AltWeeklies Wire
Road Hog Suppernew
Georgians for Better Transportation, a lobbying group representing powerful highwaymen, brings K Street extravagance to Atlanta.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
01-19-2006 |
Politics
Mayor Launches Her Campaign With a Vow to Fight Voter Purgenew
Shirley Franklin, the only well-known Georgian running for office this year, has a bully pulpit. She alone can draw attention to the travesty of Georgia's voter purge.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
09-15-2005 |
Politics
Rep. Lewis Says Bush, Powell, Rice Liednew
John Lewis, D-Ga., didn't need the Downing Street memo suggesting that President Bush and his administration tailored intelligence to support the decision to attack Iraq. The Congressman began asking questions about the origins of the war during Bush's first term.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
06-23-2005 |
Politics
Ralph Reed Bashed Gandhi With Borrowed Wordsnew
Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Georgia Ralph Reed said Gandhi had urged the Jewish race to commit collective suicide, among other things.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
06-16-2005 |
Commentary
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
Do Georgia Democrats Believe in Resurrection?new
As members of the Democratic Party of Georgia watch election results pour in, they're starting to realize they may never have a happy day again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
11-11-2004 |
Politics
Humbug Square: Gainesville Guru Forecasts Major Economic Bummernew
Up until this summer, Robert Prechter thought the stock market would be so far down by now that President Bush would lose in a landslide. But then the market rebounded from a shallow dip, and Prechter revised his position to say the election would be close.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
Green Nominee Asks for Kerry Votenew
Because pollsters predict an overwhelming Bush victory in Georgia, Green Party nominee David Cobb hopes left-leaning voters will write in him and running mate Patricia LaMarche rather than vote for Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Doug Monroe |
10-28-2004 |
Politics
