Due to the sheer amount of money involved, property tax assessment is a highly contentious issue for both governments and property owners. Those jurisdictions with property taxes rely heavily on them as […]
The City of Tybee Island lies about 15 miles east of Savannah and serves as the easternmost point in the State of Georgia. Its population of about 3,000 residents swells in the […]
Last Thursday the Athens Planning Commission debated the proposed changes to the Home Occupation Ordinance. This is the ordinance that allows certain businesses to be operated out of homes in residential areas. […]
Usually I support most efforts designed to foster a good pedestrian atmosphere, but the flashing yellow crosswalk signals used throughout this country needlessly create uncertainty among drivers and a false sense of […]
As the city formerly known as Terminus and currently known as the “Capital of the South,” Atlanta is interesting in that it lacks a grand central rail station offering local and regional […]
“As a last resort, I said, “I thought we were on the public sidewalk here.” He smiled a wry smile and took me by the arm to the street side of the […]
Among the handful of high-profile cases decided by the Supreme Court today, was one evaluating the government’s ability to exchange a development permit for money. The Court’s ruling was seemingly designed to […]
Failing to allow access to government GIS data not only hurts the ability for GIS engineers and cartographers to create useful and beautiful pieces of work, but hurts our effort as a […]
Can We Drop the Media Narrative of Cities Being in Decline?
People Should Just Give Up on North America
A Notorious Asylum’s Haunting Encounter With a Strange Trespassing Law
Georgia’s Conservation Measures Prove Pivotal in the Water Wars
It’s Likely Earth’s Six Warmest Years on Record Are the Last Six Years
Remembering the Time Andrew Jackson Decided to Ignore the Supreme Court In the Name of Georgia’s Right to Cherokee Land
Georgia Cities Should Embrace the Growing Popularity of Bike-Share Programs
Widening Roads Is Not Atlanta's Solution; An Argument Against Baruch Feigenbaum
A Notorious Asylum’s Haunting Encounter With a Strange Trespassing Law
Tenants Suffer Yet Another Loss at the Georgia Court of Appeals
