In the Loop
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Don't Drive Drunk Tonight (or Ever, but Especially Not Tonight)
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
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funding, calling the state's QBE formula (which has never been fully funded, especially under Republican leadership) outdated.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
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
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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Nine Arrested in Undocumented Student Protest
Undocumented students wearing hand-painted butterfly wings were arrested Friday evening while protesting University System of Georgia policies that prevent them from attending Georgia’s top-tier colleges.
Police received a call around 6:30 p.m. after approximately 50 student protestors refused to leave the building after it closed at 5 p.m. After several warnings, protestors begrudgingly dispersed upon the police’s arrival, except for nine students who refused to comply and were arrested, said protester Jacqueline Delgadillo. The group consisted of four undocumented student leaders and five documented allies from the University of Georgia, Kennesaw State and Freedom University. Each student was charged with one count of criminal trespassing.
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Send Us Your Prince Flag Photos, Win Lunch at the Grit
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
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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You Can Buy Liquor in Oconee County Restaurants Now
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
As a result of action taken Tuesday night by the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, the county now has a new liquor ordinance that allows for the sale of beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks in county restaurants.
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