In the Loop
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Michelle Nunn: Raise Minimum Wage, Stop Pell Cuts
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn, after voting early in Adamsville, stopped by Athens City Hall this afternoon for a rally on her way to a fundraiser at The Hill.
Nunn touted a new poll giving her a slight lead over Republican nominee David Perdue and urged supporters to vote early. As she's done throughout the campaign, Nunn contrasted her views on education and her background as a nonprofit executive with Perdue's.
"I hope that we can do things in this election and as a senator that will actually affect people's lives," Nunn told about 75 supporters. "That's why I'm doing this, and that's why I think people are excited, whether it's raising the minimum wage or whether it's ensuring that all of our college students have an affordable pathway to college.
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Jack Lumpkin Is Savannah's New Police Chief
Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Jack Lumpkin will be taking over Savannah and Chatham County's merged police department Nov. 9, according to Connect Savannah.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 13
Photo Credit: Ben Walton
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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Jason Carter Introduces Drive-By Truckers
Game over: Jason Carter has won the coveted Patterson Hood endorsement.
Just kidding—nobody's sealed the deal yet. But introducing the Drive-By Truckers—whom Carter befriended while attending UGA law school—at a sold-out Tabernacle show certainly doesn't hurt the Democratic gubernatorial nominee's chances. This is just a guess, but I doubt Gov. Nathan Deal has Southern Rock Opera on his iPod.
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Pedestrian Hit on Prince Avenue
A 73-year-old woman was hit by a car while crossing Prince Avenue on Tuesday.
The woman—who was not in a crosswalk—was crossing Prince near Oglethorpe Avenue at around 6 p.m. A 20-year-old Monroe woman driving a Toyota Scion hit her as she was turning right from Satula Avenue onto Prince, according to Athens-Clarke County police.
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Athens-Clarke County Might Reroute the Greenway
Members of the Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission voted unanimously Tuesday not to build a planned greenway trail thru the River Oaks neighborhood, near the University of Georgia golf course off College Station Road.
A long-planned extension of the present greenway from Oconee Street southward was slated to follow the river only part of the way anyway toward Whitehall Road, departing from the river to eventually become a roadside path along Milledge Avenue. But a branch of the trail would have continued through the River Oaks subdivision. That plan has upset some residents over the years.
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You Can Vote on a Sunday in Athens Now
Photo Credit: Blake Aued
The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections unanimously approved this afternoon an additional day of early voting on Sunday, Oct. 26
Voters will be able to cast ballots from 1–5 p.m. that day at the Board of Elections office at 155 E. Washington St.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Oct. 6
Photo Credit: UGA Athletic Association
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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