Rick Badie / My Opinion | ajc.comRick Badie writes about people, places and issues in Gwinnett County. He can be reached at rbadie@ajc.com.More violence, but fewer property crimes in 2007- September 16, 2008 The FBI released its 2007 Uniform Crime Report this week. Gwinnett&8217; s stats, provided by the Gwinnett County Police Department, show violent crimes (rape, murder and aggravated assault) increased from 1,890 to 1,945 between 2006 and 2007. Overall, violent crimes...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/16/more_violence_b... 'Safety zone' doesn't feel very safe- September 13, 2008 The girls were playing on a hill. Their mother was near the batting cages, waiting for softball practice to start. Her two daughters were in plain sight, near the edge of a clump of trees. Apparently, that&8217;s where the stranger...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/13/safety_zone_doe... Seven years later, Sept. 11 memory still fresh- September 11, 2008 I&8217;d just walked into the office . TV news had broken about the first plane&8217;s crash into one of the World Trade Center Towers. Minutes later, when it was clear there&8217;d been a terrorist hijacking, an editor sent me out...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/11/7_years_on_sept... Can't live without my radio- September 10, 2008 We&8217;ve all been there. You pull up to a traffic light. Tunes are blasting from the car in the next lane. Noise pollution, some call it. Well, authorities in the city of Marietta apparently are sick and tired of the...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/10/cant_live_witho... Trips into the city too busy to hate- September 8, 2008 The sense of doom has been dispelled. Falcons, 34. Lions 21. Maybe the tide has turned. But here&8217;s what I want to know, and actually it has little to do with the Falcons or whether they have a winning season....http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/08/trips_into_the.... Stadium costs rise in tight times- September 6, 2008 My house needs new kitchen cabinets as well as bathroom fixtures. But in this sour economic climate, big-ticket projects like that have to be put on hold. However, if I ran my house the way some county leaders run their...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/06/stadium_costs_r... Kenerly didn't buy land months before stadium deal- September 4, 2008 AJC reporters Michael Pearson and Patrick Fox have run down the claims posted to this blog that Gwinnett County Commissioner Kevin Kenerly purchased land near the stadium three months before the deal was revealed to the public. They have found...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/04/kenerly_didnt_b... Gwinnett stadium eats money- September 2, 2008 The Gwinnett County Commission has voted to spend another $19 million on its new baseball stadium. They did so Monday without taxpayer input. The stadium will now cost $59 million, a nearly 50 percent increase. Ouch. Looks like the county&8217;s...http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/badie/entries/2008/09/02/gwinnett_stadiu... |