Morning Metro: Public Broadcasting Donations, the Future of “the Gulch”, and Wine Tasting Problems
Decatur Metro | November 1, 2011
- How Public Broadcasting spends your donations [AJC]
- Plans for Atlanta “Gulch” transit hub finally move forward [ABC]
- Will Juniper Street emerge as Atlanta’s first green street? [Green Building Chronicle]
- Coyote kills cat on Parkwood [Dateline: Decatur]
- Why we can’t tell good wine from bad [The Atlantic]
Photo courtesy of HeyitsWilliam via Flickr
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Heads up… the URL for the Waffle House Museum being open this weekend is from July, so maybe there is a more recent article?
Aw crap. Thanks.
I have seen a coyote with a limp crossing Howard by the tracks late at night. I wonder if it is the same animal.
I’m just trying to imagine the comment thread here if Waffle House had never existed but was a new dining concept coming to Decatur…
A wine that you enjoy is a good wine. A wine you don’t like is bad. Parker can rate a wine 99, doesn’t mean you have to like it.
Even a bad wine is a good drain cleaner.
Or an excellent vinegar if you let it sit on the counter for long enough.
Just wow about PBA.
I have lived in other cities where they had excellent programming, that we don’t get here. I download my favs. Talk of the Nation, and the Diane Rehm Show on itunes and I think it’s a shame people here don’t get it without satellite. They both represent the best of what public broadcasting has to offer. I once asked someone at the NPR affiliate here why we didn’t get those shows, and they said the standard response to this question was they couldn’t afford it Hmmm…
These shows are available in real time on WABE.org.
When I heard the Diane Rehm show the first time I thought it was a joke. That woman sounds like she has one foot in the grave. I completely agree with you on the lack of NPR broadcasting on WABE, there are so many good shows that we don’t get to hear.
Wow, that’s offensive. If you had bothered to find out why Diane Rehm speaks the way she does, you might not have written what you did: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/daily/rehm0823.htm
Oh yes, so very offensive. Everybody is so offended by everything. Dang it gets tiresome. And then the article you link to has the person in question saying the SAME FREAKIN THING about herself.
“You offended him a little bit, you got a little out of line yourself.” — Jimmy Conway
Wow, I read it. Bummer of a disease…..makes her sound like she has one foot in the grave.
I have never understood why there are two public television stations in Atlanta. The AJC article says other places have that situation, but I don’t know where and not experienced it, despite living in or near other large cities. I assume it comes down to territorial control and politics, but I think everyone suffers for it.
Well, not everyone. The managers of at least one of the stations seem to be doing very well.
What I have always heard is GPB is public broadcasting. PBA is a jobs program. The excessive salaries seem to bear that out.
No one shot the coyote?
Speaking of transit, news out of CA today is that the cost estimates for the high speed rail from LA to SF have tripled (!) and the project will take 12 years longer to complete.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19236454.
“In its review, the AJC found that Public Broadcasting Atlanta pays its top executives more than GPB does, although GPB is a statewide system with twice the budget. GPB operates nine TV stations in Georgia and 17 radio stations as well. PBA operates one of each.
The top four people at PBA received compensation in excess of $180,000 in fiscal 2009. By contrast, GPB President Teya Ryan is paid a base salary of $180,000 and qualifies for a bonus of 15 percent to 18 percent — sufficient to push her total compensation toward $210,000 if the bonus is granted.”
wow.
PBA (Pub Broadcasting Atlanta) chief is getting 280K in salary and bonus for 2010, for 1 tv station and 1 radio station.
GPB (GA Pub Broadcasting) chief is getting 180K and if the bonus is granted, close to 210K for 9 tv stations and 17 radio stations…..
I would have assumed that the pay would be reversed from the amount of stations each handles, maybe I should change careers.
So come to the Decatur Wine Festival this weekend and try some new wines and judge for yourself what you like. I believe there are still some tickets at Ticket Alternative.