Uneven roads and potholes cause problems in DeKalb
Crews filled more potholes than ever in DeKalb last year, but their work was a makeshift fix that didn't address the 417 miles of county roads in need of resurfacing.
DeKalb officials plan to ask voters in November to approve paying for new roads and other infrastructure with an additional 1 percent sales tax.
The special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) would raise DeKalb's sales tax rate to 8 percent, on par with the city of Atlanta and Clayton County.
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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.
