The AJC reports… Decatur City Commissioner Fred Boykin suffered a mild stroke Tuesday morning and was hospitalized, but is expected to recover. Boykin, who owns Bicycle South, was taken for treatment at Emory University Hospital, where he will likely remain for the next several days, said city spokeswoman Linda Harris. "He is having some slight problems with his [...]

... your house and, when they cut it to four, tell you that's compromise."I've heard 'It's a done deal' more times than I want to count," local activist Susan Martin told Commissioner Evans, in calling for public charettes at the beginning of projects, where citizens would be asked what kinds of roads they want.Evans didn't fully endorse that idea, but did commit to show up, unannounced, at a coming ...

A former Jefferson County (Alabama) commissioner will plead guilty to lying to grand jurors investigating bond deals that have Alabama's largest county on the brink of the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, a prosecutor said Tuesday.Mary Buckelew, 62, admitted to a single count of obstruction for denying that an investment banker showered her with about $4,000 worth of high-priced shoes ...

"Our league has lost its 'little general'.  And our country has lost a giant of a man," said CFL Commissioner Mark Cohon. "Ron Lancaster is deeply loved across Canada, as a CFL player, coach, broadcaster and mentor, but most of all as a true friend. His career spanned eras, bridged west and east, and delighted our fans. But his life transcended sport, because the young man who came ...

... . Sarah Palin's firing of the public safety commissioner even though the vice presidential candidate once said she welcomed the probe into ... reduce violence against native women. "In my time as a commissioner, the governor has never talked to me about complaints about my efforts," Monegan ... dismissed Walt Monegan, the public safety commissioner whose firing prompted the 'Troopergate' controversy.(AP ...

... elections in a major way.9/1/08REPUBLICAN INSURANCE COMMISSIONER CANDIDATE ODOM OFFENDS NC FIREFIGHTERS: GOP Faux Pas ... the campaign of John Odom, Republican candidate for Insurance Commissioner. Odom demanded "equal time" as Goodwin. When told ... Assistant State Fire Marshal.Goodwin has been individually endorsed for Insurance Commissioner by Paul Miller, Executive Director of the NC State Firemen's ...