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Local Stories for July 2009
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Gwinnett's $37 million land deals questioned
Gwinnett County has paid politically connected developers inflated prices for parkland on at least four occasions in the last two years using questionable appraisals, including two supplied by developers, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of land purchases shows. As a result, Gwinnett County taxpayers potentially paid millions more for land that ...
Hundreds of ADA violations found in Atlanta buildings
Already struggling to keep its financial house in order, the city of Atlanta faces a potential $13.8 million problem in the Americans With Disabilities Act.U.S. Justice Department officials recently conducted a random inspection of 56 city buildings and found hundreds of violations of the federal law concerning access to the ...
Federal court refuses to kill DeKalb reverse-discrimination suit
In a rebuke to the administration of former DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, a federal appeals court has denied the county’s request to dismiss a long-running, reverse-discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in 2004 by four current and former employees of the county Parks and Recreation ...
State patrol: Cobb motorcyclist hit 170 mph
A Cobb County man clocked at 170 mph on his motorcycle in north Georgia is free on bond. “He’s fine,” said his mother, Gloria Strickland. “He went to work today.” Jermaine Strickland, 37, of Powder Springs apparently did not stop for Georgia State Patrol officers as he sped through Gordon ...
War of words over water-sharing agreement intensifies
Two key players in the tri-state water wars have yet to schedule talks about the future of the issue. In fact, the governors of Georgia and Alabama are having a nasty spat about the past.Gov. Sonny Perdue on Friday called on Gov. Bob Riley to waive a confidentiality agreement and ...
St. Joseph's, United Healthcare contract talks sour
Contract negotiations between St. Joseph’s Hospital and United Healthcare have taken a cooler turn.On Friday, one hospital official said the insurer had “all but walked away from the table.”“They are standing firm with their stance and we are holding very close with our proposals,” said Kevin Brenan, St. Joseph’s senior ...
Hardin Construction seeks to reassure clients
Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Co. is trying to reassure clients after this summer’s partial collapse of a Midtown Atlanta parking deck on which it oversaw construction.But the negative spotlight led the University of Georgia to drop Hardin from overseeing expansion of an athletic facility in Athens — Butts-Mehre Heritage Hall.“Hardin has ...
Norcross safety workshop teaches kids to say 'No'
Little Ben McCarty eyed the smiling stranger standing in front of him.“Would you help me find my puppy?” the man asked kindly as he grabbed the fourth-grader tightly by the hand during an exercise at Greater Atlanta Christian School.But Ben wasn’t falling for it. Before the stranger could scoop the ...
Police: Homicide victim saved friends
Fulton County police say a 30-year-old homicide victim saved his two friends’ lives during an armed robbery on Old National Highway. Marcell Lewis, of Lithonia, was shot in the back as he ran away from robbers early Sunday morning. His friends, who ran the other way from the gunmen, didn’t ...
Duluth woman victim of job scam
Charletta Key, 46, said she spotted an advertisement for secret shoppers about a month ago and decided to apply. The seasonal tax preparation worker hoped to parlay a love of shopping into some extra pocket money.Key received a letter in the mail this week with a check for $1,590 from ...
Doris Jones, 85, brightened lives with greeting cards
Doris Jones never met a greeting card she didn’t like.She mailed cards to friends and family on the regular holidays, of course, but often put one in the mail for those moments not marked on a calendar. Since Mrs. Jones bought by the box and regularly visited the Hallmark shop, ...
No soup for you! Until September, anyway
Today will be sad and hectic for Atlanta soup groupies. At 5 p.m. Jenny Levison will close her quirky little Buckhead restaurant for the monthly vacation she takes each summer, leaving Souper Jenny fans counting the days to September. “I’m not kidding, I mourn,” said Ethel Knox, hauling a bag ...
Groups bridging gap on back-to-school spending
Tight economic times for schools and families present challenges to those struggling to equip students for learning. But back-to-school benevolence is helping some get better prepared for classes. New backpacks, graphing calculators and flash drives for one kid or a classroom — the costs can be daunting to those on ...
Thunderstorms delay Atlanta flights
A string of thunderstorms delayed flights leaving Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Friday morning. As of 12:15 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration was reporting delays up to an hour and a half. By 3:30 p.m., the delay was about a half hour for flights departing from Atlanta, according to the ...
Five must-reads in Sunday’s AJC
-- What are Georgia leaders doing to make sure metro Atlanta gets enough drinking water? We’ll outline their strategy. (Alabama and Florida: do not read this!) -- Residents are clamoring for more cops on Atlanta’s streets, so why are 26 officers lingering on suspension - including one who’s been inactive ...
Regional crime sweep held to deter criminal activity
For six hours, law enforcement officials from across metro Atlanta swept the city in an effort to crack down on criminal activity. The initiative was part of a regional law enforcement crime sweep that, according to orchestrators, had been in the works for months and was simply a coincidence it ...
Minor injuries in Cobb helicopter crash
The small damaged helicopter will remain where it crashed at McCollum Field in Kennesaw Friday until federal authorities have examined the wreckage, according to Lt. Dan Dupree of the Cobb County Fire Department. An adult and child on board suffered “very minor” injuries, and were taken to the hospital to ...
Suspected Clayton shooter leads police on chase
Police are searching for a man who shot an acquaintance in the buttocks and then led police on a chase through Clayton County.Two men began arguing outside a home in the 6000 block of Ga. 85 in Riverdale on Thursday afternoon, Clayton County police spokesman Officer Kevin Hughes said.The argument ...
New law means new look at DOT wish list
A new law could mean new life for a range of hot-button projects, such as adding toll lanes beside Ga. 400 above I-285.Other possibilities, thanks to the law that rewrote state transportation planning, include keeping the tolls on Ga. 400 inside the Perimeter and leasing all or part of that ...
UGA cancels $18.6M contract with firm in garage collapse
The University of Georgia backed off its plan to give Hardin Construction Co., an $18.6 million contract to expand the school’s football facilities just days after a second Hardin project collapsed into a pile of concrete rubble, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.Hardin was awarded two UGA projects in April; ...
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