Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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UGA Stonewalls Student Journalists on Sexual Assault
Blog: In the Loop
Days after Grady Newsource asked the University of Georgia for comment on recently released rape statistics, the university still has not responded.
A UGA report released in September included reports of 29 rapes on campus, including 22 at residence halls. The student-run TV station asked UGA why so many of the rape reports came from residence halls and why so few result in an arrest, among other questions. A university spokesman told the reporter Monday he was working “feverishly” to find answers, but as of Wednesday, he had not provided any.
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Gov. Deal Orders Georgia Coast Evacuated as Hurricane Matthew Approaches
Blog: In the Loop
Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered more than half a million coastal Georgia residents to evacuate as Hurricane Matthew approaches.
The mandatory evacuation order applies to everyone in Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden counties who lives east of I-95. Another 30 southeast Georgia counties are urged to voluntarily evacuate.
Eastbound lanes on I-16 between Savannah and Dublin have been reversed. All lanes are now westbound.
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Mayor Denson Will Allow a Vote on the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance After All
Blog: In the Loop
Mayor Nancy Denson will put a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance back on the agenda next month, she announced at the Athens-Clarke County Commission meeting Tuesday night, shortly after hundreds of protestors marched on City Hall to demand a vote on the ordinance.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
About 200 protesters marched from the Arch and gathered outside City Hall, then entered the building singing and chanting as the meeting was getting underway. Several dozen of them stood in the back of the commission chamber continuing to sing as new Public Utilities Director Frank Stevens attempted to introduce himself to the commission.
Denson told the protesters that she would have police escort them out if they didn’t quiet down. “I think it’s not loud enough, if you ask me,” one woman replied. But the crowd did grow quieter when Denson said she would put the ordinance up for a vote Nov. 1 after blocking a vote for the past two months.
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The Pancake Selfie Express Is Either the Peak or the Nadir of Western Civilization
Blog: Grub Notes
We’ve officially reached Peak Millennial.
Holiday Inn Express has managed to combine the two things the youngs love most—selfies and brunch—into the Pancake Selfie Express, a van where you can get your face laser-printed onto a pancake.
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Creature Comforts' Latest Beer, Transmission, Is Out Today
Blog: Grub Notes
Today Creature Comforts is release its latest beer, Transmission, a collaboration with Arizona Wildness Brewing Co. It’s a funky citrus saison (5.6% ABV) brewed with honey from Danielsville’s Booger Hill Bee Co., oranges and lemons from The Farm at Agritopia in Gilbert, AZ, and citrusy Mandarina Bavaria and Lemondrop hops, then bottle-conditioned for four months with Creature Comforts’ house yeast and bacteria cultures. Transmission will be available in 750 milliliter bombers at the brewery only.
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Democrats Rally the Troops, Attack Trump and Isakson at Debate Party
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
State Rep. Spencer Frye (D-Athens) speaks at the Clarke County Democrats' debate-watching party Monday at the Athens Cotton Press.
Jim Barksdale, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, attacked Republican incumbent Johnny Isakson as an obstructionist and Trump supporter during a speech prior to a debate-watching party Monday night sponsored by Clarke County Democrats that drew about 200 politicos—including a few big names from Atlanta.
Isakson, who is seeking a third term, has spent the past eight years obstructing President Obama for political gain, Barksdale said.
“This is not acceptable,” he said. “We need to say that’s not the way a representative of the people should act.”
Instead of standing up to the controversial Republican presidential nominee, Barksdale said Isakson has opted to “ride on Donald Trump’s bandwagon of exclusion, his bandwagon of hate, as long as it gets him re-elected.”
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ACC Police Ask for Help Solving Hit-and-Run
Blog: In the Loop
Athens-Clarke County police are asking the public for information on the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian on the Loop Saturday.
Charles Sokol, a 22-year-old former University of Georgia student, was killed around 1:41 a.m. Saturday while walking along the inner Loop near the Commerce Road interchange. Sokol, 22, lived in the Bridgewater subdivision off nearby Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Police said the vehicle that hit Sokol was last seen headed east on the Perimeter and may have exited at Danielsville Road. The vehicle's windshield and hood may have been damaged, and a side window was broken out.
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Where to Watch the Presidential Debate (and Drink) in Athens
Blog: In the Loop
The horror... the horror...
You’re probably going to watch the presidential debate tonight. Let’s be honest: No matter where you are on the political spectrum, it’s going to be depressing, and you’re going to need gallons of booze to get through it. Unless you want to end up sobbing on the floor by yourself like Martin Sheen at the beginning of Apocalypse Now, maybe it’s best to go out in public. Here are some options:
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Weekend Events: Black Lives Matter and Local Food Rallies, Terrapin's Hop Harvest
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Randy Schafer/file
A vigil for Eric Garner and Michael Brown, black men killed by police, December 2014 at the Arch.
The Athens NAACP and Athens for Everyone will have a vigil for the two latest black men shot and killed by police, Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, tonight starting at 7 p.m. at the Arch.
An Oklahoma officer shot and killed Crutcher, who was unarmed and had his hands raised, after his car broke down in the middle of the road. Scott’s death sparked three days of protests and clashes with police in Charlotte.
Organizers will also be collected signatures on a petition in favor of a local civil rights committee.
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UGA: No Choice but to Change Pay Schedule
Blog: In the Loop
UGA administrators say they're sympathetic to employees whose pay will be delayed in November as the university implements new federal overtime rules, but that they have no choice but to switch from a monthly to a biweekly pay schedule.
"I deeply care about our staff and want to make this transition as smoothly as we can," President Jere Morehead said at his quarterly media briefing this morning.
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Cyclist Killed in Collision With Bus in East Athens
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
53-year-old Anthony Zackery was killed Tuesday night while riding his bike on Nelly B Avenue in East Athens when he collided with an Athens Transit bus.
According to Athens-Clarke County officials, Zackery was riding on the sidewalk at 8:05 p.m. when the bus activated its turn signal on and turned left onto Martin Circle. Zackery braked but fell off his bike into the street and was hit by one of the bus' tires. The driver stopped the bus, and the dispatcher called 911. Zackery was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Georgia Fan Gets a Little Too Turnt After Win
Blog: Culture Briefs
Photo Credit: Jeff Moore via Twitter
Like all of us, Athens resident Michael DiNardo was pretty psyched about Jacob Eason's touchdown pass to Isaiah McKenzie that beat Missouri Saturday night.
Some might say he took it a bit too far.
DiNardo's roommate, Jeff Moore, posted a video to Twitter of DiNardo celebrating the epic play—a celebration that included putting his head through a pane of glass. The video went viral as an example of just how boneheaded Georgia fans can be.
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Mayor Denson Delays Discrimination Vote Again—Maybe Forever
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Mayor Nancy Denson listens as Mokah Jasmine Johnson speaks about a local anti-discrimination ordinance at the ACC commission's Aug. 16 meeting.
Mayor Nancy Denson has taken a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance off the Athens-Clarke County Commission’s agenda for the second straight month, and may never put it back on.
“I’m not sure what to do with it,” Denson said. “I haven’t decided when or if it’s coming back yet.”
The ordinance would require bars to post dress codes and private events at the door, and bars that are found to use dress codes or fake private events to keep out certain customers could have their alcohol licenses suspended or revoked.
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Driver Accused of Killing Cyclist Had Record of DUI Charges
Blog: In the Loop
The woman who police say killed one cyclist and severely injured another while driving impaired Monday was charged with two other DUIs in the months leading up to the crash, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.
Whitney Baker Howard, 31, was high on prescription drugs and using her phone when her Jeep swerved into the other lane on Athena Drive and hit three cyclists, Ashley Block, Mitchell Enfinger and Brian Molloy. Block was killed, Enfinger remains hospitalized, and Molloy suffered minor injuries.
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Georgia Group Launches Ad Aimed at Stopping 'State School Takeover'
Blog: In the Loop
A Georgia group has launched its first TV ad educating voters about a November education referendum’s ballot language, which it calls “deceptive.”
Amendment 1, also known as the Opportunity School District, is an initiative championed by Gov. Nathan Deal that would allow the governor's appointee to take over public schools it deems to be “failing.” Critics say the plan is unworkable and would siphon money and power away from locally run public schools—perhaps to private corporations.
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One Cyclist Killed, Another Injured by Alleged DUI Driver
Blog: In the Loop
A possibly impaired driver killed one cyclist and severely injured another on Athena Drive in northeastern Clarke County Monday evening, Tim Bryant of WGAU 1340 AM reported this morning.
Ashley Block, a 25-year-old University of Georgia PhD student from Minneapolis, has been indentified as the cyclist who was killed. The name of the injured cyclist has not been released. Bryant described him as "critically injured," and he was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center for treatment.
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Avid Is Opening a Second Bookshop in Five Points
Blog: Culture Briefs
Independent bookstore Avid Bookshop—which celebrates its fifth anniversary next month—is opening a second location in Five Points, in addition to its Prince Avenue store.
The new store, at 1662 S. Lumpkin St., will open this fall. Owner Janet Geddis reports:
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That Stolen UGA Press Van Was Actually Towed
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: the back of a milk carton
It turns out that a van full of books belonging to the University of Georgia Press that wasreportedly stolen from outside a Decatur book fair was actually illegally towed.
UGA Press released a detailed account of what happened to the van today, after discovering that it was on a tow lot.
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Commission Approves 100 Prince Development
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Smith Planning Group
Just a few hours after Daily Groceries Co-op announced a deal to move into a much larger space at 100 Prince, the Athens-Clarke County Commission gave final approval Tuesday night to the development on what’s now the St. Joseph Catholic Church property.
The mixed use project—which will also include a restaurant in the historic sanctuary and 126 apartments aimed at young professionals and empty-nesters—was lauded by manyneighborhood residents as the type of development Athens needs. Some on nearby Pulaski, Barrow and Childs streets, though, expressed concerns about traffic the development would bring.
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Daily Groceries Is (Probably) Moving Into the 100 Prince Development
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Smith Planning Group
It's not completely set in stone yet, but the Daily Groceries Co-op has signed a tentative deal to move into a much larger retail space in the new 100 Prince development slated for the St. Joseph Catholic Church property.
Daily announced to its owner-members today that it's signed a nonbinding letter of intent with developer Homes Urban of Greenville, SC to move into a 14,000 square-foot retail space in 2018.
"This is the first step of a really, really long process for the co-op," Delene Porter, chairwoman of Daily's board of directors, told Flagpole.
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latest stories
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In the Loop | October 6, 2016 1:10pm
UGA Stonewalls Student Journalists on Sexual Assault
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In the Loop | October 6, 2016 11:34am
Gov. Deal Orders Georgia Coast Evacuated as Hurricane Matthew Approaches
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In the Loop | October 5, 2016 1:57pm
Mayor Denson Will Allow a Vote on the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance After All
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Grub Notes | September 30, 2016 11:56am
The Pancake Selfie Express Is Either the Peak or the Nadir of Western Civilization
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Grub Notes | September 29, 2016 2:46pm
Creature Comforts' Latest Beer, Transmission, Is Out Today
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In the Loop | September 27, 2016 4:36pm
Democrats Rally the Troops, Attack Trump and Isakson at Debate Party
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In the Loop | September 26, 2016 4:54pm
ACC Police Ask for Help Solving Hit-and-Run
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In the Loop | September 26, 2016 12:37pm
Where to Watch the Presidential Debate (and Drink) in Athens
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In the Loop | September 23, 2016 2:04pm
Weekend Events: Black Lives Matter and Local Food Rallies, Terrapin's Hop Harvest
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In the Loop | September 21, 2016 4:02pm
UGA: No Choice but to Change Pay Schedule
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In the Loop | September 21, 2016 1:48pm
Cyclist Killed in Collision With Bus in East Athens
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Culture Briefs | September 19, 2016 3:08pm
Georgia Fan Gets a Little Too Turnt After Win
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In the Loop | September 19, 2016 1:54pm
Mayor Denson Delays Discrimination Vote Again—Maybe Forever
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In the Loop | September 15, 2016 3:23pm
Driver Accused of Killing Cyclist Had Record of DUI Charges
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In the Loop | September 13, 2016 1:51pm
Georgia Group Launches Ad Aimed at Stopping 'State School Takeover'
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In the Loop | September 13, 2016 10:40am
One Cyclist Killed, Another Injured by Alleged DUI Driver
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Culture Briefs | September 12, 2016 12:25pm
Avid Is Opening a Second Bookshop in Five Points
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In the Loop | September 7, 2016 4:21pm
That Stolen UGA Press Van Was Actually Towed
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In the Loop | September 7, 2016 2:45pm
Commission Approves 100 Prince Development
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In the Loop | September 6, 2016 5:12pm
Daily Groceries Is (Probably) Moving Into the 100 Prince Development