First Slice 12-23-12: Subdivision soap opera over Christmas decorations

Plus, Pussy Riot freed

A family that regularly decorates its Villa Rica home around Christmastime with lights, candy canes, and snowmen says they received an anonymous letter filled with yuletide vitriol and plain ole racism. “NO ONE ELSE in Fairfield Plantation, the subdivision decorates as ‘poorly’ and with such ‘misjudgment’ and ‘stupidity’ as YOU do,” the letter says.

And the War on Christmas Decorations™ is also happening in Poncey-Highland!

A DeKalb County judge has resigned after nine years on the bench over allegations of sexual harassment.

The Paulding County airport proposal? It’s gonna take a while.

Claire Davis, the 17-year-old high school senior who has spent eight days in a coma after being shot in the head at Arapahoe High School in Colorado, has died.

Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were released today from jail and, once freed, proceeded to slam the decision by President Vladimir Putin as a “PR move” leading up to the Winter Olympics.






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