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August 2005
Stuck in Atlanta?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are you a hurricane refugee staying in Atlanta until you can return to your home? If you have information or stories you’d like to share with fellow evacuees, you can post them here. If you are offering help or shelter to evacuees, please include some means by which people can get in touch with you — e-mail, telephone number, where you live or any other information you are willing to have posted on this Web site.
THIS BLOG IS CLOSED FOR NOW. WE ARE DEVELOPING A MORE ORGANIZED FORUM. STAY TUNED.
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Stocking up on gasoline? What did you pay? Changing travel plans?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gasoline prices in metro Atlanta were skyrocketing Wednesday. What did you pay? Are you filling up each time you stop? How will you deal with latest price spike? Is it possible to stockpile? Tell us where you live or where you bought your gas. Are you going to change your travel plans for Labor Day, or alter your daily driving habits?
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Take one for the team: Wild and wooly live broadcasts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
CNN, Fox News and the Weather Channel are doing wall-to-wall coverage on Katrina today. News anchors are braving gale-force winds to give live coverage. Who are you watching? Are some of these live reports just plain funny? Do you think these guys are nuts, or are they providing a public service?
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Hurricane Katrina’s impact
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How did Katrina affect you? Do you have relatives or a house in New Orleans or other towns along the Gulf Coast? Did Katrina affect you here in the metro area? Tell us your experiences.
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Temblor talk: Did the Earth move?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled homes in North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Here’s what ajc.com readers said about the experience.
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What do with Fort McPherson, Gillem property?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An independent commission’s vote to back the Pentagon’s proposed closing of Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem almost ensure they will be history. How should the property be redeveloped, used?
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Do you like the Dany Heatley trade?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tell us what you think of the Dany Heatley trade. Will Marian Hossa be the answer for the Thrashers?
Party schools
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So is being a top party school a good thing?
If your school is in the top 10, are you proud of that?
If it’s not in the top 10, are you relieved … or wondering why the heck not?
Tell us where students can party and learn too …
Flagrant fouls on, off playing field
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia High School Association is enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against the growing trend of fighting and poor sportsmanship at events. How bad have things truly gotten? What more or different can be done? Where can sportsmanship be learned or emulated?
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So how hot is Hotlanta?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In a recent survey, U.S. adults ranked Hotlanta the No. 9 city they would choose to live in or near. Tell us the top reason for people moving here, or the top reason for them staying away.
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Share your tribute; did you observe silence?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Sonny Perdue this afernoon led the observation of two minutes of silence to remember the war dead. What did you do to participate? Where? What was the scene like? Do you have a tribute or memory of a specific soldier you want to share?
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School vending machines lose their pop
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Will pulling sodas and sugary drinks out of school vending machines help solve the child obesity problem? Or is it a symbolic gesture?
How much did you spend on gas?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With gas prices at a record high, we asked readers to share their pain.
Respondents answered these questions:
—What kind of car do you have?
—How much did you spend the last time you filled up?
—How often do you fill up?
—Are you making any driving changes?
This blog is now closed to comments.
What to do about panhandling?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Atlanta City Council is expected to take up a measure that would limit where panhandlers can ask for handouts. Begging would be prohibited in the core of downtown and limited to specific areas. It would be outlawed after sunset and before sunrise.
Is this the right approach? Is this a way to move homeless from city center?
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What now for the Hawks?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What do you think about the judge’s ruling regarding co-owner Steve Belkin? What needs to happen next? How is this mess going to end?
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Did you watch shuttle landing? Are you relieved?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Discovery and its crew of seven glided safely back to Earth today, shadowed by the ghosts of Columbia. Did you watch it on TV? What are your thoughts? Is the U.S. space program back?
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NCAA nixes ‘incorrect’ nicknames in postseason tourneys
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
No more Warriors? No more Braves? No more feathered headdresses on helmets or jerseys? The NCAA says it can’t do anything about the nicknames, mascots and logos that its member colleges choose for themselves, but it can bar those it considers ‘‘hostile or abusive’’ — meaning, apparently, any that refer to Native Americans — from NCAA tournaments. What do you think? Is this a long-overdue correction to an offensive practice, or political correctness gone wild?
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How bad is the ownership flap for the Hawks?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Hawks’ deal for guard Joe Johnson is being held up by ownership. How badly does the infighting hurt the Hawks’ image around the league, with fans, with players? Tell us what you think of the snag.
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Really, really BIG week
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
T.D. Jakes, former President Clinton, Chaka Khan, Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the big names in town this week.
Talk about a busy week. More than 150,000 people — and a boatload of celebrities — are converging on Atlanta beginning Wednesday for an array of conventions and a Rev. Jesse Jackson march.
• Event highlights, details• Hotel rooms fill up fast
The Rev. T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest is here, along with the meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists Convention, and the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks R&B/Hip-Hop Conference, topped off with the Keep the Vote Alive march Saturday.
- Which event(s) are you planning to attend or would like to see?
- If you could have lunch or a meeting with one of the participants, who would it be?
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