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Ethics process boils over on Dunwoody City Council
Dunwoody, founded five years ago to escape constant bickering with DeKalb County, finds itself embroiled in some internal feuding of its own. Dunwoody leaders are dealing with another in a series of ethics complaints that have plagued the city since last year. So far, taxpayers have shelled out more than ...
DeKalb schools may give bonuses to inspire employee attendance
The financially troubled DeKalb County School District could soon be shelling out $1 million as added incentive for some of its employees to show up for work. Interim School Superintendent Mike Thurmond says the district has a problem with employee absenteeism. And he says he’ll try to address it by ...
U.S. senator demands Atlanta Housing Authority salary records
A veteran U.S. senator known for launching investigations into the possible misuse of federal funds is probing what he called “exorbitant” salaries at the Atlanta Housing Authority. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the U.S. Housing and Urban Development demanding information about pay and other perks at the ...
N. Fulton cities cede location for fewer billboards
After more than six years of legal battles, north Fulton’s guarded roadsides are opening up to billboards.Four cities are under court order to accommodate requests the sign companies made 10 years ago, long before most of them were formed and adopted sign ordinances of their own.Nowhere is the order more ...
Former state Sen. Nathan Dean, 79, passes away in Polk County
Former state Sen. Nathan Delano Dean died Saturday morning in Polk County after dedicating his 79-year life to serving Georgia.“[He was] working for the people every day no matter what the capacity, always making time for everybody,” Alan Dean, Nathan Dean’s eldest son, said. “I guess, you know, it was ...
Fulton builds libraries as funding unsettled
Fulton County has begun building the first of eight new libraries even though county officials aren’t sure how they’ll pay to operate them when they begin opening next year. With property tax revenue expected to be flat and county commissioners unable to raise the tax rate thanks to new state ...
PolitiFact: The Roundup
This past week, PolitiFact Georgia and the AJC Truth-O-Meter celebrated its third anniversary of fact checks by … completing more fact checks. We reviewed another attack ad against a Georgia congressman about his position on the federal health care law. We also checked out a two-part claim about violent crime ...
‘Teflon’ DA faces fresh scrutiny
With a booming voice and pugnacious personality, Douglas County District Attorney David McDade has earned a larger-than-life reputation as a tough prosecutor who never loses a death penalty case. A familiar presence at the state Capitol, McDade is the face of the state’s prosecutors in lobbying lawmakers and has advised ...
State to target jailers involved in sex assaults on juvenile detainees
A day after the release of a damning federal report on sexual interactions between detained juveniles and their jailers, the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice said it would try to cull “significant data” from the findings to identify the encounters teenage inmates relayed anonymously in the survey. “We’re truly concerned ...
DeKalb’s stable values could repeat in other counties
Property values are mostly flat in DeKalb County, good news for homeowners in Georgia’s third-largest county and beyond as the days of plunging appraisals appear to fade. Preliminary figures from the DeKalb assessor’s office show that despite pockets of increases and declines, overall prices have been stable countywide. In response, ...
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