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Since the project's design team appar ently isn't authorized to consider the acquisition of additional land, that would seem to leave only designs that "bridge" Hancock— which, we've been told, would be prohibitively expensive—as alternatives to closing the street. But ACC Commissioner Kelly Girtz says he will instruct the design team to pursue an option that might make locating the whole 4,500-capacity facil ity on the north side of . Hancock more feasible. Partially in response to a proposal by Flagpole’s Kevan Williams, Girtz has spoken with the developers of a planned hotel immediately to the west of the county property about the pos sibility of footprint-sharing between the hotel and the expansion. He says they're interested in the idea of sharing parking and loading space, and he'll communicate that to the design team with the suggestion that they consider it in their plans. Will that be enough to keep the expansion from sealing off Hancock? Ain't no telling. But it's a step toward opening up the rulebook a little in what so far has appeared, despite the adoption of a much-needed public input stage, to be a pretty narrowly prescribed design process. Heidi Hiding from Hideous Ham Hocks: This just in from Taste of Athens Committee mem ber Judy Long: the celebrity judges for this year's local food extravaganza (Sunday, Feb. 20 at—you guessed it!—the Classic Center) will be former Athens mayors Gwen O'Looney and Doc Eldridge, and the current one, Nancy Denson. Heidi Davison, whom Denson suc ceeded merely a month ago, was invited to Local capitalist Warren Blackmon (I) makes a contribution to Pete McCommunist, titular (non-playing) chairman of The McCommunists, the Flagpole band seeking victory in the finals of the Nugi’s Space "Athens Business Rocks” battle of the bands Feb. 19 at the 40 Watt Club. "I just didn’t want the McCommunists to win without admitting they needed some capitalist help.” Blackmon said. “From each according to his ability.” McCommunist replied, “and to each according to her need, especially Flagpole, y’all.” All contributions support Nugi’s Space: www.athensbusinessrocks.com. participate but had to decline because her vegetarianism would have rendered her unable to weigh in on the festival's meatier offerings. "She said she would do anything else that we ask of her," Long explains. Let's hope that doesn't include raffling off her prized deco rative pigeon; she's having enough trouble meeting the ransom demands of newsman/ bearded villain Blake Aued for its safe return. Dave Marr news@flagpole.com Krazy Korner Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. has had a busy couple weeks. Mere’s some of what Broun has done for you lately: • Broun introduced his bill to repeal the last year’s health care law and replace it with four "market based solutions, such as allow ing individuals to shop for health care across state lines." Like that's been the problem all alonfe, that 1 can't get some of that Alabama Insurance. Broun’s bill would reinstate the ability of insurance corpora tions to deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. But the bill would cre ate "high-risk pools” for those rare humans who become ill. Could there be anything less inviting than "high-risk poof?” Sounds like a scary place to swim. • Broun’s name made headlines around the country after he tweeted during President Obama’s State of the Union Address, "Mr. President, you don’t believe in the Constitution. You believe in socialism.” Broun has around 3,700 followers on his Twitter account. Here's hoping that none of that number are Jared Loughner types who are just crazy enough to believe in Broun. Think about it: if one were to actually believe all of what Broun has said about the President to this point (and some certainly do), wouldn't it make a certain amount of sense to pursue—hmm, how to put it—emer gency measures against Obama? • And Broun made his annual call for submissions to the 2011 Congressional Art Contest. The contest is limited to students in grades nine through twelve, which I feel to be needlessly discriminatory, so I’m entering. Imagine, if you will, a canvas full of old-ish white people shooting guns, overlaid by bald eagle, also shooting a gun, all of which overlaid by the text "taxes are for communists," spoken by another eagle. You will be able to see my work hanging in the U.S. Capitol once I win. [Matthew Pulver] 4 FlAGPOLE.COM • FEBRUARY 16.2011 KELLY RUBERTO
