In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Feb. 16
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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How Bad Will the Weather Get Tonight?
Photo Credit: Daniel Case/Wikimedia Commons
Is Icepocalypse III: The Icepocalypsing coming to Athens? Probably not.
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Oconee Official: Move Bishop and Widen 441
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
The Madison Athens-Clarke Oconee Regional Transportation Study (MACORTS) Policy Committee took the first step on Wednesday toward reactivating the construction of a bypass of Bishop and the four-laning of U.S. 441 from Watkinsville to the Apalachee River.
The project now goes to the public comment stage, with a key meeting to be held from 5–7 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the Community Center at Oconee Veterans Park.
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'Religious Liberty' Bill Will Legalize Discrimination
A "religious liberty" bill in the Georgia House of Representatives could be used to legally justify discrimination, Robbie Medwed, the assistant director for Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity, told members of the Young Democrats at the University of Georgia on Wednesday.
Last Thursday, House Bill 218, known as the “Preventing Government Overreach on Religious Expression Act” was introduced in Georgia by state Rep. Sam Teasley (R-Marietta). The bill is part of a growing trend of religious liberty bills throughout the nation.
Medwed presented concerns that these bills will be abused in order to justify discrimination, child abuse and domestic violence.
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A New Loop 10 Interchange Is Now Open
Rejoice, commuters: No more traffic light at the Loop, Peter Street and Olympic Drive. A new interchange at what's now known as Exit 9 is open, six weeks ahead of schedule.
There's still a bit of work to be done, so GDOT officials are urging caution, but the inner Loop ramps officially opened at 11:15 a.m. The outer Loop ramps opened Jan. 20.
E.R. Snell Contracting of Snellville built the $14.5 million project.
Next up for GDOT is realigning the Barnett Shoals Road/Oconee Street interchange, which is a mess. That project is supposed to get underway in 2016 or 2017.
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A Bill to Lower Tuition for Undocumented Students Is Unlikely to Pass
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Eduardo Samaniego [center] at an Apr. 28 rally outside the UGA Administration building
More than a dozen undocumented immigrants made an emotional plea at a Senate committee meeting Tuesday for a bill that would result in lower tuition rates for them to attend one of Georgia’s public colleges.
While they got a polite and sympathetic hearing from the senators, the students most likely won’t get a break on tuition because the bill is not expected to get a vote in the Senate’s Higher Education Committee.
“If I took a vote today, this bill would not pass,” said Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), the committee chairman. “I feel pretty comfortable in telling you that. I can promise you, it will not pass in its present form.”
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Caterpillar Has Created 932 Jobs
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
Caterpillar has created 932 of the 1,300 jobs it has promised to generate at its local plant, according to a report filed on Jan. 29 by Rick Waller, chairman of the Oconee County Industrial Development Authority, with the state agency that is overseeing the project.
The 932 jobs are more than double the 364 that Waller reported Caterpillar had created in a similar report a year ago.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Feb. 9
Photo Credit: Anton Corbijn
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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