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Torpy at Large: Step up or shut up, DeKalb voters!

The candidates to represent southeast DeKalb on the county commission met Tuesday for a candidate forum at the Stonecrest Library. A special election will be held June 16. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
The candidates to represent southeast DeKalb on the county commission met Tuesday for a candidate forum at the Stonecrest Library. A special election will be held June 16. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
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June 10, 2015

How, in nearly two weeks of voting, can only 150 people have showed up to cast ballots in the race to fill the District 5 seat on the DeKalb Commission?

It’s not like things are exactly copacetic in what I once called DePraved County (much to the displeasure of the fine folks who run it).

There are even a couple candidates in the race who have actually demonstrated a heart for stuff like, you know, good government and following the rules.

Want to know more about them? Just hop on over to MyAJC.com.

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Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.

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