Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Williams, Mattison and Gebbia also win.
J. Max Davis became the new city of Brookhaven's first mayor in history on Tuesday night. Davis defeated Sandy Murray in the mayoral runoff, 66 percent to 34 percent, in a race in which Patch projected the winner at 8:09 pm. In Brookhaven's three city council runoffs, Rebecca Chase Williams won the District 1 seat, defeating Kevin Fitzpatrick 66 percent to 34 percent. In District 3, Bates Mattison defeated Kevin Quirk by the evening's smallest margin, 53 percent to 47 percent. And in District 4, Joe Gebbia soundly defeated Karen Lord to win the seat, 81 percent to 19 percent. They join District 2's Jim Eyre to complete Brookhaven's first city council. Patch featured a live blog from 7 am on Tuesday morning, until the final election …
Monday, December 3, 2012
A work session will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday in city hall. The city commission is scheduled to decide Dec. 17 whether to go ahead with annexation.
The Decatur City Commission will hold a work session at 6:30 p.m. Monday to further discuss the possibility of annexing 2,000 people into the city. The work session should last an hour. At 7:30 p.m., the commission starts one of its monthly meetings. On Dec. 17, the city commission is scheduled to decide whether to proceed with annexation. If it's a go, a referendum likely would be held in November 2013. Some of the land under consideration for annexation includes Suburban Plaza, the Publix shopping center at Clairemont and North Decatur Road, as well as residential areas. Annexation would have a major impact on the the City Schools of Decatur. The city School Board meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, to talk about annexation themselves…
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Replay Patch's live coverage of Monday night's Brookhaven runoff debates.
Zoning, code enforcement, a new police department, parks, and how to reach out to Brookhaven's Hispanic community were among the topics covered Monday night during a public forum featuring most of the candidates in next week's runoff elections. Mayoral candidates J. Max Davis and Sandy Murray; District 1 candidates Rebecca Chase Williams and Kevin Fitzpatrick; District 3 candidate Kevin Quirk; and District 4 candidate Joe Gebbia were in attendance. Not present were District 4 candidate Karen Lord and District 3 candidate Bates Mattison, who had a representative present at the discussion. Patch brought readers live coverage of the event, which you can replay above. Related Items: District 2: The Wild Card In Brookhaven's Mayoral Runoff? …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Some people want to create a city out of DeKalb County's unincorporated land.
State senators from DeKalb County will meet this week to talk about possibly forming a "City of DeKalb." The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Nov. 29 in room 450 at the State Capitol, CrossroadNews.com reported. A City of DeKalb has been talked about for decades but the idea has gained new urgency because more cities are forming in DeKalb County, like Brookhaven. Those cities reduce the county government's property tax revenue. In the CrossRoads.com article, county officials said:
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Deborah Anthony, who lost her city council bid, also endorsed Kevin Quirk in the District 3 runoff.
Sandy Murray picked up another political endorsement in her runoff bid against J. Max Davis for Brookhaven mayor. Deborah Anthony, who lost her bid for District 3 city council, endorsed Murray on Thursday. She also endorsed Kevin Quirk, who will face Bates Mattison on Dec. 4 in the runoff for that seat. "I believe Sandy and Kevin will provide the representation we need for the city of Brookhaven," Anthony said, in an e-mail to her supporters that was forwarded to Patch. On Wednesday, Murray was endorsed by Jim Eyre, who won the District 2 city council race, and is currently the new city's only elected official. A total of nine candidates entered the District 3 race. Only 10 votes separated Mattison's 875 votes from Quirk's 865. Related …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Data suggest the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area is solidly Obamaland.
Curious as to how your community voted in Tuesday's presidential election? Patch has put together and searchable database that allows you to check by voting precinct and ZIP. What you're likely to find is that the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area is pretty solidly supportive of President Barack Obama, though it's close in some areas. (The Lakeside High School precinct slightly favored Mitt Romney, for instance.) The primary ZIPs in this site's coverage area are 30033, 30329 and 30345, but you can search anything you want in DeKalb County. I was out at Clairmont Presbyterian Church in the early afternoon on Election Day and spoke with a number of voters there. You can look at the photos to see what they thought. Do the results surprise you…
District 81 winner shares his thoughts on the election's outcome.
We won. And we won by a wide margin. I want to sincerely thank you for your support. This was a campaign that was built on a positive message of service. And it was a campaign that was successful because of the service of so many volunteers. Thank you to everyone who walked with me, canvassed, made phone calls, held meet and greets, donated, and supported my campaign. You made this possible. The truth is, we weren’t supposed to win. During the reapportionment process last year, this district was purposefully designed for a Republican to win. That’s not typical political hyperbole; it’s a fact. That didn’t happen. And it didn’t happen because the voters of this district are good, decent people who vote for the best person. Republicans, …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Boedeker conceded defeat Tuesday, complimenting his opponent on a well-run campaign.
Chris Boedeker conceded defeat in an unorthodox race for House District 81, which covers Brookhaven, Tucker and North Druid Hills. Rep. Scott Holcomb seemed to prevail with 8,700 votes and 56 percent of the vote; Boedeker received 6,824 votes and 44 percent of the votes, according to an unofficial tally by DeKalb County elections. The vote total doesn’t include mailed-in absentee votes. The race included mudslinging, including House Democrats accusing Boedeker of suggesting Holcomb used illegal drugs. Incumbent Holcomb didn’t return phone calls election night. Boedeker conceded “mistakes” he made in his time running for any office. “I don’t want to get into specifics,” he said. “Yeah, we wanted a focused message.” Holcomb wasn't as vague …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The constitutional amendment grants the state authority to approve charter schools, whether local school boards want them or not.
Georgia voters gave the state more authority over charter schools on Tuesday, passing a constitutional amendment empowering a commission to overrule local school districts that reject charter school petitions. With all counties fully reporting, the hotly contested amendment had support of 58.5 percent of voters. See selected county results below. It was an emotionally charged issue that in some ways united Georgians across political and demographic lines. A Peach Pundit poll from late October had found "no significant difference [in support] based on whether a voter is a Republican or a Democrat, a male or a female, or based on race." Camille Cottrell, an Emory University instructor and card-carrying Democrat, is an example of the …
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election, according to projections.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, according to network projections. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the…
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4:46 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Ms Rolete ---- I believe you have the wrong Kevin Madigan as this guy is from England. more ›