Lakeside City Alliance Apologizes to Tucker Facebook Group

The Lakeside City Alliance apologized to a Tucker Facebook group Monday for partially blaming it for the cancellation of an alliance fundraiser in Northlake last week.

The alliance said on its Facebook page it regretted saying Tucker Town Talk assisted efforts to "strong-arm" Marlow's Tavern into cancelling an April 2 fundraiser at the restaurant. The alliance named Tucker Town Talk and Save Tucker From Lakeside City, a Facebook page, in a newsletter to followers late last month, saying threats of boycotts and protests against the restaurant led to the event's cancellation. The restaurant later said it did not back out of the event, and the alliance cancelled it.

From the alliance's Monday Facebook post:

Since its inception, the Lakeside City Alliance (LCA) has been focused on reaching out to our community to help educate our neighbors about the ins and outs of cityhood. We have enjoyed getting to know our fellow area residents better and hearing and learning from the many groups with which we have met. We look forward to continuing our efforts and our outreach program.

For this reason, we would like to offer a correction to the Facebook site "Tucker Town Talk." Although the conduct of some civic leaders, groups and individuals has been regrettable and discourteous at times, Tucker Town Talk was unfairly associated with this conduct in an earlier LCA post regarding the forced cancellation of a planned fundraiser brought about by the actions of others.

We recognize that Tucker Town Talk is an interactive site for posting events and information related to Tucker and that it does not engage in advocacy. We regret the mistake.

LCA will continue to hold itself to the highest standards of accountability and transparency and will continue to learn as our efforts continue towards the funding of a feasibility study of the formation of a city in the northern part of DeKalb County. We are grateful for the outpouring of support from all corners of our community to date and look forward to welcoming even more neighbors as our work continues.

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