Blog posts by Blake Aued, Editor
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Clarke Schools Are Laying Off 33 People
Blog: In the Loop
The Clarke County School District plans to eliminate more than 33 positions at a called Board of Education meeting on Thursday.
The exact positions were not specified in the BOE's meeting agenda, but they include:
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More UGA Students Are Apparently Prostituting Themselves
Blog: Culture Briefs
The number of University of Georgia students who are, it is implied, having sex with rich, older men for money has increased by 163 percent in the past year. Let's hope it's gone from like eight to 21.
That's according to a website that matches female "sugar babies" (ugh) with "sugar daddies" who give them an average of $3,000 a month, ostensibly for books and tuition. UGA's gotten more expensive, but it ain't that expensive.
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Mayor Denson's Budget Includes Tax Hikes, Raises
Blog: In the Loop
Athens-Clarke County government employees will get 2 percent raises in fiscal 2014—their first pay increases in five years—if Mayor Nancy Denson's proposed budget is approved, but they'll come at a cost to homeowners.
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State GOP Chairman's Race Heats Up
Blog: In the Loop
Animosity between upstart Ron Paul supporters and other Republicans apparently is alive and well.
At a Gwinnett County forum for candidates to replace Sue Everhart as chair of the state Republican Party, B.J. Van Gundy quizzed former Athens GOP chairman and current state party secretary John Padgett about an attempted takeover of the county party by Ron Paul supporters. The episode grew so heated it led to a fistfight after a party meeting.
Padgett helped put down the uprising—illegally, Paul supporters say, although he was later cleared of wrongdoing. Here's a recap of the debate from Z Politics:
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Frat Boys Are Racing Chariots Around Downtown
Blog: Culture Briefs
Red Bull is sponsoring a chariot race today as part of Twilight weekend. It starts at 7 p.m. on Clayton Street "between N. Lumpkin and N. Jackson" (so I guess College Avenue?) if you're looking for some "elite partying," whatever that means.
Here's the press release they sent us. The bastards pre-empted my Animal House joke.
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Does Downtown Need Another Parking Deck?
Blog: In the Loop
Most everybody seems pretty cool with the downtown master plan so far—at least those who showed up to a public hearing Thursday night.
The town hall meeting drew about 150 people to the Classic Center, a little over half the number who attended a similar meeting in November. And it wasn't a very diverse audience. But those who did turn out largely approved of the work UGA professor Jack Crowley and his crew of graduate assistants have done so far.
Some of the ideas Crowley floated we've heard before. Others were new, like a plan for offices and apartments wrapped around a new parking deck on the surface lot behind the federal building (prompted one wag to propose selling "I Love Big Decks" T-shirts to raise money).
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Ron Paul Endorses Paul Broun for Senate
Blog: In the Loop
Former congressman and presidential candidate and alleged crazy person Ron Paul has endorsed the other Dr. Paul, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens), for Senate, Team Broun announced today.
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Good News, Athens Tech Students
Blog: In the Loop
You don't have to study quite so hard to keep your scholarship.
Gov. Nathan Deal signed House Bill 372 today, which lowers the grade point average technical schoolstudents need for HOPE grants from a 3.0 to a 2.0. From Deal's press office:
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Occupy Athens Skewers Mayor Denson
Blog: In the Loop
Tim and Jenny Denson of Occupy Athens submitted this cartoon and commentary depicting Mayor Nancy Denson as a modern-day Mr. Wilson for supporting a proposed law restricting when people can be on public property.
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Earth Week Events in Athens
Blog: In the Loop
The University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County are stretching out Earth Day into Earth Week. Here are some of the events happening on campus. Think globally, act locally and all that.
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UGA Breaks Ground on Business Building Friday
Blog: In the Loop
An enormous UGA construction project will kick off Friday, when officials break ground on the first phase of a new Terry College of Business complex at the corner of Baxter and Lumpkin streets.
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Immigration Panel and Concert This Saturday
Blog: In the Loop
The Clarke Central High School DREAMTeam—a group of students pushing for comprehensive immigration reform—and the Bezos Scholars Program are presenting a panel discussion and concert on Saturday.
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Landmark Oak on Jefferson Road Cut Down
Blog: In the Loop
The owners of one of Athens' most famous trees cut it down earlier this week after the Athens-Clarke County community forester noticed it was dying.
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UGA's Adams Talks Aldean, Guns, Coal, Tuition and Canceling the Georgia Tech Game
Blog: In the Loop
Calling Night Train a success, University of Georgia administrators are not ruling out another concert at some point as the future.
"I have to say it, was a wonderfully behaved crowd, probably better than a typical football crowd," UGA President Michael Adams told reporters at a press conference this morning.
Adams watched the show from the president's box at Sanford and called it "a great event."
Provost and incoming president Jere Morehead concurred. Athletics Director Greg McGarity told him the concert was "a tremendous success," Morehead said.
"I am certainly open to replicating this in the future," but planning another concert might take a year or two, he said.
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Our Daily Bread Moves to First Baptist After Fire
Blog: In the Loop
Members of First Baptist Church voted unanimously Wednesday night to allow the soup kitchen, which was destroyed in the Monday fire at Oconee Street United Methodist Church, to continue operating at its kitchen and fellowship hall, according to First Baptist Pastor Paul Baxley.
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Police Chief: Frat Boys Are Like Homeless People
Blog: In the Loop
Citing safety and property damage concerns, the Athens-Clarke Commission's Legislative Review Committee is considering banning people from public property like City Hall after hours.
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More Photos of the Oconee Methodist Fire
Blog: In the Loop
Reader Kelly Doyle-Mace sent in these photos of the aftermath of the Monday night fire that gutted Oconee Street United Methodist Church. For more coverage, click here.
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UPDATE: Fire Guts Oconee Street Methodist Church
Blog: In the Loop
A fire burned through Oconee Street United Methodist Church in just minutes late Monday night, destroying the 110-year-old church, except for the brick exterior walls. No one was hurt.
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The Jason Aldean Concert at Sanford Stadium Was a Success
Blog: In the Loop
The first-ever concert at Sanford Stadium went off without a hitch.
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Ten Commandments Pastor Jody Hice Is Running for Congress
Blog: In the Loop
Walton County pastor and talk radio host Jody Hice is running for the 10th Congressional District seat Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens) is leaving to run for Senate, according to the AJC.
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latest stories
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In the Loop | April 30, 2013 5:03pm
Clarke Schools Are Laying Off 33 People
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Culture Briefs | April 30, 2013 12:14pm
More UGA Students Are Apparently Prostituting Themselves
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In the Loop | April 29, 2013 5:00pm
Mayor Denson's Budget Includes Tax Hikes, Raises
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In the Loop | April 29, 2013 10:42am
State GOP Chairman's Race Heats Up
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Culture Briefs | April 26, 2013 12:58pm
Frat Boys Are Racing Chariots Around Downtown
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In the Loop | April 25, 2013 10:23pm
Does Downtown Need Another Parking Deck?
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In the Loop | April 25, 2013 1:47pm
Ron Paul Endorses Paul Broun for Senate
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In the Loop | April 24, 2013 12:44pm
Good News, Athens Tech Students
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In the Loop | April 23, 2013 11:45am
Occupy Athens Skewers Mayor Denson
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In the Loop | April 22, 2013 2:56pm
Earth Week Events in Athens
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In the Loop | April 22, 2013 10:52am
UGA Breaks Ground on Business Building Friday
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In the Loop | April 19, 2013 1:56pm
Immigration Panel and Concert This Saturday
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In the Loop | April 19, 2013 10:41am
Landmark Oak on Jefferson Road Cut Down
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In the Loop | April 18, 2013 3:32pm
UGA's Adams Talks Aldean, Guns, Coal, Tuition and Canceling the Georgia Tech Game
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In the Loop | April 18, 2013 10:38am
Our Daily Bread Moves to First Baptist After Fire
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In the Loop | April 17, 2013 2:01pm
Police Chief: Frat Boys Are Like Homeless People
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In the Loop | April 16, 2013 3:37pm
More Photos of the Oconee Methodist Fire
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In the Loop | April 16, 2013 12:56pm
UPDATE: Fire Guts Oconee Street Methodist Church
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In the Loop | April 15, 2013 5:01pm
The Jason Aldean Concert at Sanford Stadium Was a Success
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In the Loop | April 15, 2013 4:29pm
Ten Commandments Pastor Jody Hice Is Running for Congress