What's The Deal With My Fair City?

First, there was the tragedy of Brian Nichols.

Then a very strange woman named Jennifer Wilbanks came along. Did I mention she was a very strange woman?

Now, this Carl Roland yahoo takes a crane hostage. I personally liked his sister's quote when police negotiators asked her "help" in getting him down. From the AJC: "Sugarfoot, it's your baby sister, please come down," the woman screamed, visibly upset. Tawana Roland, of southwest Atlanta, said she has not seen her brother in years. Sugarfoot. Nice.

Also from the AJC: "The standoff was the talk of Atlanta, with radio stations making hay of the event. The morning crew at 790 The Zone mused about the need for snipers to end the drama." Now, we're talking!

I remember when Ted Turner, Jerry Glanville, and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes were the only black eyes on my fair mother land. Seems they all have company now in the land of the bizarre we affectionately refer to as Atlanta...