Decatur Legislators Will Hold Town Hall Meeting Thursday Night

If you have a question for your local legislators, Thursday night would be a good time to ask it.

State Reps. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) and Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D-Atlanta) and state Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur) are holding a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Decatur City Hall.

All DeKalb residents are invited.

One probable topic: Hope Scholarships.

Carter has been especially vocal on this subject, leading Democrats trying to reform the state agency that administers Hope.

As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported,

Sen. Jason Carter, D-Decatur, and other Democrats have begun a push to undo many of last year's Republican-led changes. Carter said last year's reforms are a failure because they did not force HOPE to live within its means. This week, he proposed several changes including a cap on family income for students to be eligible for HOPE, starting at $140,000. A cap existed when the program began, but was quickly lifted after the lottery proved financially successful.

Carter and others have also questioned the size of the commission's staff, given that their funding could otherwise be spent to help college students afford school.

Are there any questions you have in mind?