More at ajc.com: “Washington — President-elect Barack Obama has raised more than $24 million on the way toward paying for an inauguration that is expected to cost $45 million.
Nearly 50 Georgians have donated $250 or more for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration celebrations.
The list of donors published on the Web site of the official Presidential Inaugural Committee this week shows that nine Georgians have written checks for $50,000, the maximum allowed by the organizers.
Rod and Leslie Aycox of Alpharetta, who gave a combined $100,000, represented the Georgia household giving the most. Rod Aycox is chief executive officer of Select Management Resource.
A handful of Atlantans are also listed as fund-raisers who collected donations from friends and associates and “bundled” them together for the inaugural. Karol Mason, a lawyer with Alston & Bird LLP, is the most prolific bundler in the state so far. She had raised $155,000 as of the official disclosure Wednesday.”
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Fayette schools to teachers: Please donate your raises | ajc.com
Fayette schools to teachers: Please donate your raises | ajc.com: “The cash-strapped Fayette County school system is asking its teachers to voluntarily return the pay raises they received last spring.
School board members say if the county’s teachers would return their 2.5 percent raises, it could keep the 24,000-student system afloat. Should they all return the raises, it would add roughly $4 million to the system’s coffers.
In Monday night’s meeting, board members decided they had nothing to lose by writing a letter to Fayette’s roughly 1,800 contracted teachers asking them to voluntarily “make a donation” to the system’s financial well-being.”
School board members say if the county’s teachers would return their 2.5 percent raises, it could keep the 24,000-student system afloat. Should they all return the raises, it would add roughly $4 million to the system’s coffers.
In Monday night’s meeting, board members decided they had nothing to lose by writing a letter to Fayette’s roughly 1,800 contracted teachers asking them to voluntarily “make a donation” to the system’s financial well-being.”
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Atlanta Angry customer drives through restaurant | ajc.com”
More at ajc.com”: “The incident happened on the evening of Dec. 20, at the Chili’s in the 3600 block of Camp Creek Parkway.
A witness told police the man walked into the restaurant and sat down, according to an Atlanta police report.
She asked the man to get up and wait to be seated, the report said.
“I’ve been waiting for over thirty minutes now!” the man replied, according to the report.
He left the Chili’s and, several seconds later, drove his Pontiac Grand Am into the side of the building, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage, the report said.
No one was injured.”
A witness told police the man walked into the restaurant and sat down, according to an Atlanta police report.
She asked the man to get up and wait to be seated, the report said.
“I’ve been waiting for over thirty minutes now!” the man replied, according to the report.
He left the Chili’s and, several seconds later, drove his Pontiac Grand Am into the side of the building, causing an estimated $10,000 in damage, the report said.
No one was injured.”
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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