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Honeysuckle Park

3037 Pleasant Valley Dr

Doraville, GA 30340 ‎ 

Dear Governor Deal, we need your assistance in correcting a mistake.

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Dear Governor Deal,

As a citizen, mayor and a former public safety officer, I am extremely disappointed to learn that Detective Shane Wilson's name is being left off the Georgia Public Safety Memorial.  As you are well aware, Detective Shane Wilson was tragically killed in November 2011 while en route to a home invasion call.

While Detective Wilson was killed "on duty," he did not meet the Memorial committee's criteria of being killed "in the line of duty," according to Mr. Tim Bearden.  To say Detective Wilson was killed "on duty" but not "in the line of duty," is offensive and arbitrary.  For the family of Detective Wilson, our police department and the entire City of Doraville, it is completely unacceptable to leave this young man's name off of a slain officer's memorial because of a preposition.

On behalf of the City, I would like to take this opportunity to strongly urge you and the Georgia Public Safety Training Center to add Detective Wilson's name as soon as possible.  I trust you will share this letter with the governing body of that fine institution.  This mistake, notwithstanding, I do applaud your many efforts to honor our State's brave men and women in blue, and I have the utmost confidence in your ability to rectify this situation.  In doing so, you will be bringing much needed solace and a sense of closure to the family of Detective Shane Wilson.

Sincerely,

Mayor Donna Pittman

Doraville Mayor Donna Pittman visits Lemonade Days

Mayor Donna Pittman of Doraville

This evening I had the distinct pleasure of running into Doraville Mayor, Donna Pittman and her husband Winston as they strolled the promenade of Lemonade Days. We had a lovely chat on various topics and I could tell that she is really excited for the future of the City of Doraville as she danced around the future of the GM Plant and the recent annexation which expanded the city's borders. We discussed more joint ventures and partnerships between our two cities as with the annexation there are no longer any "Unincorporated Islands" between us.

Finally we also discussed the proposed crosswalk at Stonington which has been discussed at three City Council Meetings and she was very upbeat that this would come to fruition. The financial details and the the formal IGA (inter-governmental agreement) has yet to be hammered out but when that is finally complete it would then need to be ratified by both councils.

Look at the wonderful smile on the Mayor of Doraville, as she knows that great things are in store.

Going the extra 2/10ths mile to pave Tilly Mill Road south of the Dunwoody line.

Neighbors irked when Dunwoody road paving stops at Doraville line

By Michelle Shaw of the AJC
Dunwoody’s 2011 paving project called for resurfacing busy Tilly Mill Road this summer.  But neighbors in the area of Tilly Mill and Peachtree Industrial were dismayed when they realized the paving would stop at Stonington Road, and not continue approximately two-tenths of a mile to Peachtree Industrial.

The problem: That stretch of road is in Doraville, not Dunwoody.

“We have to use this stretch of road to get to our homes,” said Jason Moss, a Dunwoody resident who lives near the intersection. “It seems like it would be in the best interest of Dunwoody to pave this piece of road.” Fortunately for Moss and others in the area, some city and county officials agreed.

Dunwoody had already contracted with Allied Paving Contractors Inc. to pave more than 4,000 feet of Tilly Mill, from Peeler Road to Stonington Road. The estimated cost of paving that stretch of road was $210,000, according to a memo to the city council.

Moss and many of his neighbors, including members of the Dunwoody North Civic Association, thought the city could pave the remaining piece of road without much, if any, additional expense. They couldn’t get the Dunwoody City Council to see things their way.

The issue was simple for Councilman Denis Shortal. The piece of road in question, no matter how short, isn’t in Dunwoody.  Not all took such a hard line. Councilman John Heneghan asked the new mayor of Doraville what it would take to get the piece of road paved.

Eventually, DeKalb County got involved because it is responsible for resurfacing roads in Doraville. Ultimately, the county negotiated a price of $54,000 for the extra stretch of Tilly Mill, said Bob Lundsten, chief of staff for DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer, who represents the area.

“Everything was already in place,” Lundsten said. “The equipment, the workers, everything was in place, and the county was able to save money and make residents happy.”

Soon after Dunwoody completed its work on Tilly Mill, Allied paved the Doraville portion of the road for DeKalb County.  “However it happened, I’m just glad it did,” Moss said. “That piece was in pretty bad shape.”

Paving on Tilly Mill Road through Doraville and DeKalb is scheduled for tomorrow & Friday.

I am very proud to announce that the repaving project for Tilly Mill Road has been extended south of the Dunwoody city line through sections of Doraville and unincorporated DeKalb County.  Grinding should start tomorrow and paving should be finished in that section by Friday.

A special thanks goes out to DeKalb Commissioner Elaine Boyer, her Chief of Staff Bob Lundsten and Doraville Mayor Donna Pittman for making this project possible with County funds.