Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May
After several high-profile scandals rocked the county, May hired investigators earlier this year to sniff out any corruption lingering in the government. However, much to his surprise, the investigators’ report targeted May himself. He has strongly denied any wrongdoing. May talked about the hurdles he and the county have faced this year:
We’ve had challenges of course, and I believe we’re coming out stronger. I truly believe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
We know what our issues are, and it’s incumbent on all of us to deal with them head-on. I’m not shying away from any of our challenges. I don’t think our residents — our key stakeholders in the county — are shying away either.
Despite all of our challenges, our finances are strong, we’ve cut our tax rate for the first time in a decade, our bond rating is strong, our reserves are strong as well, stronger than they’ve been in years — we have one month of operating funds in reserves.
I’m a man of faith, and I’m thankful to God. God has been so good to me, and I’m so thankful to God for all that he’s done for me.
I’m thankful for my family. I have three beautiful girls and a beautiful wife; we’ve been married for 13 years, so I’m thankful for my family. I love going home at the end of the day.
I’m thankful for my county. DeKalb County has been so good to me over the years since I first moved to the county. I still think we have the best county in the world, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
I’m thankful to our public safety workers, our police and fire, emergency management, medical examiner, 911 workers.
I’m thankful to all of our county workers who work so hard on behalf of all the residents of the county, and I’m thankful to our taxpayers too who decided to make DeKalb County our home and who love and believe in our county.
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