Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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This Bill Would Let Craft Brewers Sell Beer Directly to the Public
Blog: In the Loop
Senate Bill 63—the Georgia Beer Jobs Act—was introduced last Wednesday. The bill, co-sponsored by several Republicans, including Athens Sen. Frank Ginn, includes the following provisions:
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Terrapin Takes on Budweiser's Anti-Craft Beer Ad
Blog: Culture Briefs
As we sipped our sissy Creature Comforts Athenas, daintily, with our pinkies extended, engaging in a Foucauldian discourse about Missy Elliott and dancing sharks, the Super Bowl ad that most drew our utterly ineffectual ire wasn't that M. Night Shyamalan-styleNationwide disaster, but this little reactionary appeal from Budweiser.
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There's Been a Rash of Car Break-Ins Lately
Blog: In the Loop
A rash of car break-ins have been reported all over Clarke County in the past several days, ACC police said this afternoon.
Mostly, the thefts have been smash-and-grabs, where thieves break windows to take valuables left in plain sight.
Among the entering autos reported this week:
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Jan. 26
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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UGA Student Charged with Classmate's Murder
Blog: In the Loop
A University of Georgia student was shot and killed Tuesday, Jan. 13 during a drug deal gone wrong, according to Athens-Clarke County police.
Min Seok Cho, 21, was "transported by private vehicle" to Athens Regional Medical Center, where he was declared dead, according to police.
"Preliminary investigation indicates that the victim met the person or persons responsible for the shooting to exchange marijuana," police said in a news release.
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UGA President Jere Morehead Wants to Raise Pay for Faculty and Staff
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: The University of Georgia
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead will push for raises for faculty again this year, he said during his State of the University speech today at the Chapel.
UGA employees received raises—albeit an average of just 1 percent—last year for the first time since 2008.
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And the Flagpole Prince Avenue Flag Photo Contest Winner Is...
Blog: In the Loop
Krysia Haag gets honorable mention for the batch of creative Prince Avenue Photoshop images she sent us—astronauts landing in the crosswalk ("One small step for mankind"), a T-Rex rampaging through Flagpole's front yard, and the "Dukes of Hazzard" sendup you see here.
But we have to give the grand prize to photographer Matt Hardy and the ladies of the Secret City burlesque troupe, who literally stopped traffic when they ventured out into the crosswalk wearing nothing but a few strategically placed orange flags. Congratulations, y'all can pick up your Grit gift certificate at our office.
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Athens Police and Citizens Talk Race and Bias
Blog: In the Loop
"Comply and complain" was the refrain police used over and over again during a town hall meeting with local law enforcement on Saturday.
A panel of community leaders briefly tackled a number of important issues—gentrification, low voter turnout, lack of minority representation in government—but in the wake of recent high-profile cases where police killed African Americans, the No.1 concern was the police department's relationship with minorities.
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Don't Drive Drunk Tonight (or Ever, but Especially Not Tonight)
Blog: In the Loop
Athens-Clarke County police will be setting up DUI checkpoints tonight. No, they didn't say where.
Police said they'll also be checking for child seats, seat belt and other traffic violations.
So, if you're thinking about downing some shots, throwing your baby in the back and getting behind the wheel of a car with no working brake lights, well, don't.
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Gov. Nathan Deal Is Against Legal Pot, '90s Fashion
Blog: In the Loop
Gov. Nathan Deal gave his annual State of the State address today. Here are some of the highlights:
• He called for a "comprehensive look" at education funding, calling the state's QBE formula (which has never been fully funded, especially under Republican leadership) outdated. "Just as most of us wouldn’t dress our children in parachute pants and jelly shoes and we wouldn’t teach them about computers on a Commodore 64, neither should we educate them under a 1980s funding formula," he said. But any reform won't happen until 2016, at the earliest.
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Todd Gurley Hires Jay-Z as His Agent
Blog: In the Loop
Todd Gurley won't "Run This Town" anymore. The running back will "Change Clothes" out of his Georgia uniform because he's going "H.A.M." in the NFL after signing with Jay Z's Roc Nation Sports, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Although Bulldog fans wanted an "Encore," Gurley was widely expected to forgo his senior year, something Coach Mark Richt confirmed a couple of weeks ago. Signing with an agent, though, means it's set in stone. He's ineligible to play college football.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Jan. 12
Blog: In the Loop
Welcome to Athens Power Rankings. In the spirit of sports rating systems, through painstaking analysis, we rank the top movers and shakers in the Classic City each week. Who's hot? Who's not? Find out below.
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Send Us Your Prince Flag Photos, Win Lunch at the Grit
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
Athens-Clarke County installed the orange flags at two Prince Avenue crosswalks Wednesday morning, and by Thursday afternoon—I'm surprised it took this long—people were already replacing them with their own, more creative banners.
And so Flagpole is pleased to announce our Prince Avenue fly-your-own flag contest.
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The Prince Avenue Flags Made the Atlanta News
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
Tim Bryant had a great quote on Facebook: He is "at the same time amazed and yet also unsurprised that Athens, of all places, makes a statewide issue out of crossing the street. "
11Alive did a story yesterday on the new Prince Avenue orange flag interpretive danceprogram.
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The New Crossing-Prince Flags Are Up
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: Jessica Pritchard Mangum
Flagpole ad reps Andrea Craven Holt and Anita Aubrey try out the flags. (Spoiler alert: They're still alive.)
At the dangerous Grit and Daily crosswalks on Prince Avenue, Athens-Clarke County installed holders with orange flags this morning for pedestrians to wave as they cross the street, which either will get drivers to stop or enrage them like a red cape waved at a bull. -
Athens-Clarke County Wants You to Wave Flags to Cross Prince Avenue
Blog: In the Loop
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy
For a while now, Athens-Clarke County has refused to do much to make Prince Avenue safer to cross in spite of pleas from neighborhood residents and businesses—not move a dangerously located crosswalk, install more visible signals or consider even experimenting with fewer travel lanes, medians and/or pedestrian islands.
Now, perhaps county officials have come up with a solution. Tomorrow, the ACC Traffic Engineering Division will install orange flags and flagholders on either side of the crosswalks at The Grit and Daily Grocery.
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7,000 Baptist Teens Are in Athens
Blog: In the Loop
If you notice an inordinate number of young people not drinking, smoking or dancing in the den of iniquity that is downtown Athens, that's because the MOVE Conference is at the Classic Center.
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Georgia Running Backs, Ranked*
Blog: Culture Briefs
Photo Credit: John Kelley
*Post-1980.
1. Herschel Walker
2. Nick Chubb
3. Knowshon Moreno
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Nancy Denson's Daughter Might Run for Mayor, Too
Blog: In the Loop
State Rep. Margaret Kaiser, the daughter of Athens-Clarke County Mayor Nancy Denson, is considering running for mayor of Atlanta in 2017, according to Creative Loafing.
"I want to consider my options," she told reporter Max Blau. "But if I run, it's going to be because I think I would be a damn good mayor."
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UGA Is Handing Out Football Tickets to Lawmakers Left and Right
Blog: In the Loop
An ethics reform law passed in 2012 capped lobbyists' gifts to state lawmakers at $75. But giving hasn't slowed down for the University of Georgia and other public colleges and universities. That's because government employees are no longer required to register as lobbyists.
Since they're not officially lobbyists, the state ethics commission no longer keeps tabs on University System spending. But the Atlanta Journal-Constitution filed open-records requests with the schools themselves. The investigation found that they spent a total of $48,000 on legislators since last November and exceeded the $75 limit 20 times.
Page 43 of 76, showing 20 records out of 1503 total, starting on record 841, ending on 860
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In the Loop | February 3, 2015 12:37pm
This Bill Would Let Craft Brewers Sell Beer Directly to the Public
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Culture Briefs | February 2, 2015 11:27am
Terrapin Takes on Budweiser's Anti-Craft Beer Ad
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In the Loop | January 27, 2015 5:10pm
There's Been a Rash of Car Break-Ins Lately
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In the Loop | January 26, 2015 11:02am
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Jan. 26
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In the Loop | January 22, 2015 2:23pm
UGA Student Charged with Classmate's Murder
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In the Loop | January 21, 2015 5:05pm
UGA President Jere Morehead Wants to Raise Pay for Faculty and Staff
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In the Loop | January 20, 2015 10:54am
And the Flagpole Prince Avenue Flag Photo Contest Winner Is...
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In the Loop | January 19, 2015 10:49am
Athens Police and Citizens Talk Race and Bias
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In the Loop | January 16, 2015 2:27pm
Don't Drive Drunk Tonight (or Ever, but Especially Not Tonight)
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In the Loop | January 14, 2015 3:58pm
Gov. Nathan Deal Is Against Legal Pot, '90s Fashion
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In the Loop | January 13, 2015 2:40pm
Todd Gurley Hires Jay-Z as His Agent
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In the Loop | January 12, 2015 3:11pm
Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Jan. 12
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In the Loop | January 9, 2015 11:26am
Send Us Your Prince Flag Photos, Win Lunch at the Grit
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In the Loop | January 8, 2015 2:26pm
The Prince Avenue Flags Made the Atlanta News
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In the Loop | January 7, 2015 10:50am
The New Crossing-Prince Flags Are Up
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In the Loop | January 6, 2015 2:24pm
Athens-Clarke County Wants You to Wave Flags to Cross Prince Avenue
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In the Loop | January 2, 2015 2:12pm
7,000 Baptist Teens Are in Athens
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Culture Briefs | December 31, 2014 11:37am
Georgia Running Backs, Ranked*
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In the Loop | December 30, 2014 3:59pm
Nancy Denson's Daughter Might Run for Mayor, Too
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In the Loop | December 29, 2014 2:12pm
UGA Is Handing Out Football Tickets to Lawmakers Left and Right