I see that Athens is listed, but their statement hasn't changed in months...& I'd think Atlanta would out-rank them in importance. Anybody know why it isn't listed in the summary? I see it on the 220 City list but there is no statement. Anybody know what the status is for Atl? (Other than toast with peaches)

Status of Y2K compliance in City governments

-- (native@Georgian.com), June 27, 1999

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"Toast with peaches"!!!! Hold on...let me catch my breath! Whew!

About two months ago Atlanta FIRED the company handling ALL of the city's remediation efforts. They had barely begun anyway, and now NOTHING IS BEING DONE AT ALL. Maybe they are not on the list because they have NO status. Or maybe it's no BRAINS.

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-- steverino (steve.kuhn@turner.com), June 27, 1999.

Well gee, that doesn't sound like a very smart thing to do.

-- (native@Georgian.com), June 27, 1999.

Native,

We are talking the city of Atlanta here. Not much of anything they do makes sense. Certainly not a place to be close to if TSHTF. Although come to think of it, not sure how many could find their way out of Atlanta. Ever get lost there, and ask someone how to get on the interstate?

By the way, the same company that was working on the city is doing the remediation at Hartsfield Airport.

-- Dian (bdp@accessunited.com), June 27, 1999.

Here's the link to an article on Atlanta and Y2K:

http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/1999/05/16/y2k_atlanta.html

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), June 27, 1999.

Thanks for the link Linkmeister, really eye opening. It's amazing how they are writing this problem off... I wonder how many other cities are doing the same. Or doing the same and acting like everything is under control. Man, I will be sure to stay WAY away from downtown Atlanta this New Years.

-- (native@Georgian.com), June 27, 1999.

Another city not listed is Tallahassee, Florida, the State Capitol. Tallahassee was recently named an All American City. Apparently the inability to function with no electricity from the city owned utility was not a criteria in the selection. The city was rated 25% completed by the PUC according to the Ft. Lauderdale Fl. paper around March 1999. I would be extremely skeptical of the y2k readiness of any city with low reported expenditures or no effective testing where the problem was not understood. the city claims fantastic progress but the word "embedded" has yet to appear in any news releases. The paper has fallen down on the reporting too. I plan to renew my subscription for 6 months with the note that there is no point in paying for a subscription after January 2000 as the paper will not be in business anyhow and it totally ignored warnings that the electric system was at risk in late 1997 when they could have brought the problem to the attention of the public. We will see.

-- Moe (Moe@oblivious.gom), June 27, 1999.

*************I plan to renew my subscription for 6 months with the note that there is no point in paying for a subscription after January 2000 as the paper will not be in business anyhow and it totally ignored warnings that the electric system was at risk in late 1997 when they could have brought the problem to the attention of the public. We will see. ************

excellent suggestion Moe - I have a renewal notice in the bill pile - mind if I borrow the idea?

LOL

-- justme (finally@home.com), June 27, 1999.

I recently tried to renew a subscription to a local paper for 6 months and when asked why 6 months, I told the person that I didn't expect them to be in business next January because of the y2k crisis. My remark met with momentary silence and the person asked if they could get back to me. Later that day I got a call and was told that they could not renew my subscription for 6 months but if, for any reason they could not get the paper out, they would refund my money. I said thanks anyway--call me next January. I suspect our exchange was a topic of discussion around that place.

-- skeeter simpson (skeeter@barsawmp.corn), June 27, 1999.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the main city newspaper, has offered 13 wk., 26 wk., and 52 wk. subscriptions for at least the last several years.

-- Tom Carey (tomcarey@mindspring.com), June 28, 1999.

No recent news (from the AJC or other sources) that I'm aware of to indicate that the city has resolved its early-April suit against their contractor to release the first phase report on Y2K inventory problems.

Yep - you heard right - they haven't got their "inventory report" yet - and are suing the company (refusing to pay) because it (the company that did the inventory) hired the wrong minority contractor. (It appears that the minority contractor they hired was not on the mayor's "approved list" of political donors.) Naturally, the company doesn't want to release the report until they are paid - so the company is counter-suing.

-- Robert A. Cook, PE (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), June 28, 1999.

I lived in downtown Atlanta for a number of years and before that I came up in the suburbs (Sandy Springs). They used to have a phrase about the city (The City to busy to hate). This phrase become passe. If anyone out there is familiar with the City I have a phrase that really describes it to a tee. "The City that doesn't give a shit except in the Chattahoochee".

-- inthewoodsnow (usedto@bethere.com), June 28, 1999.