On the heels of a Republican candidate’s drill-baby-still declaration, three Democratic gubernatorial have declared their opposition to oil drilling off Georgia’s coast. But the perceived Democratic front runner, former Gov. Roy Barnes, isn’t voicing a position. In statements I gathered over the last few days, former state House Minority Leader DuBose Porter (right) was the most [...]

You’re either for offshore drilling or you’re for the terrorists. That’s the message of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Eric Johnson, who doubled-down on his support for  oil exploration off the coast of Georgia in a post on his campaign blog this week. As appalled as I am by the images of oil washing up on beaches while [...]

I took the photo above earlier this month during a tour of the Beltline’s Northeastern section with Angel Poventud, the uber-activist. What do we see in the photo? A high-rise at the corner of 10th and Monroe. As Linda Richman used to say, talk amongst yourselves, and see a personal disclosure below. And while you talk amongst yourselves, [...]

Georgia Tech Professor Judith Curry The last time Georgia Tech hurricane expert Judith Curry drew attention from the popular media she was a little miffed. In 2005, Curry and a colleagues testified before a Senate committee on a study they’d authored, which found that global warming was making hurricanes stronger. An aide to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., [...]

The chairwoman of the Georgia Legislature’s Marta oversight committee is threatening to restructure the Marta board to kick members who don’t vote the way she wants them to, Georgia Unfiltered reports. Marta officials responded sharply to the threat by Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Chamblee, whose latest clash with the agency is over Marta’s efforts to hire lobbyists [...]

(Originally posted on Atlanta Unsheltered. Go here to see comment thread). As I wrote last night, Maria Saporta’s questions at Tuesday’s mayoral candidates forum shed much-needed light on who the candidates are. Not what they say, what they DO. And to recap, they pretty much live outside of the core of the city in subdivisions or suburban areas. [...]

U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Marietta, provided an inadvertent moment of levity last month on the House floor. I stumbled upon it while researching a Media Mayhem column for the Mother Nature Network. Before watching, please note two points: 1) As Creative Loafing‘s editor, I instituted a policy that an image of Ned [...]