In the Loop
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Drunk Man Gored by Bull at Athens Rodeo
Photo Credit: Matt Millham
An off-duty Athens-Clarke County police officer had to pepper-spray a panicking crowd after a man was gored by a bull Sunday at an indoor rodeo at Athens Arena.
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of June 23
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
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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Oconee County's Bridge to Nowhere
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
In March of 2009, voters in Oconee County overwhelmingly approved a 1 percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum setting aside $1.1 million for spending on “recreational, historic and scenic facilities” in the county.
More than three years later, in May of 2012, the Oconee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to spend $90,000 from that “recreational, historic and scenic facilities” category of SPLOST 2009, with most of that money going to replacement of a damaged “bridge” in Northwest Woods.
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Here's What Athens Means to Athens for Everyone
At its inaugural meeting Saturday, Athens for Everyone asked, well, everyone to list one word that describes Athens. The above word cloud is the result.
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Bakery, Cell Tower on Oconee Agenda
Photo Credit: Lee Becker
The Oconee County Planning Commission is set to take up tonight a request for an industrial rezone in the urban north of the county and a request for a new cell tower in the county’s rural south.
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Tim Denson Endorses Melissa Link for Commission
Melissa Link. Photo credit: Joshua L. Jones.
Tim Denson, the progressive candidate who ran against (and lost to) Mayor Nancy Denson last month, endorsed Melissa Link in the Athens-Clarke County Commission District 3 race on Sunday.
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Sounds Like Paul Broun Might Run for Office Again
The AJC's Daniel Malloy recently caught up with Paul Broun and asked him whether he plans to endorse a candidate in the U.S. Senate runoff (he finished fifth May 20) or the 10th District race to replace him in Congress. Broun's reply:
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UPDATE: Authority Votes Down Tax Breaks for Hotel
Tax breaks—they're not just for Caterpillar anymore.
An Athens development authority is set to approve millions of dollars in tax breaks for a new downtown hotel this afternoon.
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