Information was sent out by the Citizens for Dunwoody committee informing residents that we could expect a lot of negative ads, phone calls and publicity by DeKalb and groups outside Dunwoody that oppose cityhood. To counter that I am guessing that residents will continue to recieve positive Pro-Dunwoody information as well, but don't fret, this one little election is almost over. Two items of interest that I thought I would share.
Mistaken ballot cast at Brook Run without Dunwoody
If you live within the proposed City Limits of Dunwoody and are going to vote at Brook Run on Friday, please be sure you receive the correct ballot that includes the cityhood issue. We are aware of at least one citizen who received the wrong ballot and then waited until after she was home to question why the cityhood question wasn’t on the ballot.
The rough boundaries of the city are as follows; DeKalb County, North of I-285 and North of Peachtree Industrial except for those residents that are, or will be annexed into the future City of Doraville. There are very few houses that fall into this category and they are as follows: 2373 – 2552 Ridgeway Drive; 4256, 4323, 4327, & 4329 Tilly Mill Road; 2482 – 2564 Van Fleet Circle. Everyone else living in DeKalb outside the Perimeter should be receiving a ballot with the Dunwoody question and if you receive otherwise Tomorrow or Tuesday please make it known to the election official right away.
Roy Barnes sues the State of Georgia over HB 264
The second item of note is the biased AJC headline claiming that DeKalb is suing over Dunwoody Revenues. This supposed lawsuit has very little to do with Dunwoody and has much more to do with the host distribution formula for the existing cities of Decatur, Chamblee & Doraville. DeKalb is just getting around to filing the paperwork and have probably had this “scare tactic” planned for this occasion for months.
State Rep. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), a cityhood advocate who co-sponsored HB 264, called the lawsuit a political ploy to scare voters who support a city of Dunwoody. Millar said the suit would affect only 20 percent, about $1.5 million, of the sales tax revenue – that portion that must be used for roads and other capital projects. He said the other 80 percent that goes toward a subsidy for property owners in the form of a tax rollback would be unaffected. The Citizens for Dunwoody committee was very aware of this scenario and ensured that if DeKalb sued the State and held up the distribution of the Host funds, that is would not affect the operating budget of the new city.
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