In the Loop
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Herman Cain Defends Rand Paul in UGA Speech
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore
Herman Cain told University of Georgia students it is too early to make judgments about the 2016 presidential election, but advised them to discount candidates who attack members of their own party at a lecture Wednesday night.
Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential race, recorded a segment for his radio talk show during his third visit to campus in the last four years. The show will be replayed next week.
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UGA Tuition Will Rise 9 Percent Next Year
The University System Board of Regents approved a 9 percent tuition hike for University of Georgia students and a 5 percent hike for North Georgia University Students today.
In-state residents will pay about $800 more to attend UGA during the 2015–2016 school year and $200 more for a full load of classes at UNG.
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Bogart Library Expansion Cut from State Budget
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
A House-Senate conference committee removed all funding for the renovation and expansion of the Bogart Library from the state budget approved in the final two days of the General Assembly last week.
The conference committee action was taken at the direction of Terry England, R-Auburn, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, according to Sen. Bill Cowsert, who represents Bogart and the rest of Oconee County.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 13
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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Clarke School Budget Includes a Bump for Teachers
The Athens-Clarke County School Board approved a tentative budget Thursday night for the 2016 fiscal year of $130 million, $5 million greater than 2015.
Even with an expected $5 million increase in revenue, the school district will still run a $3 million deficit, about the same as this year’s deficit of $2.8 million.
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Commissioners Tackle Normaltown Parking, Downtown Beautification, Airport Expansion, Leisure Services
Commissioner Jerry NeSmith.
It's unclear if Athens-Clarke County commissioners can do anything about a parking deck (with a medical office attached) in Normaltown that would triple the traffic on narrow, winding, residential Yonah Avenue. But several of them are pushing to revise zoning and building codes so the situation doesn't happen again.
About a half-dozen Normaltown and Boulevard residents turned out Tuesday night to ask commissioners to do something to revise plans for the deck to redirect at least some traffic onto Prince Avenue. They asked that county officials consider how 800 cars a day leaving the deck will affect traffic not only on Yonah, but on Park Avenue, with its wonky intersection, and Satula Avenue, which is narrow, often backed up and crowded with parked cars already.
"I don't understand how we can do a traffic impact analysis and not consider the impact of traffic on neighborhoods. It doesn't make sense to me," Commissioner Jerry NeSmith said at the voting meeting. "It's unfortunate we don't have the building codes, the zoning codes in place to protect against this sort of thing.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Apr. 6
Photo Credit: Melissa Hovanes
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 Retirees Pack Meeting Held to Explain Health Benefits Changes
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
William Bell, a retired UGA research assistant, speaks to University System Associate Vice Chancellor Karin Elliott at a Friday meeting at Masters Hall.
A standing-room-only-plus-overflow crowd of UGA retirees, employees and family members showed up for a 10 a.m. Friday, Apr. 3 information meeting in Masters Hall at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on campus.
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