Couple of things

- My suggestion for the anti-Rep. Paul Broun PAC would not so much be defeating him in an election, since that's not terribly likely based on the existing demographics of the district, but rather to challenge his positions throughout his term through radio, online and TV ads. If you start putting an alternative message out there during non-election season, you might start tilting the narrative a tad.

- I'm not sure this 'vindicates' the anti-NBAF crowd, but I do think it suggests there are some worrisome gaps in oversight that must be addressed.

- Sweet!

- The thing I think David Dunlap is missing is that the Athens Banner-Herald's editorial staff rarely writes about national issues, particularly insider-baseball ones like the ACORN fiasco. Dunlap is free to pen his own letter and talk about how awful it is, but it's misguided to think the local newspaper should avoid talking about a whole host of area issues so it can pick up on a national niche story.

- Regarding the 'McMansion' item in City Dope, isn't Five Points, as well as the other potential neighborhoods, protected (or should be protected soon) from this type of development from the historic preservation standards coming down the line? That might make such regulations a two-birds-with-one-stone kinda thing.

- David Brush isn't wrong, but I've also heard from various officials at the University of Georgia over the past two weeks who have suggested it wasn't so much the tailgaters who deliberately ruined the campus, but a combination of local residents who went looking for the recyclables and a handful of drunks who, on the way to downtown from the game, vented their frustrations on bagged trash. It's a plausible scenario, though that shouldn't deter anyone going to this weekend's game from bringing extra trash bags and doing their best to keep their site clean.