envisions 20-plus records he would really like to own.
March 7, 2012
World View
- Defense Budgets and Cavemen
The threat of invasion is basically a budget-building ploy.
January 18, 2012
Cobbloviate
- Would The Repubs Really Nominate ‘A Bloviating Garbanzo Bean?’
Newt is merely the latest candidate who "struts and frets his hour upon the stage" in the long-running drama of Republican attempts to avoid the inevitable: McMitt.
Posted: December 9, 2011 | 1:26 p.m.
- What Would Jesus Do With No Timeouts on Fourth & Two?
Did Coach Richt (gasp) trivialize the Almighty?
Posted: November 23, 2011 | midnight
Letters to the Editor
- SGA and Spiritual Violence
May 16, 2012 - Props for Pete
May 16, 2012 1 comment - Arch Elevation
May 16, 2012 - Save Media Parapros
May 2, 2012
