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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tucker, Lakeside Cityhood Discussed at DeKalb Cityhood Meeting
Tucker parent Michelle Penkava was one of our local residents who spoke at Monday night's meeting.
At a meeting that seemed to be designed to slow the on-rushing train of cityhood, Democrats in DeKalb’s legislative delegation urged residents to consider a variety of issues before deciding to incorporate. “You all have gotten our attention in a very substantial way; we hear you,” said state Sen. Jason Carter (D-42) told the several hundred people in attendance. “I’m not sold on the idea of creating new cities, but the fact that we have so many people here tonight is a good sign.” The meeting was held this past Monday at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church, and was hosted by state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur). Oliver has been an outspoken opponent of the way that cities are created in Georgia, most recently during the debate over …
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Op-Ed: A City Is More Than Boundaries
Who are we and what are we looking to preserve?
By a Tucker Citizen The North DeKalb Cityhood movements are going to change Tucker. Whether we incorporate or stay unincorporated, new economic and social forces will change the dynamic of our community in the coming years. A key question that we need to consider as we engage in our own cityhood discussion is, who are we and what are we looking to preserve? This is important for our future and once we have established goals we can then weigh our options for how to proceed. The cityhood debate will continue to focus on costs and the delivery of essential services, however Tucker has something else that must be considered. Tucker has a history and identity that is deserving of preservation. This is truly what is at stake and requires an …
Georgia
10:46 am on Thursday, May 2, 2013
" Fortunately, we are working on that in our closed group. Anyone who wants to remain in the loop with our progress can "Like" us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SaveTuckerfromLakesideCity" Have you told Tucker Together about that yet, Cheryl? Open and transparent.l more ›
Monday, April 29, 2013
'Tucker Together' Meets Tuesday
The committee will gather publicly to discuss ideas for Tucker's future.
The first public meeting of 'Tucker Together' will be Tuesday, April 30, at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church's Fellowship Hall on LaVista Road, at 7 p.m. This follows the filing of House Bill 677 on March 26 as a placeholder for a potential city of Tucker. The steering committee includes representatives from the Tucker Civic Association (TCA), the Smoke Rise Community Association (SRCA), Tucker Business Association (TBA), Tucker Historical Society (THS), Tucker Parent Council, Tucker Police Precinct, Main Street Tucker Alliance (MTA), and representatives from the faith community. "Tucker Together is neither in support or opposed to cityhood," said Harry Powell of the Tucker Historical Society. "The group’s primary focus is to provide the …
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Ralph
11:27 am on Wednesday, May 8, 2013
It's time to incorporate' City and county police deparments ill work together. City police will be able to take fingerprints and heliocopters will be used if necessary. And the city will pay for the service. county will lose money but will provide fewer services within the city. Less money but less expenses. No net loss to county. Taxes wll not go up if a city i formed unless voters appprove. … more ›
Friday, April 26, 2013
DeKalb Delegation Holding Public Cityhood Meeting
Members of the county delegation will meet at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church on May 6.
Members of DeKalb County's legislative delegation will hold a town hall meeting on growing cityhood efforts countywide next month. The meeting will be held at Clairmont Hills Baptist Church on Monday, May 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., according to Decatur state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, who sent an email to supporters this week. The meeting will cover the process of creating new cities, associated tax implications and alternatives to cityhood, Oliver said. As it stands, bills have been filed to potentially support new cities in Tucker, the Lakeside High School area, the Druid Hills-Briarcliff area and Stonecrest. In her email, Oliver listed all the related bills filed this year: HB 22---Primary Sponsor Mary Margaret Oliver. HB 22 sets …
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Monday, April 22, 2013
UPDATE: Proposed City of LaVista Hills Map Surfaces
The map, created by North Druid Hills resident Rhea Johnson, was sent to a Tucker cityhood blog Sunday.
UPDATE [1:53 p.m.]: A map for a proposed City of Lavista Hills that appeared on a Tucker blog Sunday does not represent The North Druid Hills Study Group and is not formally connected to state Senator Jason Carter, the group's leader said Monday afternoon. Though the map's creator, North Druid Hills resident Rhea Johnson, has worked with The North Druid Hills Study Group, it does not represent the study group, said Don Broussard, the group's head. Johnson called Patch on Monday afternoon and said he sent the map to the Tucker Initiative blog as part of an ongoing discussion about what the boundaries between a proposed City of Tucker and an adjacent city west of I-285 might look like. "It was related to the two-city conundrum that we seem …
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David White
1:19 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
I have a lawsuit filed against Dekalb County right now trying to get them to re-establish the road-grid in Scottdale. The area is cutoff from Ponce DeLeon and is economically isolated even though it is just across the railroad tracks from the Dekalb Farmers Market. Dekalb and Kathie Gannon created the overlay in that area to stop development of new housing and it worked. They killed off … more ›
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Questions for Lakeside City Alliance
A local parent poses questions to the Alliance and its guest speaker ahead of Thursday's meeting.
Dear Lakeside City Alliance Organizers, I plan on attending Thursday's meeting at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral and look forward to hearing the guest speaker Oliver Porter. However, I do have some questions for the speaker, if he will be taking any. I also have questions for your board members. I understand if time does not permit you to get to them, but I would appreciate a reply and would like to share the information with my personal contacts and friends on social media. I am also sharing my list of questions with some media contacts, such as the Tucker Patch. I hope they will choose to publish these questions before your meeting so that if time permits and your panel has been unable to get to some of them,others might have the …
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Betsy Parks
2:21 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Cheryl Miller, hahaha in the first six sentences alone you used the word "I" eight times. Please stop with the silly revisnist history, stick with the facts and thank you like an adult. Holly Molly! more ›
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Week in Review: Movie Making, DeKalb's Future, Exploring Cityhood
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Tucker City Exploratory Group Takes Shape
Tucker cityhood group plans its first public meeting.
The Tucker Civic Association (TCA) and the Smoke Rise Community Association (SRCA) announced today the formation of a steering committee to explore the issues related to forming a city of Tucker. The steering committee also includes representatives from Tucker Business Association (TBA), Tucker Historical Society (THS), Tucker Parent Council, Tucker Police Precinct, Main Street Tucker Alliance (MTA), and representatives from the Faith Community. This follows the filing of House Bill 677 on March 26 as a placeholder for a potential city of Tucker. Bruce Penn, President of TCA, sees the need for all residents and concerned business owners to receive an unbiased communication on all the current placeholder bills that were dropped in the …
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rwf
5:08 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
For those interested in more information about a possible City of Tucker, please feel free to check out a new blog dedicated to that purpose: http://cityoftuckerinitiative.blogspot.com more ›
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Lakeside City Alliance to Hold Community Meeting Next Week
The April 18 event will be held at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation on Clairmont Road from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The Lakeside Community Alliance will hold its next community meeting at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation on Clairmont Road on April 18. The event, which is expected to draw hundreds of area residents interested in the potential formation of a city of Lakeside, will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church’s Carlos Community Center at 2500 Clairmont Road. Volunteers from the alliance, a non-profit group, will take questions from the community about the pros and cons of incorporation. The guest speaker will be Oliver Porter, a Sandy Springs resident who authored the book, Creating the New City of Sandy Springs: The 21st Century Paradigm. The event was rescheduled after the alliance cancelled an April 1 meeting at Clairmont…
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Jeoff
11:08 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
I think that Oliver's city bill was a 'defense' against the other city bills, trying to prevent a 'land grab' into her district. She may not think that cities are the way to go, but if the tide is against her, she would rather keep the neigborhoods she represents under one government (city or county). more ›