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Residents will gather to discuss big DeKalb water bills

By Mark Niesse
Sept 19, 2016

Got problems with high water bills in DeKalb County? A town hall meeting could help find solutions.

Residents from across DeKalb can share concerns about their water bills at a public meeting being organized by Commissioners Nancy Jester, Kathie Gannon and Jeff Rader. The commissioners have asked senior government employees to attend so they can help taxpayers with their issues.

The town hall meeting on water bills will be held Oct. 6 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Maloof Auditorium in Decatur.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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