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Re: “Why Atlanta is taking tiny bits of info very seriously”
I don't see a GA Tires app in the Play store either...
Re: “Why Atlanta is taking tiny bits of info very seriously”
The crime app was developed at the Govathon but to my knowledge never adopted by APD.
Re: “Proctor Creek's second chance”
It will roughly parallel Proctor Creek from Maddox Park to the Chattahoochee River. It may at times diverge a few hundred feet outside the creeks roughly 300 foot wide corridor to connect to the neighborhoods with spur trails. It will start at the BeltLine east of Maddox Park and end at the mouth of Proctor Creek on the south side of the creek. There is a strong desire that the Greenway proposed by others along the Chattahoochee River would connect to the terminus of Proctor Creek Trail at some future date and to have some form of a pedestrian and bicycle only bridge cross the Chattahoochee River somewhere in the vicinity of I-285/South Cobb/James Jackson/Proctor Creek/Atlanta Road crossings. However, initially there is not a direct connection to the Silver Comet/Cobb County and or the efforts on the opposite side of the River including those proposed in the RiverLine Master Plan.
Re: “Proctor Creek's second chance”
Is there any way to see a map of where Proctor Creek and the proposed linear park/trail connecting to the Beltline are? Is this the same proposed trail the Connect the Comet group (check them out on FB) is talking about? Thanks.
Re: “Why Atlanta is taking tiny bits of info very seriously”
where can we download that ATL crime blotter app? I can't find it on either the Apple app store or on google play store
Re: “What is your license plate telling police?”
ROAD BLOCKS, UNWARRANTED SEARCHES, SCANNING LICENSE PLATES, COMPILING PERSONAL IMFORMATION . SOUNDS LIKE NAZI GERMANY. WHERE ARE YOUR PAPERS? YOUR PRIVACY IS GONE! YOUR RIGHTS ARE GONE! THE POLICE CAN KICK YOUR DOOR IN ANYTIME THEY WANT TO , WITHOUT A WARRANT! THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE SEARCHED, SCANNED OR STOPPED WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE. ALL POLICE OFFICERS SCHOULD BE DRUG TESTED AND BE GIVEN POLYGRAPH TESTS QUARTERLY BY AN OUT OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION. THE POLICE OFFICER SCHOLUD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF SCRUTINY BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCESS TO DRUGS, MONEY, PROSTITUTION,CORRUPTION IN GENERAL AS WELL AS YOUR PERSONAL IMFORMATION. LET THE POLICE LEAD THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO SACRAFISING THERE PRIVACY AND FREEDOM FOR LAW ENFORCMENT. I DAUGHT THAT THEY WILL BE ENTHUSED TO ALLOW ALL OF THEIR PRIVATE IMFORMATION TO BE SCRUTINIZED.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
Save the Pratt-Pullman Site!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3396171194…
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
It's like watching redevelopment porn with the 360 views of the property. There is so much that could be done to make this another destination. And they still have a train car in main building?!?! If it's salvageable, Atlanta could have it's first train car restaurant. And then get Living Walls to come out and get some of those artists to do some of their sick wall art. I can see it now.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
A redevelopment along the lines of Toronto's Distillery District could be nice.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
Dear Jordan and Thomas,
You referred to "Melvin" in the third to last paragraph, but there was no identification of who that is.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
Ft Mc Pherson, also public land, 488 acres inside the city on two MARTA stops between airport and downtown. Golf course. Historic military buildings from 19th century reconstruction parade grounds to recently abandoned command center for the Gulf wars. How to make economically viable (but not quickest biggest profit guaranteed for politically best connected) creative repurposing of such great public resources? That is the question. Get busy. Young'uns.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
Is there a way to get permission to do a photo shoot on the property?
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
I would like to see it as a mixed use development with a small food hall, farmers market, apartments, office, retail, etc. The neighborhood is growing and his huge piece of property has the opportunity to make Kirkwood a destination.
The author is completely wrong about Toomer E.S. The school needs more teachers now more than ever. The whole neighborhood is committed to Toomer's success.
Re: “The future of Pullman Yard”
why not turn it into a museum of sorts or something
ugh...
Please who ever buys it, save the buildings at the main one, please dont destroy them :(
Re: “Confronting Military Sexual Trauma”
Wow!!! Extraordinary story! It is so relieving to have read this article! Being a disabled veteran of the US Navy from 1988-1990. I experienced the EXACT same events as BriGette when I was in the military. There was a son that was produced from my incident. But being very young, naive, smart, dilligent, focused, and receiving more than 2 ranks in less than 2 years. It's like you become targeted to be destroyed for taking a oath for this country seriously. And yes, people who knew me NEVER knew that I was in the military, and after a while, I stopped checking the 'veterans' box on employment applications. And there were many of those filled out.
Although I did receive an medical honorable discharge, it was labeled with an RE-4 re-enlist code. That means that you are not able to re-enlist in the military or work in any government facility. I kinda snapped from all of the surpressed and hidden anger before they discharged me.
Anyways, what was noticed in the article is that there seems to be some sort of sublime random pattern of connection. ESPECIALLY WITH WOMEN VETERANS. I too was a very techy girl growing up, not really fitting in with other girls unless I was playing with dolls or jumping rope. Which I found to be mundane and gender conditioning. Also in the mid to late 2000, I experienced the exact same events as BriGette. It is very refreshing to know that I am not the only one.
I lived in Atlanta from 2003-2008 and would love to move back there. Where I am now, there is no support for veterans, and especially for the women veterans who have experienced MST.
Support is so important for anyone who wants to continue to heal and go forward with their lives.
I have a website that I am currently working on, it's never complete. But feel free to go there and blog if you wish. Reading this article has given me fresh ideas to revamp my site. PLEASE GO TO poetrysingers.com.
Re: “Confronting Military Sexual Trauma”
I am so glad to read things like this. I joined the Navy in 1977 and the things you wrote of were the common not the uncommon at the time. It took me a very long time to realize that most of the people I would come into contact with as I grew older were NOT there to hurt me and use me and my trust issues were more than I could number. I spent a lot of time in meditation and counseling to realize what happened to me wasn't MY fault. That I didn't do things to encourage this (although I was even told that it was my fault because I was pretty and what did I expect from LONELY servicemen.That I shouldn't have joined) I didn't have the way or the positioning to do what she has done but it sure does put a piece together to know that they do recognize this now and it is no longer commonplace...
Re: “Legal weed coming to Georgia?”
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Re: “Confronting Military Sexual Trauma”
I love you, BriGette. I'm so proud of you for stepping up and stepping out to do this. You are an amazing woman and I am proud to know you, call you my friend and my sister Veteran.
Re: “Trying to make it at SXSW”
The filmmaker guy seems pretty kewl. The film looks like many well done indies I've seen through the years so it's nothing fresh but he is a craftsman. And sound has always been under appreciated (unless there's a problem) when it comes to films.
But if you just did a silent film without any sound or music then you would really show the power of sound.
Re: “Homeless in Atlanta: Hiding in plain sight”
"freak_2013" I don't know if you will see this, but thank you for sharing your story.
I do not know much about homelessness, but I do understand that Atlanta is not a hospitable or tolerant place for homeless people.
This crap in the article about "authorities telling [homeless people] to pick up their possessions and move" is like slapping a band-aid on a gaping wound. Where are these people supposed to go???
I am glad you have found life easier in Phoenix. what do you think makes it different from Atlanta? how can we make atlanta better? what within the system needs to change?
I hear people propose "solutions," but none of these people have likely lived on the streets and experienced what it's really like.