Blog Topic: Government

In the Loop: Georgia Mayors (Not Denson) Oppose Gun Bill

By Blake Aued | March 4, 2014 12:48pm

The mayors of 12 Georgia cities—including Atlanta's Kasim Reed, Augusta's Deke Copenhaver, Macon's Robert Reichert and the heads of such liberal bastions as Roswell and McRae—signed a letter to state leaders today urging them to reject House Bill 875, which would broadly expand where Georgians can carry guns.

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In the Loop: Pulaski Residents Look to Calm Traffic

By Mark Ellers | February 25, 2014 4:04pm

Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Kelly Girtz held an informal meeting Monday night to discuss the possibility of changes within the Pulaski Heights neighborhood. Points of recent concern in the neighborhood include non-resident street parking, traffic congestion and ultimately the effect these problems have had on pedestrian safety.

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In the Loop: Oconee Commissioners Whittling Down SPLOST

By Lee Becker | February 25, 2014 11:14am

Oconee County commissioners tonight are to begin the public whittling down of the $100 million in requests for the 2015 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

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In the Loop: Athens Reps Quick, Williams Vote to Allow Guns in Government Buildings

By Lee Becker | February 23, 2014 3:57pm

Regina Quick

Oconee County’s two members of the Georgia House of Representatives voted with the Republican majority on Tuesday to pass an omnibus gun bill that would allow, among other things, licensed holders of guns to enter county government buildings that do not have security restrictions in place.

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In the Loop: Morehead Backs UGA Health Care Navigators

By Blake Aued | February 20, 2014 3:56pm

Tea Party activists have protested University of Georgia health care navigators, and state lawmakers are considering putting them out of work, but UGA President Jere Morehead defends the navigator program as one that's in line with the university's mission.

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In the Loop: Clear-Cutting for Hard Labor Creek Reservoir Starts Monday

By Lee Becker | February 20, 2014 12:03pm

Residents of southeastern Walton County as well as others traveling through the area will soon get a clearer sense of the scope of the 1,400 acre Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir project.

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In the Loop: Oconee Commissioner Asks for SPLOST Delay

By Lee Becker | February 19, 2014 12:12pm

Oconee County Commissioner Margaret Hale asked her fellow commissioners Tuesday night to delay the vote on the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum from May to November, but none of them expressed any support for her request.

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In the Loop: Broun Urged to Reconsider on Immigration

By Blake Aued | February 18, 2014 4:28pm

Representatives from the AFL-CIO union, Asian and Latino groups, Freedom University and Tim Denson's mayoral campaign gathered at U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's Athens office this morning to urge him to reconsider his opposition to comprehensive immigration reform.

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In the Loop: Former Athens City Councilman Jailed

By Blake Aued | February 18, 2014 2:17pm

Matthew Ware, a Lithonia accountant and former Athens city councilman, recently started serving a six-year prison sentence for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars for cocaine traffickers.

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In the Loop: Oconee Residents Pitch Funding for Farmland, Tennis

By Lee Becker | February 14, 2014 11:48am

Twenty-two speakers Monday, Feb. 11 made their pitches to the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, arguing that the projects they favored should be funded by the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax scheduled to be on the May 20 ballot.

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