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February 22, 2006

Nobody Asked For Dunwoody...

...But we're getting it anyway. I hear even Dick Williams is a little confused about the rush to create DeKalb's great unwanted city. I think Democrats have a great opportunity in Dunwoody -- one that didn't exist in Sandy Springs, because there may actually be a collective WTF moment. DeKalb County's services are unparalleled, and though Dunwoody residents aren't exactly fans of CEO Vernon Jones, they helped create him. No Republicans ran in the 2000 election to replace term limited CEO Liane Levetan, and the DeKalb GOP endorsed Vernon in a multicandidate field which helped him win a contested primary and runoff.

Since the new Republican mantra for state government seems to be "trust us", you won't find anything about Dunwoody's borders, unless you want to read a boring bill full of exciting Dunwoody border information like plus or minus, to a point in Land Lot 378; thence continuing on the DeKalb/Fulton County line and Tract: 212.14,BG: 2,2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012. I do this work for you so you don't have to.

Anyway, below you will see a picture of the Dunwoody City Council districts, as proposed by Dan Weber. You can click on the picture to see an exciting Google Map where you can zoom in and out to find your house and see if you're included in Dunwoody.

Dunwoody City Council Districts

Weber also has bills to alter Chamblee and Doraville's boundaries, essentially swallowing up Northern DeKalb whole by the cities. One big difference between North DeKalb and North Fulton, though: we haven't asked for this. In fact, I understand a surprising number of respondents to a survey put out by North DeKalb's Senator and Representatives responded that they wanted to stay put (which is why Dunwoody's boundaries stay north of 285). I would guess cosponsors Sen. Eric Johnson (Savannah) and Tommie Williams (Lyons) don't want me drawing up bills to alter Vidalia and Hinesville, so what gives?

Posted by Chris at February 22, 2006 10:00 PM

Comments

Dan Weber is a fool for doing this. When everyone's property taxes in Dunwoody go up, he and Fran Millar will be to blame. That should help turn those districts that much quicker.

This seems to be nothing more than shallow aping of the Sandy Springs movement. Weber's problem is that there is no movement pushing for his bill and he hasn't made any effort to sell it to his constituents. That means he gets all of the bad of doing this (blame for higher property taxes resulting from the cost of creating a new layer of local government) and none of the good (people who are dissatisfied with local services and want to improve them, even if it costs them money).

Posted by: GetReal [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 23, 2006 03:51 PM

Let me get this straight.. The boundary will go as far east as the decidedly un-Dunwoody-like Peachtree Industrial, but not as far north as to include the Dunwoody Country Club? All the zigzagging around on the east side is a bit confusing, especially at Tilly Mill & Peachtree Industrial.

Eva G would be smart to reach across county lines and annex some of that area. The tax revenues coming from the Perimeter area would be worth the trouble for Sandy Springs, even if that means they would have to rename the city, "Sandy-Woody."

Posted by: Joe [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 28, 2006 07:31 AM

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