Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Georgia General Assembly will convene on Jan. 14, 2013, and Patch wants to know what you think lawmakers should discuss.
Lawmakers, lobbyists, activist groups, the media and concerned citizens are all set to converge on the state capitol on Jan. 14, when the Georgia General Assembly returns to downtown Atlanta. Already, lawmakers have been meeting with their constituents at town halls and public forums throughout metro Atlanta, talking about the issues that may come before the state House and Senate. Some issues have already started to surface. Some DeKalb lawmakers are advocating the formation of yet another city, this one carved out of the North Druid Hills and Briarcliff communities. There's also been talk of creating a new county composed just of Buckhead, with some lawmakers stressing the need to work within our current governments and not forming new …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Mary Margaret Oliver is part of two committees that will be proposing new commission and school board maps.
State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, is playing a major role in this year’s efforts to redraw DeKalb County commission and school board districts. Oliver is a member of two House DeKalb caucus committees that will be proposing the new boundaries. She also hopes to reduce DeKalb’s school board from nine to seven members. Public hearings may be announced as soon as next week, as the committees begin the process of developing the new districts. Every decade, after the U.S. Census is completed, state governments, or an independent body, make changes to district lines at every level. This means, a citizen who lived in one county commission or school board district last year may live in another district after the boundaries have been …
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Georgia Charter Schools Association opposed to bill, to be discussed Thursday
Teachers at charter schools including Museum School and International Community School, both in Avondale Estates, could soon be suspended or fired in the same manner as their public school counterparts. That is, if a bill currently before the Georgia General Assembly becomes law. Charter school principals have the authority to remove or suspend staff based on their own evaluations. Senate Bill 207, scheduled for a Thursday morning subcommittee hearing, would require charter schools to comply with the same state law and personnel procedures as public school administrators. The bill is sponsored by state Sens. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and Horacena Tate (D-Atlanta). The bill has drawn fire from the Georgia Charter Schools Association, which …
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International Community School
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Decatur's mayor supports letting local voters decide the issue; Impact in Avondale Estates is minor
The Georgia General Assembly may be closer than ever to allowing voters in local communities, such as City of Decatur and Avondale Estates, to decide whether beer and wine can be sold in stores on Sunday. New Gov. Nathan Deal has said he would not veto the proposal, in stark contrast to his predecessor, former Gov. Sonny Perdue. If the Georgia General Assembly passes House Bill 69 and Senate Bill 10, county commissions and city councils would face the question of whether to put the question before their voters. DeKalb cities such as City of Decatur and Dunwoody could decide on the issue themselves later this year, during their regularly scheduled municipal elections. "You can buy wine now in a restaurant or pub on Sundays, you just can’t …
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City of Decatur
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City of Avondale Estates
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The plan would impose new taxes on services such as vet care and auto repair
A complete overhaul of the state’s tax code has been presented to the Georgia General Assembly for consideration, and it could open a whole host of new, 4-percent or higher sales tariffs on everything from groceries and tobacco to dry cleaning and pet services. "I don't like to be the tax collector," said David Williams, a veterinarian with Avondale Veterinary Hospital at 6 Avondale Road. "Right now it's weird because you don't have to pay taxes on human medications but you do on pet medications," Williams added. "Most of what I do is service. People can anticipate bills going up by 5 percent. I'm not happy." If adopted, local businesses would find themselves in the awkward position of charging those taxes at a time when Georgia …
jimmie
5:54 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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