This question on the Oakhurst Message Board reminded me to bring this up.

Many of us poor saps pay over $100 a month for cable & internet.  And if I’m not mistaken, over a 12-month period that will add up to over a thousand dollars of my hardish-earned money!

I’ve been pretty bothered by this fact lately, and recently I have had a few techno-fantasies of switching from cable to the “HD-antenna/HULU option” (Especially since you can now get Netflix video through a Nintendo Wii).

And about a month ago, another option showed up in my mailbox.  At long last, AT&T U-Verse is available in my neighborhood.  And while the rates don’t seem all that much cheaper than Comcast, I’m at least hopeful that the hardware is a bit better.  However, I am a bit worried that my internet will suffer if I move off Comcast cable internet.

Has anyone out there taken the leap and either cut the cable cord entirely or switched to U-Verse?  How is your new entertainment life stacking up against the previous one fueled by a crappy Comcast DVR and a $100+ a month cable bill?

Talk about not giving back to the community AT ALL.

According to a report in this afternoon’s AJC, 60 Mall of Georgia businesses were cited by Gwinnett Police today for operating without business licenses.

Among the 60 were many small, couldn’t-possibly-have-known-any-better shops like J.Crew, Aldo, Barnes & Noble, Talbots, Macy’s, Ann Taylor LOFT, Charlotte Russe, Swarovski Retail Ventures Limited, the Disney Store and Eddie Bauer.

The AJC has the full list.

Jen sends in all the necessary info.

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In a note to 2nd grade parents at Clairemont Elementary on May 7th, Decatur’s Superintendent of Schools Phyllis Edwards announced that she would reinstate a fifth 3rd grade class at Clairemont Elementary that was slated to be cut in the coming school year.

Citing a letter that she received from parents at the end of April and ongoing evaluations by CSD staff, Edwards notes that rising 3rd grade class sizes continue to vary between schools and “because that situation is continuing, I have authorized a teacher be hired, thus creating five 3rd grade classes at Clairemont.”

You can read the full letter yourself HERE.

Today’s the day folks.

The day when, we, the residents of GA Senate District 42, proudly go to the polls and pick who has earned the right to have “Incumbent” slapped next to their name when we vote again for this district in November.

• Over on Fresh Loaf, Thomas Wheatley has compiled some quick bios of the four candidates: Jason Carter, David Montane, Steve Patrick, and Tom Stubbs.
• If you missed the AJC’s recent profile of the race, it’s still available HERE.
• And if you’re wondering what an elected Senator with no convened legislature can/will do between now and their impending reelection in November, how they plan to “improve public education”, or if they support mandatory vaccinations (?), the DNO has some answers.

To vote, just head over to your normal voting precinct before 7p this evening.  Don’t know where that is?  CLICK HERE.