In the Loop
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UGA Students Support Food Trucks Downtown
The University of Georgia Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution last week in favor of easing Athens-Clarke County regulations on food trucks, which is up for a vote tonight. Read it below the jump.
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Oconee Commissioner Wants His Own Property Rezoned
Bubber Wilkes.
The members of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners will be in the uncomfortable position on Tuesday evening of having to decide if a fellow commissioner should be allowed to rezone his agricultural property for commercial development.
The three voting commissioners have good reasons to turn down the request by Commissioner William “Bubber” Wilkes.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Nov. 2
Blacknerdninja
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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General Beauregard's Owners Apologize for 'N*****ita'
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
General Beauregard’s owners have confirmed that the bartender’s cheat sheet containing a recipe for a shot called a “N*****ita” is real and say the bar will reopen with no changes to its Confederate theme on Monday.
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Police Are Looking for a Hit-and-Run Driver
Athens-Clarke County police are asking for help in locating a vehicle that hit a cyclist on Danielsville Road Tuesday.
The cyclist was riding north on Danielsville Road near the Smokey Road intersection shortly after 5 p.m. when he was hit from behind by a gold or tan SUV. The victim was taken to Athens Regional Medical Center for life-threatening injuries, according to police.
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General Beauregard's Is Closed
We don’t know whether it’s permanent or just until the PR crisis blows over, but the Old South-themed downtown Athens bar General Beauregard’s is closed.
An anonymous tipster told the website Death and Taxes that the bar—which came under fireafter an image purported to be a recipe card circulated online showing a shot called a “N*****ita”—was closed on Tuesday night.
Flagpole reporter and photographer Joshua L. Jones went by late Wednesday night and confirmed that it is indeed closed.
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Jody Hice Bucks the Tea Party, Backs Paul Ryan
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
Jody might want to put some Hice on that when the tea party gets through with him.
Rep. Jody Hice, the Walton County Republican who represents Athens, told the AJC on Tuesday that he intends to support Rep. Paul Ryan for speaker in today's Republican caucus election and Thursday's floor vote.
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Offensive Drink Name Sparks Anger at General Beauregard's
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones/file
It appears that the Confederate-themed downtown Athens bar General Beauregard’s offers a drink with a name that includes a censored racial slur, outraging local social-media users after an image of a recipe sheet was posted to Facebook on Monday.
The sheet includes a shot called a “N*****ita” (the asterisks are part of the name), which includes two parts tequila, one part watermelon liqueur and a splash of sour mix.
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