2023 Election Guide: Dunwoody Mayor and City Council by Cathy Cobbs of Rough Draft Atlanta
A special thanks to Ms. Cathy Cobbs of Rough Draft Atlanta for asking important questions of the Dunwoody Mayoral and City Council candidates. Mayor Deutsch and myself are running unopposed whereby Incumbent Stacey Harris is challenged by Chris Ozor, and Incumbent Joe Seconder is challenged by Marianella López. The questions are as follows ...
What is your vision for Dunwoody for the next four years and beyond, and what role will you play in achieving it?
What makes you qualified to represent the citizens of Dunwoody?
What are the accomplishments of which you are most proud (either personally or professionally)?
What do you think are the biggest challenges that Dunwoody will face in the next four years?
Are you opposed to or in favor of the bond referendum?
As you read the article differentiating the candidates highlighted, my answers may be slightly different from the others but then I also have concerns as to the current finances needed to run the city; thereby a close watch of our finances is needed in the coming year. If you haven't watched the last Dunwoody City Council Meeting, which contains the Budget Hearing, I highly recommend you do so here & here as I outline my concerns and my belief that we need to beef up the police budget in both numbers and pay.
Early voting is available this week at the Dunwoody Library, 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m through Saturday Oct 28th plus they are also open Sunday October 29th from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
If you are looking for more information on the $60 million dollar Parks Bond, there is an informational meeting, which is open to the general public, taking place in my neighborhood therefore I was asked to join in to share the facts as I see them. I will be joining Dunwoody City Councilmember Tom Lambert (and possibly others from staff?) in the discussion taking place on Sunday, Oct 29th @ 7pm at the Dunwoody North Driving Club Clubhouse located at 4522 Kingsgate Dr, Dunwoody, GA 30338.
I know one of the many concerns over the proposed bond is the paths in general and when it comes to the North Peachtree Path connecting the apartment complex where many students live, connecting it to Chesnut, Peachtree Middle and Brook Run; there are even more questions on that segment of path in this neighborhood.
Besides a new Hawk Crossing Light that is already scheduled to be in front of Chesnut in early 24, the proposed North Peachtree path is preliminary designed to be on the West Side (School Side) which means that it will not directly improve the safety of walkers that are primarily on the East Side unless additional crossing guards are added at the apartment complex and a few other places. Then there is the timing of this improvement which looks to be in phase two on the priority list, if this measure moves forward you would think the path directly adjacent to public schools would have top priority. If this bond referendum passes, I will be pushing this topic and guess it will also be up for discussion on Sunday. Join us.
