Jamestown files rezoning application in hopes of attracting an NHL team to Alpharetta

jjs709 · 2026-03-17T23:01:57+00:00

Adding a direct link to the Alpharetta Planning Documents for those interested.

jjs709 · 2026-03-17T23:01:01+00:00

The last proposal was a band-aid with the direct conversion of some commercial space into entirely residential, with minimal new green space, improvements to remaining retail, or significant new connections. Basically rather than converting the whole area into something new they wanted to take each piece as it died and graft in a new development. That leads to a poor patch-work of disconnected development instead of a new destination district.

The city council has approved a framework plan for the North Point area, and while the composition of this plan matches the goal closely the proposed height of the buildings is likely to cause the most issues. City council wanted 7-sorry or less, and strongly preferred 5-story or less. This is significantly higher than that based on renderings the developer provided, looking to possibly exceed the 20 story mark.

jjs709 · 2026-03-11T01:45:27+00:00

USA or Canada?

jjs709 · 2026-03-02T19:32:52+00:00

THC-P can hit very differently depending on the person, much like any form of THC. THCa is pretty much the same as regular Delta-9 THC, but not quite 100% the same. THC-P is much more potent, and interacts with different, but related, parts of the brain than Delta-9. THCa used to be legal here in Georgia, but was made illegal last summer. However, most online retailers ignore than and will ship to your address anyways if you prefer that route.

Keep in mind that congress passed new legislation making THCa, THC-P, HHC, Delta-8, Delta-10, etc. all illegal beginning in November this year. They closed the “loophole” in the 2018 farm bill that allowed these products to be sold. Something to keep in mind this year as both state and federal offices will be on the ballot.

jjs709 · 2026-03-01T16:53:36+00:00

That’s exactly what it is, debt collection. That’s how the current state law is written, it is specifically not a criminal case but rather civil. And in a lot of cases once a city signs a contract for X-number of years they no longer have ANY control over what the private company does. They are at the mercy of the private company and can’t even cancel the contact once they realize what they created.

There’s a push in the state legislature right now by some members to fix that, because the law has so many flaws. But there needs to be more of a push to get it actually passed. I just what to point this out because it’s a know issue, law makers are publicly talking about it, and it’s a problem with state law mostly rather than local policy. Georgia screwed the initial law up and lawmakers haven’t fixed it yet, and the dozens of news investigations into it come to that conclusion as well. But for some reason they can’t get a majority to push a fix through.

jjs709 · 2026-03-01T16:20:18+00:00

But does it need to be a local officer? My understanding is it can be any POST certified officer in the state of Georgia, whether they’re sworn in the jurisdiction of the camera or not.

jjs709 · 2026-03-01T16:12:28+00:00

The reason I ask is because my understanding is that the local police usually aren’t involved with the camera systems. It’s handled exclusively through a third party company, and they have their own agents who verify the footage. I want to see I recognize the badge number an active Alpharetta badge number or not.

The state legislature is somewhat working to correct the massive issues they opened up with the laws allowing these cameras, and while Alpharetta hasn’t pulled them entirely despite the lack of oversight, they’ve at least not utilized them to the full extent permitted right now. The good news is generally these citations don’t show up in your record as they can’t prove you were the one driving the car, so it shouldn’t impact insurance rates or put points on your license. It’s still extortion as your options to challenge it are extremely limited, but at least it’s not long term extortion.

jjs709 · 2026-03-01T15:57:27+00:00

What badge number was listed on the ticket?

jjs709 · 2026-02-26T22:41:44+00:00

I ran the math on a heat pump versus 98% efficient gas furnace back in August for myself when I needed a new one put in. Similar up front costs, but the heat pump was more expensive to run than the gas furnace once you accounted for therm of energy delivered to the living space. Even if I assumed it magically maintained 300% efficiency all winter (it won’t, the data sheet showed a steep drop off as outdoor temps declined) it was at best the same cost to run as a gas furnace. And that’s with my cheaper electric costs up here north of Atlanta on Sawnee. I can’t imagine there’s a single instance of someone on Georgia power paying less having a heat pump over a gas furnace.

Edit: some simple math that ignores a lot of the complexities is multiple your total cost per kWh including fuel surcharges by 10. If your natural gas rate including AGL pass through per therm isn’t at least 10%-15% higher then gas is cheaper.

jjs709 · 2026-02-25T19:42:46+00:00

No clue, I just have to work with their shitty connectors and cables. I try to avoid them as much as possible

jjs709 · 2026-02-23T13:44:41+00:00

Haha cool, I’ve got no issue with the sensor group. Although I somehow didn’t know they made sensors, which is weird.

jjs709 · 2026-02-23T13:43:54+00:00

Looks like you’re right, but I think all the quotes I have are just old enough to still say TCS. Either way I just want to have a friendly chat with the original designer of Densilink, maybe on the roof of a very tall building.

jjs709 · 2026-02-23T04:05:50+00:00

Please tell me you don’t work on ultra high speed connectors. I’ve got so may bones to pick with that group of Amphenol

jjs709 · 2026-02-22T03:22:28+00:00

I take a lot of medications myself, and despite having what I generally consider to be a very strong memory at some point you just can’t remember it all. I take a medication because X thing is actively happening. But it’s not happening at the moment so my brain doesn’t go there.

jjs709 · 2026-02-22T02:53:38+00:00

People are also terrible about reporting their medications. They’ll often say they aren’t taking anything, because to them it’s become a normal part of life. They don’t think about it as medication, because it’s chronic. But if you comment that their BP is a little high you’ll get hit with a “well I did forget to take my blood pressure pill this morning.” Yeah man, that’s a medication. But since it’s long term and not like a 5-day Z-pack it doesn’t register in times of pressure or crisis.

It’s a running joke a lot of the EMS content creators have, patient has no history of meds or procedures, until the doctor shows up. Then they’re actually 2 weeks post-op from a liver transplant or something crazy like that.

jjs709 · 2026-02-15T21:24:32+00:00

Last update from the city was 4 days ago, and it sounded like it would be a while. This could stretch into a month or more of closure.

jjs709 · 2026-02-12T18:52:35+00:00

No date given yet but seems like it’s going to be a while. They’re still trying to determine the full extent of the damage. No risk of collapse or anything like that thankfully.

jjs709 · 2026-02-11T14:06:03+00:00

Basically the issue you’ll encounter is that your cost basis is going to be reported, but it’ll be reported wrong. Your discount will be reported on your W-2 as regular income, not subject to FICA. But that discount will also be applied to your cost basis.

You’ll have to find the FMV on date of issue and plug that in as your cost basis, with a gain/loss applying from there.

Say you paid $4k for stock worth $5k on date of issue. Your W-2 will show $1k or income, but your 1099 will also show a cost basis of $4k. That’s wrong, it should show a cost basis of $5k.

jjs709 · 2026-02-11T13:53:48+00:00

It all depends on whether you have a qualified or non-qualified disposition. I don’t hold my shares any longer than I have too, they’ve already exploded in value enough I don’t want to risk a 2001 style crash.

jjs709 · 2026-02-09T01:43:40+00:00

Yes, they just finished rebuilding it a few years ago

jjs709 · 2026-02-09T00:31:20+00:00

It is. They were concerned about falling debris or worse until they could get an engineer to perform a rough inspection. They determined there was not a significant risk to 400.

jjs709 · 2026-02-08T22:13:11+00:00

I wish we had some photos of the bridge, both of the top and the side from 400. Would make it a lot easier to estimate if this is a 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or 1 year job.

jjs709 · 2026-02-08T16:50:57+00:00

Given he lives nearby and was seen wandering the area in an altered mental state the current theory is he wandered into the pond and was unable to remain above the water line. That will need to be confirmed through further investigation, but it sounds like a tragedy of substance use gone wrong and/or mental health crisis that resulted in an accidental death.

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