At Ponce and Commerce Avenue, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Michael)

NFDecatur provides the picture above (and these 1, 2, 3) and DW provides this eyewitness account of what closed Trinity Avenue between McDonough and Church Street for the second time in the past four days.

Wednesday, 7:30AM I was sitting one car back from the Chick-Fil-A drive thru window when the Food Service tractor trailer entered the parking lot. Unfortunately they didn’t pull all the wires high enough from Sunday’s accident. The trailer pulled down a light pole and the offending wire. I was blowing the horn and waving but the driver did not get the message until it was too late.

Decatur’s mayor Bill Floyd again finds himself among the likes of Arthur Blank, the founder of Sweetwater Brewing and Governor Nathan Deal, as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Georgians, as determined by the folks at Georgia Trend magazine. Here’s his blurb his year…

On the outskirts of Atlanta, Decatur has made a name for itself, and Bill Floyd has had a lot to do with it. Mayor since 1998, he has helped transform the area into a welcoming, vibrant downtown full of hip restaurants and stores. The city is committed to sustainability, and for its efforts, the Atlanta Regional Commission has named Decatur a Gold level certified community.

Decatur-based attorney Robert Wilson of the firm Wilson, Morton and Downs also made the list…

The former three-term DeKalb County district attorney works in the areas of general litigation, education and municipal law. He’s also worked with every Georgia governor since Joe Frank Harris, including four special investigations. The most recent one, undertaken with former Attorney General Mike Bowers, uncovered widespread cheating on standardized tests in the Atlanta and Dougherty County school systems.

Mayor Floyd also made the list in 2009.  My how things change!  Did Floyd make the list in 2010?  What does this look like, a newspaper?!

No, no he did not.

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