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Sunday, February 7, 2010

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Saturday, February 6, 2010

DeKalb Public Safety Director William Miller to speak at Monday's Dunwoody City Council Meeting

Monday, February 8th

Dunwoody City Hall

41 Perimeter Center East

Dunwoody, GA 30346
7:00 p.m. - Watch Live

On Monday at the request of the Mayor and Council, Mr. William Miller the Public Safety Director of DeKalb County will be addressing the Dunwoody City Council; and I believe answering a few questions from the Council. Let me personally thank Mr. Miller in advance for agreeing to come to our meeting to address the tragedy that occurred on Houghton Court even though the full investigation is not complete. It is my personal belief after talking to hundreds of citizens prior to incorporation about what changes they wanted for the new city of Dunwoody, that the fire rescue services were not only considered adequate but they were touted as being very good. One very sad event does not change that perception for me and I am still very proud to have the men and women of DeKalb Fire Rescue serving the City of Dunwoody.

Does that mean that I don't want to ask tough questions about the level of service being provided? Ask about the level of training and certifications like paramedics available at each station house, on each shift? Ask why one of the pieces of equipment failed to start when needed? It is that line of questioning that I want to take up with Mr. Miller because again it is my personal belief that the DeKalb Fire Officers will be thoroughly retrained because of this incident and the policies updated whereby a citizen like Ms. Bartlett will never again be left to face the fire in her home alone.

Please do me a favor if you see a DeKalb Fireman, Thank him. Thank him for his service because that officer has more then likely risked his life for the good of the community, more than once. Thank him for continuing to serve this fine community with the dedication that has always existed and that he will continue to do so. Remember that God made Firemen so Policemen would have heroes and I would hate to have this community turn on these service men when collectively they too are in mourning because of the sad situation that occurred.

Agenda

Dunwoody Fine Art Month
SECOND READ: Ordinance to grant a Special Land Use Permit to All Saints Catholic Church for construction of a columbarium and memory garden.

DeKalb Fire Update.

Resolution to re-appoint members to Board of Ethics.
Janet Webb & Wade Wright- Term to expire on 01-26-2013

PUBLIC HEARING & FIRST READ – Ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances by amending certain public notice signage requirements for zoning actions.

PUBLIC HEARING & First READ – Ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances by amending composition of the Design Review Advisory Committee.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Dr. Crawford Lewis discusses funding of Hollywood trip for DCSS Employees

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Dunwoody High School fires its first-year football coach

Dunwoody High School Principal, Dr. Kevin Harris was captain of the Kent State University football team in 1992, and in 1993, Dr. Harris was a free agent for the NFL Denver Broncos.

Prep Zone: AJC High School Sports - Dunwoody High’s Michael Youngblood was fired as head football coach on Thursday. “Mr. Youngblood is no longer the coach, that is correct,” DeKalb County Schools spokesman Dale Davis said.

When asked for the official reason, Davis said, “We decided to go in a different direction.”
Youngblood was still in a state of disbelief on Thursday evening. Dunwoody was his first head coaching job, and he led the Wildcats to a 7-5 record and appearance in the state playoffs this past season. He was informed of the news by Dunwoody principal Kevin Harris.

“When I asked (Harris) ‘What were the grounds for my removal?’ He said the things that they are going to say when the principal and football coach don’t see eye to eye … that they ‘are going to move in a different direction’ and not really give you an answer,” Youngblood said.

Youngblood speculated that his firing was related to an incident between the two men at at halftime of Dunwoody’s homecoming game against Cedar Grove on Sept. 25. Harris entered the team’s locker room and directed several players to leave the team meeting to participate in the halftime activities.

“It was a close game, and I had no idea (in advance) that some of our key players were going to be pulled out of the meeting,” Youngblood said. “I told (Harris), ‘No, please don’t do that.’ Then we went outside and talked about it. The football players ended up being in the halftime activities.”

“(But) I think he interpreted the entire situation as me trying to show him up in front the kids and other coaches.”
The following Monday, Youngblood says he was written up for “insubordination” by the principal, and Youngblood responded with a letter of rebuttal, explaining that “everything said in the report was not true.” Youngblood later apologized to Harris, hoping to ease the tension.

“However, from that moment on, I knew that things weren’t how they were supposed to be,” Youngblood said. “Every day, I had to look over my back, while also doing a good job on the football field.”
“The bottom line is that (Harris) never forgave me for that (halftime) incident.”

Youngblood, 30, was assistant head coach for Tucker High’s 2009 state championship team, and was Chattahoochee High’s defensive coordinator the previous two years.