Links

• Surviving Crossover Day

  I like to imagine that most of what our elected officials do is too boring to report….

  And then I look at the list of things they tried to get through - are still trying to get through the back door - and I add another scar to my pitted, charcoal-blackened heart.

  George Chidi with a solid analysis of Georgia’s legislature politics.

• Dear Decaturish – Georgia families shouldn’t foot the bill for data center power use

  A single data center requires more energy than some municipalities, but it employs fewer than 50 people – a little less than a McDonalds.

  Meanwhile, Georgia households and small businesses—not these corporations—are being asked to cover the rising costs of power generation.

  This this this

• 1.5 years later, it's crickets for parking-free downtown Decatur proposal

  But despite earning the Decatur Planning Commission’s unanimous approval in 2023 and other commendations at the city level, the dual-branded Hilton hotel has yet to break ground, and no one involved seems willing to discuss where it stands.

  I was talking about this proposal just the other day. Weird that there’s no update

• Dear Decaturish – From the Olympics to World Cup, let’s not repeat our mistakes

  What impact might this building have if utilized instead for shelter, healthcare, food access, and community programming in place of punishment?

  Well written op-ed on the cruelty and ineffectiveness of incarcerating poverty in Atlanta.

• Emily Gorcenski: On Truth

  To defeat fascism we will have to battle fascists on the fields of epistemology and reject each of their claims to authority over truth.