I just received this ticket for obstructing the sidewalk in front of my house. Its a very wide sidewalk, so still about 3-4 feet of walkway between my car and the fence. And honestly? Guilty as charged, I shouldn’t park on the sidewalk, and I wouldn’t if the sidewalk wasn’t already impassable.

What infuriates me however, is that my car is not the main obstruction of this sidewalk. The lot next to my house is an empty overgrown jungle, and the city won’t do anything about it. I’d be a bit more understanding and sympathetic if it was abandoned by a family or something, but the lot is owned by a real estate investment firm, its not like they don’t have the means to maintain it.

How am I going to get a ticket for obstructing the sidewalk but the city does nothing about this property becoming so overgrown it makes the sidewalk disappear? If this leads to that lot getting cleared out and maintained, I’ll gladly pay the $100 fine, but the selective enforcement is BS.

Hi everyone, I lost my Indian passport last night (Saturday, Nov 14) between 9:00 PM and 11:00 PM in the Perimeter Center area.Where I was:

• Inside or right outside Hawkers Asian Street Food at Ashford Lane (1230 Ashford Crossing)

• Walking along Olde Perimeter Way and Perimeter Center West toward The Kinsley apartments on Potomac Rd

Item Details:

• Official Republic of India Passport (Dark navy blue booklet with gold emblem on the front, no cover/case)

• Name on Passport: Hemanth Reddy

I am already checking with Hawkers when they open at 11:00 AM, Ashford Lane management, my apartment leasing office, and Dunwoody/Sandy Springs Police.If anyone happened to walk by and pick it up or turn it in somewhere, please send me a DM or chat here on Reddit. Thank you so much for any help!

Just a homesick dude in Florida right now missing his home in Georgia.

I only lived there for a couple of years, but it had a profound impact on me. Atlanta was one of the most beautiful cities I had ever seen. So much so I actually took this photo while exiting I85 since the angle and composition were damn near perfect. I didn't even have a chance to review it, but after I parked, I saw the stars in the sky contrasting with the lights of the buildings.

Made me tear up a bit looking at the photo again today. I miss Georgia. I miss occasionally visiting the city.

I don't miss the traffic, but I'd gladly be stuck on I75 again if it meant my next exit was in the metro area.

Hi! I know on paper Marta requires dogs to be in an “inescapable” crate - has anyone had any experience with Marta enforcing this? Have they allows people to bring their dog in one of those backpacks where the dogs head is above your shoulders? Or even just leashed? Trying to get from my home near a station to the beltline and would love to use Marta rather than drive.

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Hey looking for an adult softball league in the Sandy springs/buckhead/brookhaven/Chamblee area! If any are starting soon for the upcoming year!

I’ve been looking everywhere for actual green peanuts to make boiled peanuts with.

I’ve gotten some peanuts from Hardy Farms (very pricey compared to what I’ve found, randomly, at local markets, and minimum purchase amount is a lot) but they didn’t seem any more green than other peanuts I’ve found in stores/markets. When boiled, the shells were not so soft that you could eat them, which is what I’m looking for.

I may be wrong, but I thought green peanuts were supposed to be able to achieve this type of “edible shell softness”.

Maybe I’m doing something wrong. Does soaking them over night soften the shells? I heard it was simply a function of age and there’s not much else you can do.

Either way, please help me if you know where I can get green peanuts and how to make sure they are SUPER soft?

hey all! i have a friend stuck at the Atlanta airport. i live in chattanooga currently but was looking at renting a van to come get her and taking her back to knoxville. anyone else needing to get back to knoxville or even chattanooga? i know rental vehicles are pretty much booked up at the airport itself.

I have some opened boxes of tampons and pads that I would like to donate. Everything is individually wrapped but the outer box has been opened.

All flights across the country have been ground.

Ground stop: All flights in the United States are grounded until further notice, “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” the Federal Aviation Administration said.

• Cause not yet known: The reason for the ground stop was not immediately clear, but an FAA spokesperson said there is a communications problem impacting Air Route Traffic Control Centers, which handle flights going across the country.

• Rare instance: The last time there was a nationwide ground stop was in January 2023, when a pilot notification system went down. Prior to that, the last nationwide ground stop was issued after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Putting this out there on a prayer

At about 5:45 this morning a coworker’s tailgate fell open heading east from the Quiktrip on S Fulton Parkway and dropped several thousand dollars worth of Milwaukee packouts & power tools.

A driver behind him eventually flashed him to pull over, but by the time he got back it had been picked up. He’s offering a reward if anybody can help. SB is written the tools and boxes.

Hope y’all are having a better morning than we are!

Looking for somewhere that does trivia earlier than 7. Po’Boy Shop started at 3:00 yesterday, and while their vegetarian red beans and rice was slammin, I feel like their trivia skews toward the older crowd (probably why they start trivia at 3:00😂😂). I have a pretty wide variety of pop culture knowledge and one of the questions last night had an answer that included the tv shows Baa Baa Black Sheep and China Beach. I used to watch old ass shows all the time as a kid and I’ve never even heard of those lol

reporting a potential main break on Monroe Dr 30324 between Allen and Piedmont Way, probably around 1752 Monroe. Bubbling up from under concrete driveway and cascading down street.

Is there really no way to report this via 311? I tried the website no dice. finally got to the chat to report a case, and after clicking "report a possible main brake" I am directed to call the watershed department. currently on hold with them, just trying to do the right thing. they even state via voiceprompt that "prefer chatting? use ATL311" LOFL.

u/ATL311 I know you monitor here, what gives? REALLY no way to report this other than staying on hold for a saturday afternoon?

Playing a lot more golf recently and finally going to upgrade my over 30-year-old irons. Want to do a fitting to find something appropriate for my game. Who or where do you recommend?

I’m reaching out with a long-shot request, hoping the power of the internet might help me find something incredibly special.

Sometime between 2012 and 2014, my mother handmade a beautiful patchwork quilt using clothing that belonged to my father, who had passed away.

She spent countless hours putting it together and mailed it to me while I was living in the Mesa neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California, near La Marina Drive (93109).

Unfortunately, the package never arrived.
According to my mom, the package was last tracked in Memphis, Tennessee, before it seemingly disappeared. We checked with the post office at the time but never found it.

My mom and I were absolutely devastated. This wasn’t just a blanket. It was a piece of my dad that we could never replace.

I’ve attached photos of the actual quilt. It’s made from colorful Hawaiian shirts, plaid fabrics, and other pieces of my father’s clothing. One particularly recognizable feature is a red patch with the words “Paul’s Place” near the bottom.

I know it’s been well over a decade, but I’ve never completely given up hope that it’s still out there somewhere. Maybe it was misplaced during shipping, delivered to the wrong address, donated, sold, or ended up in someone’s closet.

Since Memphis was the last known tracking location, I’m especially hoping someone in that area might recognize it. But I’m sharing this with other communities as well, because there’s no telling where it might have ended up after all these years.

If anyone recognizes this quilt, has seen it in a thrift store, or knows someone who might have come across it, please reach out.

Even if you don’t recognize it, sharing this post with others would mean the world to me.

I’d love nothing more than to surprise my mom by finally bringing this quilt home after all these years.
Thank you for reading and for any help you can offer. ❤️

I'm on Congresswoman William's email list. Today I received this message from her about how much has changed in the eight years since she was arrested at the Georgia Capitol while she was serving as a Georgia state senator:

On November 13, 2018, I was led out of the Georgia Capitol, hands zip tied behind my back for demanding that every vote be counted for my friend and democracy warrior, Stacey Abrams.

I now get to walk back through those doors with my head held high to work with our next governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms. Read more about the journey since that day in my latest op-ed in the AJC.

As published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Eight years ago, I was put in handcuffs and taken out of the Georgia Capitol for standing with my constituents on Nov. 13, 2018.

Before I became the congresswoman for Georgia’s “Fighting Fifth” congressional district, I served as a Georgia state senator representing the 39th District, which included Atlanta, College Park, East Point, South Fulton and Union City.

I showed up that morning to do my job as the “people’s state senator.” The Senate had adjourned, and as I was waiting for the House to convene I noticed a large police presence gathering.

I heard glass break and a commotion on the floor below me in the rotunda, so I went downstairs. I was immediately greeted by people who had been part of the protest. They told me, “They just threw an older lady to the ground, and they’re arresting people.”

The protesters were exercising their First Amendment constitutional rights. Amid mounting concerns of voter suppression, they were demanding that every vote be counted in the still-undecided governor’s race between my friend and colleague Stacey Abrams and then-Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

I went downstairs to make sure my constituents were safe and their voices were heard. I saw one of my constituents standing among the crowd, I stood beside her. I wanted her to know that she was not alone. That she was seen, heard and supported.

Moments later, officers pushed my arm behind my back, placed me in zip-tie restraints and arrested me. Despite knowing I was a state senator there to do the business of the state during the special session, they took me out of the Capitol with my hands zip tied behind my back and transported me to the Fulton County Jail. I was held for hours without even knowing why I was being detained.

While sitting alongside the group with whom I was arrested, we finally learned that everyone there, including me, had received a charge of disrupting the General Assembly. But apparently, I was special, and someone wanted to make a point with me. I received two charges: disrupting the General Assembly and obstruction.

As I was arrested, escorted out of the Capitol, hands behind my back and transported to the Fulton County Jail, I kept thinking about my mentor and friend, the legendary Congressman John Lewis.

He taught us what it meant to make “good trouble, necessary trouble.” I didn’t know it then, but three years later, I would follow in his footsteps and carry his legacy in the very halls of Congress.

That day in the Capitol didn’t end my fight for voting rights. In fact, it strengthened my resolve.

Since my election to Congress, I’ve made protecting the right to vote and ensuring every eligible voter has access to the ballot a priority in my work.

I’ve introduced one of the most comprehensive voting rights legislative packages in congressional history. The package has broad bicameral support, with multiple senators introducing companion bills.

Legislation included in the package would fully fund election administration around the country, reduce long lines that deter people from voting, guarantee workers time off to vote, improve how election mail is delivered and processed, make voting more accessible for people experiencing homelessness, provide election materials in more languages, and help people understand how to register and protect their voting rights when they move.

I’ve also joined another mentor and predecessor in the “Fighting Fifth,” Ambassador Andrew Young, in calling for our state’s district lines not to be redrawn in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision.

When President Donald Trump threatened to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the polls, I introduced a congressional resolution to reinforce the ban on federal agents at polling places. And I was at the Fulton County Elections Office after the FBI raided it, demanding answers and accountability.

Over the last two years, I have reminded people, “This is our Civil Rights Movement.” If you’ve ever wondered what you would have done during the Civil Rights Movement, this was your time to find out. If you care about labor rights, climate justice, the economy, immigration or reproductive freedom, you care about voting rights. Our ability to make our voices heard at the ballot box is connected to every issue that affects our lives.

On Nov. 3, Georgia voters showed us exactly what they would have done during the Civil Rights Movement and made their voices heard in a historic way. We elected Keisha Lance Bottoms as the first Black female governor in our nation’s history.

It was the culmination of so much work during our lifetimes — and the lifetimes of those who came before us. I think about Stacey Abrams. I think about the groups that have organized for decades in Georgia. I think about watching former state lawmaker and Atlanta city official Rashad Taylor as a fellow young Democrat, not knowing that one day he’d lead the campaign for the first Black woman governor of our state and country.

When I first ran for the Georgia state Senate, a well-meaning supporter told me to put “Nikke” on my campaign signs. They thought I’d get more votes if people couldn’t tell from my name that I was a Black woman. I ran as Nikema.

Years later, my son, Carter, witnessed Georgia elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, a Black woman who went to Ralph J. Bunche Middle School, the same school he attends. I want Carter and his classmates to know they can put their own names on a campaign sign someday and ask the people of Georgia to trust them to lead. That’s part of what made the words I heard on election night mean so much to me — Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms.

On election night, as I gathered with family, friends and staff, someone in the room exclaimed, “My governor’s name is Keisha, my congresswoman is Nikema and my mayor is Dre!”

Eight years ago, I was led out of the Georgia Capitol, hands zip tied behind my back for demanding that every vote be counted for my friend and democracy warrior, Stacey Abrams. I now get to walk back through those doors with my head held high to work with our next governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms.

I think about the Georgians who stood with me that day and the voters who made this moment possible. I’ll carry them with me every time I walk into the Gold Dome and the U.S. Capitol. I’m ready to work alongside our new governor to protect their right to vote and deliver for the people of Georgia’s “Fighting Fifth.”

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Just watched items fall of a truck on 75 north and destroy front half of dark sedan.

418pm 11 13 2026. Before 254 exit north 75. Plastic air vent piping fell off of back of work truck was struck by dark sedan, appeared to cause serious damage to car. Chatham landscape services truck. Driven by white male grey/white beard. Appears to be mid 40s or early 50s. He did not notice.

I have a photo of license plate. Hope they are okay.

I’m looking for a photographer that’s more on the fun, artsy side rather than traditional. My fiance and I would really like someone that captures our personalities. Does anyone have any recommendations? We’d be doing our engagement session at a bar in Atlanta and our wedding in north Georgia.