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OPINION: Lawsuit alleges more than dirt covers up a Piedmont Park sinkhole
In 2018, a deep sinkhole suddenly formed beneath a Piedmont Park restaurant under construction. Since then, the restaurateurs have been engaged in a nasty legal fight.
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TORPY: A $32.5M ‘oops’ leads to death that might cost all Georgia cities
Milton is arguing that financial doomsday hangs over its head — and all Georgia cities — in the form of those utility poles and other structures along the roadway.
TORPY: DeKalb sewer woes, a stinky saga that’s played through the decades
DeKalb County will again miss a federal deadline to fix its sewer system – and no one should be surprised. Here's why.
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TORPY: Deliver 30 million meals? ‘No problem,’ says scammer in FEMA flop
Tiffany Brown is a businesswoman who was convicted last week in federal court for defrauding the federal government of FEMA funds.
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TORPY: Diversity in Georgia Legislature not all it’s cracked up to be
In the Legislature, there is not true diversity. It’s Us. And it’s Them. And it falls along racial lines.
TORPY: Gambling’s back. Sports betting would be a real loser
Gambling has returned for consideration to the Golden Dome for the seventh straight year.
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TORPY: MARTA bans ads for lawyers and massage parlors. What’s the rub?
Starting Jan. 1, MARTA stopped taking advertisements from attorneys like John Foy, whose ads grace probably 80% of all MARTA’s 500-plus buses.
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TORPY: Y2K + 25 = swoosh, that was fast
As 2025 ticked into being, we are left to consider the fact that Y2K is now 25 years past.
TORPY: Carter’s political duplicity, brutal defeat and ultimate goodness
Jimmy Carter’s unlikely candidacy for president was nearly derailed by honesty.