AltWeeklies Wire
State Senator's Scandal Makes You Ashamed to be a Democratnew
According to a federal indictment, Georgia State Sen. Charles Walker's temp company earned $2.5 million from a public hospital between 1996 and 2000. The workers were hired under pressure, a former human resources director alleges.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
05-19-2005 |
Politics
Cable News Networks Love White Chicksnew
This country is crazy about white chicks, especially when they've been kidnapped, ravaged or killed. But what about the black 16-year-old who disappeared on her way to class?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
05-12-2005 |
Media
'My Name is W and I'm a Debt Addict'new
When two Georgia Democrats voted for the aptly nicknamed "Debt Slavery Act," they betrayed the hard-working constituents in their slightly poorer than middle-class districts.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
05-05-2005 |
Commentary
Nine-Year Bomb Fiasco Continues with 'Time-Out' for Terroristnew
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing has been nothing but mistakes for nine years, from the emergency phone operators who first hung up on Eric Rudolph to the recent plea bargain that allowed a right-wing domestic terrorist to air his twisted views as if he were just another conservative blogger.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
04-28-2005 |
Commentary
Moron Lanes -- a Stroke of Genius From the Georgia Brain Trustnew
Atlanta ranks among the nation's five most congested cities, but now that the state of Georgia has created a "congestion mitigation" task force, things should be fine.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
04-14-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Gov. Sonny Perdue, Humbug Sqaure
Austell Legislator Shakes Up Dying Democratic Partynew
If the Georgia Democratic Party ever awakens from its persistent vegetative state, it may be because a 26-year-old black woman from a former white-flight suburb inserted the feeding tube.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
03-31-2005 |
Politics
Does Perdue's Possible Perjury Parallel Clinton's?new
Both Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and Bill Clinton made allegedly false statements as a result of troubling family matters. Perdue's sworn statement came in a case that could cost taxpayers damages and originated with his flying a state helicopter like an over-caffeinated Cub Scout. Clinton lied about a fling with a fat chick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
03-03-2005 |
Politics
Lifestyles of the Right-wing and Libidinousnew
The funny thing is that some of the divorce delay bill would really crimp the lifestyles of the right-wing and libidinous. Take Newt Gingrich, for instance.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
02-03-2005 |
Commentary
At Least One Candidate for Governor in 2006 Isn't Fatnew
There are so many fat people wandering around the new session of the General Assembly that someone should start a nonprofit group called "Ham Watch."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Politics
It's Not Easy Being Meannew
New Jack stabbed William "Hunter" Lane nine times with a shiv during a wrestling match in Jacksonville. But only four of the wounds were serious. And, besides, Lane had agreed to be cut. It was part of the show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-21-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Love at the Gov'snew
The story of love at the governor's mansion is unlikely to end up on the silver screen. But it did find its way into the local daily paper, setting off a bitter counterattack by Republican leaders in another eruption of the culture war that constantly rages around us.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-06-2005 |
Politics
Pinholster Revolutionized Basketball, Then Moved onnew
Every boy in Atlanta forty-three years ago knew the name Garland Pinholster. When I heard his name in another context the other day, I realized how remarkable it was that a sports legend from so long ago found such longevity after the cheering stopped.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
The Fun Begins As Georgia Libertarians Notch a Winnew
The Libertarians won their first partisan election in the state when Ben Brandon of Rising Fawn was elected Dade County executive.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
12-02-2004 |
Politics
Humbug Square: Even a Mean Boy Can Learn to Givenew
My old friend Tom Glenn walked onstage in front of 900 people at the Georgia World Congress Center last week, and I couldn't help but marvel at how strange it felt to see someone I knew as a goofy kid grow up to amount to something.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-24-2004 |
Commentary
Senator Shameless Stoops Againnew
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., who impugned the patriotism of triple-amputee veteran Max Cleland two years ago, is now stretching the truth about another Democrat.
Only this time, Chambliss is sugarcoating the record of his new buddy, the Democrat turncoat Sen. Zell Miller.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-24-2004 |
Politics
