I'm Never Leaving Town Again!

Decatur Metro | September 29, 2008 | 5:59 pm

The last time I left town for a few days, I came back and there was no gas.

This time when I left, there was still no gas so I thought…phew! at least I won’t have that surprise waiting for me! But now I log on to find out that the Dow has plummeted, my bank has been bought by Citigroup, and Creative Loafing has filed for Chapter 11!

What the hell? Why are world markets and alt-weeklies so opposed to my relaxation?

But seriously, I hope CL can survive…those guys are top-notch in my book and have given me a lot of moral support over the past year.  Perhaps its because of their “alt-nature”, but CL gets local blogs.  Many of their writers come from or maintain their own sites, not to mention must-read Fresh Loaf.

On the other hand, the AJC just takes from local blogs, while supporting a tired list of their own contraptions, which are really just op-ed pages moved online, sections of the paper that have gotten severely cutback (ATLarts..cough cough) or ridiculous attempts to provoke unmoderated conversation amongst its often insane commenters.

Give me Creative Loafing any day of the week.  Or once a week, in a plastic green bin outside Whit’s End…that works too.

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  1. Carl says:
    September 29, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    Sounds like a perfect time to join the happy folks at Decatur First Bank. :)

    I definitely think CL Atlanta will survive in one form or another. Some of the company’s other publications may go in a different direction or perhaps go away, but I’m betting on this one to continue on.

  2. Thomas Wheatley says:
    September 29, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    You the man, Carl. And Decaturite, let’s postpone the co-op idea and roll out a rickshaw operation. The market demands it!

  3. catherine says:
    September 29, 2008 at 11:55 pm

    This is another time where you could have used “Eeeek!” I keep saying it every time I read the headlines at nytimes.com. And now this news about CL has just crushed me. I really hope they can pull through!

    On a lighter note, Happy Belated Blog Birthday!

  4. Oakie says:
    September 30, 2008 at 8:24 am

    Sounds like its time for another gov’t bailout!