Patch was live at with J. Max Davis, president of BrookhavenYES, and Jeff Kellar, vice president of the organization for a virtual, real time discussion on the issues of cityhood.
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http://www.fultoncountyga.gov/district-5-news (check out the June 22 link)
He did support and does live in Sandy Springs! :)
It seems those shivering in their shoes to the point they would waste money on 'private security' are limited to a couple of very small areas. Is there something in the water there?
I merely mentioned the 'crier' to respond to your suggestion there is no 'platform for spouting or promoting republican ideologies', for without the official party line, it would have nothing to say. Nor would I shy away from identifying any of the various 'publications' that have kept the Opposed City nonsense stirred up in order to pretend there was reason to increase ad rates.
Not entirely different from the folly of 'brookhaven, the Opposed City'. No means NO!
Here is a link to the Brittany HOA: http://brittanyhoa.com/Neighborhood%20Watch.htm Going to the Farmer’s Market for some Guatemalan Sweets!
Anyone have a link to the neighborhood by Oglethorpe University known as Brittany and their neighborhood Community Watch? Well, if you don’t, maybe they had just rather pay for a security guard . . . Please pass the yellow mustard!
-Smyrna looks cherry picked; irregular borders and unincorporated islands. Smyrna is home to 51,271 residents only 2083 more than proposed Brookhaven. Smyrna is 3.33 sq mi larger and the poverty rate difference is 1.5%. Smyrna Police have 92 sworn officers, 20 full and part-time jail employees, 19 full and part-time communications officers and 10 administrative staff. The Department serves the community through eight divisions.
Please pass the yellow mustard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGPxKEQdTs Hey! Leave some thin sliced onions and pickles for me!
Must watch TRU BLOOD! GO Eddie, go EDDIE.
This goes out to all the NO peeps too...especially hamburger and Benton. I wish you long lives in the new City!
neighborhood watch in my area helped solve a series of crimes because someone saw a car and gave some identifiable info on it. BTW Dunwoody has solved the murder in the apartments on Peachtree Industrial. The murderer had been targeting folks and used a phone from a previous victim (who was not murdered) to call this unfortunate victim. I will never understand why people have so little regard for human life. Its very sad. The victim had friends and family.
The abilities of the DCPD North Precinct are legendary to the folks that have dealt with them through the years. Folks that think a new city can replace this level of policing service in your new city will soon regret what they have voted out. Mr. J. Max whines about his paying for an extra security service, yet he has no Community Watch program. Mr. J. Max, your hatred for DeKalb is evidently much greater that your planning for an accountable and successful new city. Daily, I am finding out that the folks in Brookhaven want no part of your new city. This is an exceptionally disconcerting subject. Grill closed. You folks need to think about this one . . . I need a good John Wayne movie . . . Now, where did I put that True Grit . . .
But in the end we don't really need to worry. Dunwoody certainly was disappointed. And if it turns out we need a couple more patrols for Buford Highway that's quite doable. We aren't reinventing the wheel here.
That not how government works. Love, Roger That.
And yes, HamBurger, that was me. I told y'all I shared your position with Dunwoody, but now see that trying to work on making DeKalb, One DeKalb, is not ever going to work. So far, Dunwoody has not raised the millage rate, though we have improved services such as Police and working on a zoning re-write. Will that work in Brookhaven? It depends on the level of service people vote for. That is the point, right now, your DeKalb taxes go up, regardless of your vote, because 'no-low tax' votes are fewer than those who could care less about property taxes. I support Brookhaven, and I am glad that I am able to say that the Dunwoody decision was vetted more carefully as a result of intelligent opposition. Max
'It depends on the level of services people vote for'? As if there had been any sort of careful evaluation of the attitudes and interests of the Citizens living in the Opposed City footprint? A secret group of funders bought a study carefully crafted by ONE of the TWO State Representatives elected to the Opposed City footprint. The interests in the study were carefully skewed to pretend that a city could be cobbled up and somehow stay within an artificially low tax millage threshold. Even now, the yessssers website points to providing services that cannot be fully funded within the financial constraints (so I guess at least one of the services will have to be dropped or eviscerated in order to take care of the minimum 3). There is no CHOICE in LEVEL OF SERVICE. The yessers know what is best for 'us'. Now we are supposed to bow to their hubris and then sit quietly should it 'win' and then self-destruct. Madness!
My reference was to the 'senator from Dunwoody'. I wish the rest of the District had a Senator.
I 'get' your POV, but the hyperboly is off-putting to me. First off, I personally know the lawmakers involved with this effort, as I opposed them up here. Every lawmaker is hugely self-confident or they would not make it in politics, but your reps are pretty well grounded, in my opinion. When DeKalb was largely agricultural (look at the County seal) administration was efficient, the envy of Atlanta. A large urban county structure is less efficient in delivering local services. The CVI study is a snaphot that showed lawmakers the legislation is feasible, as required by law. Brookhaven revenue figures have been under/over reported, but the fact remains with a City, local citizens CONTROL EXPENSES. There are choices in service levels, or the whole concept would be moot, I respectfully disagree.
This is the future of Brookhaven: Growth...an extension of Atlanta...
Dunwoody is non-partisan, but the population is largely moderate-to-very conservative. The 'sustainability' folks love Dunwoody, they lobbied strong, early, and fast to get us green and our Trans Plan includes 'Complete Streets,' bike facilities, paths, etc. Not a bad thing, but not free. There is an example of people choosing a service level, EddieE.
"All politics are local." - Tip O'Neill
Special hamburger for the flight?