December 2009
29 posts
Europe’s Vast Farm Subsidies Face Challenges -... →
Driving really fast to cost more starting Friday... →
Banks with political ties got bailouts, study... →
Atlanta airport bond deal sparks investigation →
thomaswheatley:
A document packet of mysterious origin. A city official who denies sending a letter that bears his signature. A councilman pressuring city employees to give a lucrative deal to a contractor who’s been investigated for alleged criminal misconduct. And, up for grabs, the underwriting commissions on a whopping $1.2 billion worth of airport bonds.
This is the story I worked on...
Stan Thomas: An Atlanta developer with outsized... →
Country Club of the South set for auction |... →
Graduates 'paying £8,000 for internships' -... →
WatchKid Cudi - Day n’ Nite
Pitchfork: The Top 10 Albums of 2009 →
Health-care bill wouldn't bring real reform |... →
“Any measure that expands private insurers’ monopoly over health care and transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to private corporations is not real health-care reform. Real reform would insert…
Beltline bonds reissued in loosening market |... →
U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for... →
Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest... →
Job market worsens for recent college graduates --... →
BBC News - Greece's government unveils major... →
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The Great Gatsby
That was a good book.
I just picked up Secret Windows by Steven King. I should get into reading it tonight.
invisible man by ralph ellison
Catcher in the Rye. I have a week to finish it so...
Historic Westside Village Publix to close,... →
Studies (http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/08/24/veggies/) show that lack of access to a proper grocery store leads to higher rates of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related…
Atlanta Property Taxes
meth:
I am keeping a watchful eye glued to the AJC’s new series about Property Taxes, the first installment of which can be found here.
I suspect this type of thing is happening all over the country, but it appears the AJC has undertaken a remarkably difficult task in compiling all the Greater Atlanta information regarding this issue.
The reason I’m paying attention to this story is because my...
Dear Tumblr community:
I recently began practicing as a real live attorney in Atlanta. In an effort to resolve my current ‘lack of projects problem’, I decided to write an article about small business entity formation in Georgia.
There are some pictures, but otherwise it’s not very entertaining - however, I’m hoping that some of the small business owners out there might...
Blackwater | vanityfair.com →
12% of Georgians lack bank accounts | ajc.com →
Pontiac hits end of the road - msnbc.com →
“Reed led Norwood by 758 votes out of a total of more than 83,000 cast – a margin...”
– Atlanta mayor: Reed maps plans, but Norwood not conceding | ajc.com (via vortech) (via elisabeth)