Brookhaven’s District 2 city council race has gotten especially nasty over the final few days of campaigning.
At issue over the past week is a flier recently sent to voters implying that candidate Jim Eyre called Brookhaven a “cancer.” The mailer came from .
Eyre said the mailer takes comments he made in a March 30, 2011, Patch article entitled “Brookhaven Cityhood: The Answer Or Band-Aid?”, out of context.
Eyre’s quote from Patch opinion article reads, “Realizing this it becomes glaringly obvious that the idea of cityhood, while appealing, is only a band-aid cure on a cancer that will continue to eat away at our wallets.”
Eyre concluded the article with, “Unless we can force substantive changes in how DeKalb County spends our tax dollars, we will never realize the tax savings [state] Rep. [Mike] Jacobs so gleefully dangled in front of us as an underlying incentive for his city movement”.
Eyre is accusing another candidate, Russell Mitchell, of playing a role in the mailer. He said Mitchell’s former employer, Florida-based , is a major donor for Start Brookhaven Right, which mailed the flier to voters.
Calvin, Giordano & Associates provides municipal services to cities and currently manages the city of Dunwoody's financial and administrative operations through an outsourced contract.
“I believe accepting pay to play in any form is the most egregious mistake an elected official can make and there will be no place for such activities in Brookhaven,” said Eyre.
Another candidate, Larry Hurst, is also seeking the District 2 seat.
Over the past year, Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc., has donated $10,000 to BrookhavenYES; $2,500 to Start Brookhaven Right, Inc; and $2,500 to Mitchell’s campaign, according to the Georgia Government Transparancy and Campaign Finance Commission.
Mitchell was also a board member for BrookhavenYES.
“This is a ridiculous conspiracy theory from a desperate candidate," said Mitchell. “I have absolutely nothing to do with the Start Brookhaven Right group. The first I heard of them is when I got mail from them."
"As far as the contribution from my former employer is concerned, Jim Eyre knows that it is perfectly legal to accept corporate contributions and the voters of district 2 should be proud that my former employer thought enough of my work to believe in my campaign."
Mitchell also said Eyre’s financial disclosure “is filled with DeKalb County vendors and companies that currently do business with the county and surrounding cities.
“Furthermore, his campaign is plagued with contributions from zoning attorneys and politicians. The last few days of this campaign seem to be focused on who is funding who's campaign. I am confident that voters will be much more comfortable with my supporters and contributors than his."
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Oversleep this afternoon?
Wonder if he will represent Brookhaven as a Council Member--or his own personal opinions? Hmmmmm........... All this talk is like saying Jim is easy to work with. LOL. I pity the other three Council members who will find out quickly how difficult he will be. Jim wants to see Sandy Murray get elected (which says alot in and of itself), but it brings up the question that Mr. Eyre has made no secret that he detests another Mayoral candidate--who just may win. Nice start.....
Or is it too late on Friday afternoon to expect cogency?
You are way to attached to the mythic pool aren't you.
Sounds corrupt to me. I mean, Cousins could be looking for approval for another development in the Brookhaven footprint--or wants to grease the wheels for any problems with the new City and their already build developments. Could you provide a link to that info, A Resident? Tia
http://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_Name.aspx?NameID=18041&FilerID=C2012002394&Type=candidate
http://brookhaven.patch.com/articles/some-candidates-are-descendents-of-no-city-brookhaven#comments
Where do you dredge up this nonsense?
At least your disjoint flights of fantasy provide a good laugh now and then. Avoidance of 'puppetry' is the only reason I remain involved.
When you have nothing, you still persist. This is more than a little sad, don't you think?
Of course, this would be much easier if the ADULTS in our tawdry little burg would just USE THEIR OWN NAMES unless their cowardice prevents them from speaking publicly.
How can anyone honestly say becoming a city does not give us another layer of government? If it doesn't, then why in the world are we being subjected to all this? -- The Maven
You are right to question Ms. Murray's claims about her business experience. I have previously addressed this in another thread on this forum. See my remarks at the bottom of this post. In addition to that earlier response, you may also find the information at the following web sites to be interesting: http://www.yatedo.com/p/Sandy+Murray/normal/458eaa8c8aab1138280ad2afefe60e22 http://twitter.com/slm3212 -- The Maven (Original comment below.) 8:49 pm on Saturday, October 6, 2012 To Maggie Anderson @ 12:54, Lucie KS @ 4:03 and others --- Regarding Sandy Murray and her business experience: Briefly being a franchisee for a kids' art instruction company called Abrakadoodle does not qualify Ms. Murray to run a (potentially) 30 million dollar city. Being an owner of a computer instruction company (Computer Essentials / Business Computer Essentials) in the early 1980's certainly doesn't add much to her track record. Being a Kaplan SAT tutor certainly doesn't do much for her skillset to be the first mayor of the city. We deserve better! -- The Maven
Keep beating that drum. You don't seem to be aware of the hollow sound that emanates.
Like Citizens in Districts 2,3 and 4.
Yes this is obvious, which leads me to my point... whoever is behind this group is obviously not that intelligent, or is simply dishonest (No surpise given the former "brookhaven yessers" in the group). Therefore, I would suggest to those who get to vote, to cast their vote for whomever is not this group's preferred candidate.