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Disorder in the Supreme Court: Four Ways to Resolve the Partisan Chaos

By SustainAtlanta on September 25, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )

Fracking Insurance May be Coming to a Town Near You

By SustainAtlanta on March 12, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Last year we reported on a case in Oklahoma that involved allegations by a property owner that an oil company was negligent in causing an earthquake that damaged her house. Oklahoma has, what […]

MARTA: "I would ride it if it just went somewhere."

By SustainAtlanta on March 2, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Sigh. Any hope of MARTA expansion has once again been taken off the table. After several bills were introduced in the Georgia Senate with bi-partisan support to allow citizens to vote on […]

The Georgia House Acts to Restore Stream Protections Taken Away by the Supreme Court

By SustainAtlanta on February 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Last summer the Georgia Supreme Court severely restricted the application of a buffer rule along all state streams – a buffer seemingly designed to protect water quality. The Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation […]

Staunchly Opposing Transit is Reckless and Irresponsible

By SustainAtlanta on February 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Roads can be built in a year or two, but a train may easily take at least 5 years to build. A train costs more too. Much more. Therefore, we should not build the […]

More MARTA, More Local Government, and Other Updates from the Georgia Assembly

By SustainAtlanta on January 31, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Two things may soon be coming to Georgia and metro Atlanta: another layer of local government and many more trains. In the coming week a bill that would pave the way for a massive […]

When Land Use Codes Attack: How a 1970's Ordinance is Challenging the Supreme Court to Define The Property A Government Can Take

By SustainAtlanta on January 27, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

The waters of the St. Croix River serve as the boundary between Minnesota and Wisconsin for 125 miles prior to emptying into the Mississippi River just south of Minneapolis and eventually the Gulf […]

Pesky Neighborhood Spaceships Looking for Support in the Georgia Legislature

By SustainAtlanta on January 18, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

The 2016 Georgia General Assembly session got underway last week with the goal of tackling some high-profile issues such as religious liberty and casinos among many other things. We’ll focus our attention […]

When is a City Not a City?

By SustainAtlanta on January 6, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

When the city is Peachtree Corners or Tucker, that’s when. At least according to Jeff Lanier, the Deputy Legislative Counsel for the Georgia Legislature. Under Mr. Lanier’s interpretation of the Georgia Constitution, […]

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