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Saturday, July 12, 2008
A last-minute charge: Chamblee says DeKalb and Jones refused to clean up property that became a killing ground
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you talk to Vernon Jones supporters, this is sure to be characterized as a July surprise, suspiciously timed to thwart his Democratic bid for the U.S. Senate:
Chamblee [city] officials say they’re dead serious about a charge that DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Vernon Jones deserves criticism for a recent killing there because DeKalb refused to clean up the murder site.
Chamblee Mayor Eric Clarkson and Police Chief Marc Johnson say Jones has personally been the stumbling block in getting a piece of county-owned land in the north DeKalb city cleaned up —- and now a slaying has happened in the overgrown woods. On June 24, police say 35-year-old Galdino Cruz Salinas was killed on a neglected plot of county land at the north end of the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
Read the rest of the AJC story here.
Look for this to be a topic during two televised, one-hour debates this weekend. The five candidates — Jones, Dale Cardwell, Rand Knight, Josh Lanier and Jim Martin — will gather at WSB-TV studios this afternoon for a confrontation that will be aired at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
The same candidates will appear live at 7 p.m. Sunday on Georgia Public Television debate sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club.
