In the Loop
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Athens Power Rankings for the Week of Mar. 24
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 after the jump.
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Carter Loses Bet to Deal Over Mercer-Duke
Photo via nydailynews.com.
Flagpole readers generally tilt to the left, so many of you are facing a conundrum: You like Jason Carter, but can you really vote for a guy who went to Duke? Is Georgia ready, not for a Democrat, but a shorter Christian Laettner as governor?
We got a reminder of Sen. Carter's unpopular (basketball-wise, at least) alma mater—in his defense, he did go to law school at UGA—when Gov. Nathan Deal, a Mercer University graduate, tweaked him on Twitter after the Bears upset the Blue Devils in the NCAA basketball tournament. Apparently Carter owes Deal's staff some Fox Bros. barbecue.
More after the jump.
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ACC Will Close Whitehall Road in 2015
Athens-Clarke County plans to close Whitehall Road between the Middle Oconee River and Milledge Avenue for three–four months in the summer of 2015, altering the flow of traffic into and out of Oconee County via Simonton Bridge Road.
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UGA May Install a Temporary Ramp at the Arch
From left, Khalid Alsafadi, Carden Wyckoff and Marquise Lane.
Last week, Flagpole published a column by three mobility-impaired University of Georgia students asking for a ramp at the iconic Arch so they can participate in the tradition of walking or rolling through it after graduation like other students.
Today, UGA announced that, while it will not install a permanent ramp, a temporary platform could be erected at graduation so that people in wheelchairs may pass through the Arch. From university spokesman Tom Jackson:
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Twitter's Take on the #DensonDebate
Photo credit: UGA Young Democrats via Twitter.
Mayor Nancy Denson debated challenger Tim Denson for the first time tonight at a University of Georgia Young Democrats meeting.
Maybe the biggest news was that Nancy, like Tim, is in favor of legalizing marijuana possession for personal use.
"I would like to see small amounts of marijuana decriminalized," she said. "This is the first time I've said that publicly. I've talked about it a lot privately."
[UPDATE: Nancy has clarified her marijuana statement, saying she is in favor of legalizing medical marijuana and wants the state to reduce the punishment for possession to a mere ticket.]
And Tim proposed a requiring stores to charge a fee to shoppers to use plastic bags, an environmental measure that's gaining steam in other progressive cities.
Nancy, though, said such a fee would drive grocery stores out of Clarke County and primarily affect the poor, not "the little yuppies who get in their SUVs and go to EarthFare."
Tim replied that businesses would keep part of the fee to offset any additional costs, and shoppers could avoid it by bringing their own bags or asking for paper.
We'll let the tweeters take it from here.
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Rep. Paul Broun Won't Be Punished for Campaign Fundraising Violations
U.S. Rep. Paul Broun improperly reported the source of $179,000 in campaign funds, but the Federal Election Commission is not punishing him because the statute of limitations has expired.
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RoboTrucks Might Soon Be Picking Up Your Trash
Meet your new garbageman.
Within the next year, Athens-Clarke County officials plan to replace human trash collectors with automated garbage trucks.
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Paul Broun Spends Tax Money on Debate Coach
Photo credit: WSB
Athens congressman and Senate candidate Paul Broun spent $33,000 in taxpayer money on a campaign consultant who specializes in coaching debating techniques. And when a WSB-TV reporter tried to ask him about it, Broun slammed the door in his face.
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