For forty years, Mercedes Benz USA (MBUSA) has named roads after itself. Typically, these streets surround MBUSA facilities. In Vance, Alabama, where the company manufactures GLE and GL-Class SUVs, the GLE Coupe, and the C-Class Sedan, roads leading to the facility include Daimler-Benz Boulevard, M-Class Boulevard (“M-Class” is the former model for Mercedes SUVs), and Mercedes Drive.
Happy Mardi Gras! Here’s the history of my favorite Mardi Gras song, “Indian Red.” Dr. John and The Wild Tchoupitoulas (along with the Meters and several Nevilles) each have terrific versions of this song, but my favorite is by Danny Barker: You can should stream WWOZ all day. Bill Paxton saw JFK in his hometown
This morning, CD-6 candidate Karen Handel announced a list of endorsements that includes more than two dozen current and former municipal, county, and statewide elected officials. Notable among that list is Cobb County District 2 Commissioner Bob Ott: “I am proud to endorse my longtime friend Karen Handel. Karen has always worked hard to find solutions
Good morning! Hopefully you’re not waking up to any alarming news alerts, and someone already brewed the coffee. Tune into NASA tomorrow at 1 PM. John McCain, “Critic In Chief.” The Clermont Lounge has been closed for two months; employees feeling the financial pinch are raising funds with a carwash this Sunday. If, like me,
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope that you went to the kind of elementary school where the students were required to bring a Valentine for everyone in the class (and if you didn’t, I hope your shoebox wasn’t empty at the end of the day). If you prefer your Valentines to be a little more literary,
Good morning. We’ve had a day to process Sunday’s loss – what Kubler-Ross stage have you reached? SB 118 would raise the age cap for autism coverage in Georgia from 6 to age 21. Japan legalized casinos; the Japanese aren’t crazy about casinos. Dougherty County’s coroner confirms five deaths in January’s storms, and dispels rumors. Savannah’s “zoning
Good morning! Don’t wait for it – RISE UP! During the month of February, CobbLINC transit riders can purchase the new silver Breeze card for only $1.00. Is the Georgia PTA “imploding?” HB 123, which would require anyone who wants a tattoo to receive written notice that their tattoo could potentially disqualify them from military
Yesterday, Governor Nathan Deal, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, and House Speaker David Ralston all spoke to municipal elected officials and city staff at the Georgia Municipal Association’s annual Mayor’s Day breakfast in downtown Atlanta. Highlights! Governor Nathan Deal Last May, Governor Deal vetoed HB 216, which would have granted workers’ compensation to firefighters diagnosed with
Good morning! The situation in southwest Georgia remains dire. Updates are below, and here is the link to the donation page for the Second Harvest of South Georgia food bank. Here’s the latest news on the recovery from WALB in Albany. Photos from the devastated areas. Albany natives Luke Bryan and Phillip Phillips are organizing a benefit concert. They haven’t
I like to think of myself as a critical thinker with reasonable intelligence and a decent vocabulary, but lately, the best adjectives I can conjure to describe many recent events that range from fake news to allegations of sullied mattresses at the Moscow Ritz are “bonkers,” and “bananas.” The months following November’s presidential election have been a litany of
