How will DeKalb sewer system cope?
In reference to “Sewer problems threaten DeKalb’s growth,” News, Aug. 26, has DeKalb County’s water and sewer department just torpedoed development of the GM Doraville site? If the county’s sewer system cannot support redevelopment of a comparatively small project like a former Denny’s in Dunwoody, how can it support a multi-acre live-work-play project that the GM Doraville proponents propose to build? County citizens deserve an answer before tax money is used to construct anything that the sewer problem may make unfeasible to complete.
CHRIS VALLEY, BROOKHAVEN
Vote no on JQC amendment
“Judicial disciplinary process under attack in Georgia,” Jay Bookman, Aug. 24, is a great column with which I could not agree more.
You point out very well the need to vote No on the proposed constitutional amendment to abolish and recreate the Judicial Qualifications Commission. The amendment would give the legislature control of the commission and take away from the independence of the JQC, the key to its ability to discipline errant judges. Separation of powers should be observed here: the governor and chief executive of Georgia appoints the members of the commission which then acts to enforce compliance with — or if necessary, discipline those judges who are in violation of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
It is no coincidence that the amendment is the brainchild of former judge-turned-legislator Johnnie Caldwell who resigned from the bench after a JQC investigation in 2010.
Should the amendment pass, it would indeed be a sad day in Georgia’s judicial history.
ANDREW A. MICKLE, RETIRED SENIOR JUDGE OF ATLANTA MUNICIPAL COURT
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