Good morning! It’s kind of a slow week. So far…
- GOPers less than enthusiastic about the healthcare bill.
- Savannah-based Gulfstream turns 50.
- FOrmer Delta CEO Richard Anderson is Amtrak’s new CEO.
- Morehouse College alum (and valedictorian) Harold Martin, Jr., was named interim president of the historically-black, all-male college.
- European grocery behemoth Lidl (it rhymes with “beetle”) has big plans for Georgia, starting with 250 new jobs at its Cartersville distribution center.
- If you have a nascent driver and you live in Bibb County, take advantage of these free defensive driving classes.
- The Corps of Engineers released a “Drought Contingency Plan.”
- “You come at the king, you’d best not miss.” (With apologies to David Simon.)
- New Zealand wins the America’s Cup.
- Boys at one British school decided during a recent heat wave that since their school’s dress code forbade shorts, they’d wear skirts. (The dress code has since been amended to include shorts.)
- There’s a restaurant renaissance! The restaurant industry is struggling! Both of these things are true.
- The Clermont Hotel gets the recognition it deserves.