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I Was a Teenage Republicannew

Wedge politics has cost the GOP my vote

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 06-17-2010 | Policy Issues

Tags: GOP, Confessions, party politics, College Republicans

Meet the Homeless Emory Undergradnew

Sid is not the typical Emory student. He spends most of his time studying and hanging out with friends, but unlike his peers he goes home at the end of the day to a van he parks at the YMCA.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Piper Hale | 04-13-2010 | Policy Issues

Gun-Toting in Georgia: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Carrying My Gunnew

Although I had a permit, I was less than thrilled that the Georgia General Assembly passed H.B. 89 in April. The new law would give licensed firearms permit holders the right to legally carry guns into places that used to be off-limits: city and state parks, public transportation, and restaurants that serve alcohol.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 07-31-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: gun control, guns, Georgia, bars, restaurants, public transportation, public policy issues, firearms

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunitionnew

Dueling gun bills in Georgia show legislative sausage-making at its worst.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 02-13-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Georgia Banks on New Reservoirsnew

Critics decry the lack of conservation measures in the state's fight against the drought.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Thomas Wheatley | 02-06-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Oops, They Did it Againnew

Atlanta faces budget shortfall as large as $100 million.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 01-23-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

2009's Mayoral Candidates Will Face a Changed Atlantanew

It's quite likely that, for most Atlanta residents, the name of Sidney Marcus rings a bell only as a cut-through street linking Piedmont Road and Ga. 400.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 01-03-2008 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Secession!new

Georgia's top politicians don't see eye-to-eye with inside-the-Perimeter Atlantans and don't seem to much care about it, either. Maybe it's time for us to turn the tables; maybe it's time to declare our independence.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | John Sugg | 10-11-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Federal Grants Go to Groups with Shaky Pastnew

When Atlanta's old Empowerment Zone finally imploded in late 2001, the end came amid a spectacular flurry of federal audits, indictments and guilty pleas.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 09-27-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

Tax Plan Has Many Hurdles, Even More Questionsnew

When Glenn Richardson took the stage at the state Republican convention in May to unveil his plan to eliminate property taxes, it had the ring of a "lottery speech" -- the kind of grand, populist proposal that could be used to propel a guy into the governor's office.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Scott Henry | 09-13-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues

The War on Terror, So Farnew

How has a cave-dwelling trust-fund baby with a video camera and a chip on his shoulder managed to outfight the most powerful nation in the history of Earth?

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Andisheh Nouraee | 08-09-2007 | Policy Issues

Tags: public policy issues