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year in reviewschools, education issues

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King for a dayCelebrate holiday season

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Farewell, evaRep. wendell willard sings mayor’s praises

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In ruinsBuckhead bicycle store burns down

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Th ink of it as sort of a New Year’s reso-lution.

Th e Buckhead Council of Neighbor-hoods resolves to get bigger.

Th at was the sentiment expressed by new chairman Tom Tidwell at the December

Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meet-ing.

“We need to work on boosting member-ship,” he told the neighborhood group.

Tidwell recently took over the chairman-ship from Jim King, and attendance at the

December meeting was lower than usual. Th e BCN was formed more than fi ve years ago and its infl uence in local politics is still strong.

Brian McHugh, director of Transporta-tion and Planning with the Buckhead Com-munity Improvement District, spoke at the December meeting and updated the group

BCN wants to increase its membership in 2014

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A recent uptick in the reports of coy-ote sightings in metro Atlanta has left many residents wondering what they can do.

When they attended a public meet-ing on the sightings at Sandy Springs City Hall on Dec. 18, they learned that coyotes might be here to stay. Th ere are things residents can do to make coyotes warier about sniffi ng around residential areas, however.

“Th e state doesn’t trap coyotes,” said Don McGowan, a wildlife biologist with the Georgia Department of Natu-ral Resources who spoke at the meeting. “Eradication is not practical.”

Coyotes are no real threat to humans, and there have been no documented at-tacks in Georgia, McGowan said. Th ey are a threat to small animals, such as cats and some livestock.

Homeowners associations can pay someone to trap them, he said. Mc-Gowan said coyotes caught in traps are almost always destroyed because they can’t legally be released into the wild due to the risk of the animals carrying rabies.

“A trapped coyote is going to be a dead coyote,” McGowan said.

Some local animal control agencies

are licensed to trap and kill them, he said. But trapping coyotes isn’t as simple as it might look, he said.

“A coyote will humble you,” Mc-Gowan said. “I’ve seen them dig up traps turn them over, and defecate on them.”

Coyotes succeed in urban areas be-cause they are omnivores, meaning they can eat both meat and plant life. Th ey’re highly adaptable, even though they are wary of humans.

DNR passed around a tip sheet to “haze” coyotes to make sure they retain their natural fear of humans. Methods include:

Wily coyotes give residents something to howl about

• Standing tall and making noise un-til a coyote runs away. Don’t stop until the coyote leaves the area;

• Pelting the coyote with sticks, rocks, cans and any other objects close at hand;

• Using a noise maker like a whistle or air horn;

• Spraying the coyotes with water or squirt guns.

Residents can also make their homes

“a coyote will humble you. i’ve seen them dig

up traps, turn them over, and defecate on them.”

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With coyote sightings around the metro area on the rise, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources recommends homeowners remain viligant in keeping the animals at bay. The DNR says to keep pet food and pets indoors, pelt a coyote with sticks or rocks until it leaves, spray water or make noise by using a whistle or air horn.

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Jeff Harper, who lives in the Hunt-cliff Neighborhood, said he attended for informational purposes.

When asked if he was concerned about coyotes, Harper said, “Not in the least.”

“I think, like DNR says, you can’t get rid of them,” Harper said. “You have to learn to live with them.”

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on various road projects intended to ease some of the gridlock in the area. Past guests have included city council mem-bers and state and federal legislators.

BCN secretary Gordon Certain said there are 26 neighborhood mem-bers now. At the BCN’s peak there were about 30, and it’s a roster that fl uctu-ates. Certain said when the BCN began, it had 13 member neighborhoods.

Gordon said even though the num-ber of neighborhoods has fl uctuated, the group’s infl uence isn’t declining.

“My guess is we cover about 75 per-cent of Buckhead’s population right now, which is pretty strong,” Certain said.

Membership isn’t expensive. It costs $100 per neighborhood.

Certain said the biggest advantage to joining BCN is better communication among neighborhoods. One of Atlan-ta’s planning tools is the Neighborhood Planning Units. Buckhead has sever-al, and they don’t always communicate. Th e BCN was formed in part to address this lack of cohesion.

“[It’s] being able to jointly assess and solve problems, and get around NPU boundaries,” Certain said. “Th e NPUs tend to be self contained. We’re right across from NPU-A in some places and NPU-B in other places … Communica-tions get hard if you have boundaries.”

Tidwell said it’s also a way to make the voices of the Buckhead residents stronger.

“A 500-person neighborhood associ-ation might not have as much infl uence as a 10,000-person neighborhood asso-ciation council,” Tidwell said.

Certain said the quickest way to boost membership numbers is to give members a reason to attend BCN meet-ings. Th e meetings usually have one or more speakers who either hold elected offi ce, represent someone who does or works as a public offi cial.

“I think good speakers are just key,” Certain said.

Tidwell said the while the BCN rep-

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BCN seeks to increase membership in new year

“a 500-person neighbor-hood association might not have as much infl uence as a 10,000-person neighbor-hood association council.”

– tom tiDWell

bCn CHaiRman

““My guess is we cover about 75 percent of Buckhead’s popula-

tion right now, which is pretty strong.”

– GoRDon CeRtain

bCn seCRetaRy

resents a majority of Buckhead resi-dents, he thinks it could still be better.

“I still want to reach out to all the neighborhoods and get 100 percent par-ticipation,” Tidwell said.


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year in reviewWhat 2013 was about, for Buckhead

Education-related news dominated headlines in Buckhead for 2013, as Atlan-ta Public Schools moved from a school redistricting controversy into a confronta-tion with North Atlanta High parents over leadership changes. Concerns about the

schools drew attention in city elections, too, and Cynthia Briscoe Brown, a former head of the North Atlata Parents for Public Schools, unseated the board chairman.

Here are Buckhead’s top stories of 2013.

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North Atlanta: New school and new principal

In 2013, there was renewed drama at Buckhead’s public high school.

Th e school opened at its new campus in August and the school’s price tag drew considerable attention. Th e new high school is located on the former IBM cam-pus on Northside Parkway and cost near-ly $150 million, making it the most ex-pensive public high school ever built in Georgia. Th e cost associated with the school earned it a write up in the New York Times. Th ere’s also an ROTC rifl e range at the school, another item that was picked up in reports.

But while everyone not living in Atlanta focused on the school’s price, peo-ple in the metro area were more concerned about the school’s leadership. Prin-cipal Howard Taylor hadn’t fi nished his fi rst year as the school’s principal be-fore announcing he would retire. It was a shocker to many parents, who looked to Taylor for stability following the messy departure of former Principal Mark MyGrant in 2012. Th e 2012 fi asco involved allegations of institutional racism made by students against teachers and administrators. An investigation released in 2013 found those allegations weren’t supported by the evidence.

Taylor in September announced he would resign, but later decided to stay when Atlanta Public School offi cials off ered to promote him to oversee the en-tire North Atlanta cluster of schools. Th e Board of Education, however, would not approve that promotion. Taylor eventually rescinded his resignation and decided to stay at the school.

Sandy Springs development stirs Buckhead concerns

Much public debate in Sandy Springs and Atlanta’s Buckhead community in 2013 concerned a mixed-use development near Chastain Park. Sandy Springs City Council approved the project in July after months of delay and debate.

Th e debate focused on the project’s potential impact on traffi c and the devel-opment of dense apartment projects in residential areas. Th e project will con-sist of 630 apartment units.

Th e project, developed by JLB Partners, will be located at the intersection of Roswell Road and Windsor Parkway, near Chastain Park. Th e city of San-dy Springs will have to realign that intersection, with a combination of impact fees, money moved from other projects, and potentially some bond fi nanc-ing. Th e project will likely have an eff ect on Buckhead traffi c, but there isn’t any planned solution for the nearby intersection of Roswell and West Wieu-ca roads.

School board election: Brown defeats McDaniel

Buckhead residents looking to unseat Atlanta Board of Educa-tion Chairman Reuben McDan-iel succeeded this year. McDan-iel was seen as being responsible for an Atlanta Public Schools in-vestigation into allegations of in-stitutional racism at North Atlan-ta High. Th e investigation was fi rst revealed in 2012 after the de-parture of former principal Mark

MyGrant and his leadership team. Several candidates stepped forward to challenge McDaniel in the Novem-

ber elections. Buckhead attorney Cynthia Briscoe Brown, former president of North Atlanta Parents for Public Schools, ultimately defeated McDaniel in the December runoff election.

Meanwhile, District 4 Board of Education member Nancy Meister fended off a challenge by Taryn Bowman and was re-elected in November.

Jim King steps down from BCN chair Th is year was a turning point for Buckhead’s leading neighborhood organi-

zation. Jim King, the longtime chairman of the Buckhead Council of Neigh-borhoods, stepped down after 5 1/2 years as its chairman. Tom Tidwell, who ran for the Atlanta Board of Education, will be his replacement.

King, who also serves as president of the Chastain Park Civic Association, founded the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods along with North Buckhead Civic Association President Gordon Certain. BCN has become one of Buck-head’s most infl uential groups, drawing civic leaders to its monthly meetings.

Ga. 400 tolls endTh e steady rain of quarters tossed by commut-

ers into baskets at the toll plaza at Ga. 400 end-ed Nov. 22. Th e end came either seven years early or two years late, depending on how you counted. Th e 50-cent-per-car toll originally was set to ex-pire in 2011. But state offi cials extended the charge through 2020, saying the extra money would be used to improve Ga. 400. Gov. Nathan Deal re-

versed the decision, ordering the tolls to end, and state offi cials began the pro-cess of dismantling the toll plaza.

By 2014, the plaza won’t even be a wide place in the road.

Lake Forrest Drive closed for repairsSandy Springs city offi cials closed a portion of Lake Forrest Drive after mul-

tiple rock slides convinced experts the road was dangerously unstable. Th e city said 13 rock or mud slides had been reported since 2009 on the popular north-south route. On Aug. 5, Sandy Springs offi cials shut down the portion of the road between Lake Summit Drive and Chevaux Court. Th e next day, City Council ordered emergency repairs to that part of the road. Th e road is to re-open in 2014.

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Business owners are explor-ing the possibility of a West Vil-lage Merchants Association that would better represent the inter-ests of the 40-acre block of shops. In October, about 30 people in-terested in the idea gathered at the Buckhead Theatre. Buckhead Community Improvement Dis-trict Executive Director Jim Dur-rett attended, and also discussed the possibility of the West Vil-lage area joining the CID. If the merchants decide to form an as-sociation and also join the CID, Durrett told them the CID could make $2 million worth of infra-structure improvements to the area, funded by $60,000 in annu-al self-imposed taxes paid by the business owners.

Atlanta Classical approved

This year Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education ap-proved the creation of a Buck-head charter school despite Superintendent Erroll Davis’ rec-ommendation that the BOE deny the petition.

Davis recommended denial for Atlanta Classical and all oth-er charter schools because of on-going legal questions about how APS funds pensions.

The BOE approved the char-ter for Atlanta Classical Academy in August. The school will use the classical education model, which promotes literacy in western tradi-tions. It will open as a K-8 school in the fall of 2014, provided every-thing else stays on schedule.

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Eight years…wow, it’s hard to believe. It seems more like two years, rather than eight, since Sandy Springs became a city.

But, what I want to talk about is our mayor, Eva Galambos, and the great leadership we’ve had from her. To have us come out of the gate as not only the talk of the state, but nationally and even internationally.

Hardly a week goes by that she isn’t being interviewed by someone asking about how we have accomplished all that we’re doing as a new city, especially through private compa-nies contracting for services.

Eva envisioned long before we became a city we could be diff erent. What she meant was, Sandy Springs could provide city services at a higher quality and lower price than compa-rable governments, and that’s exactly what has been accom-plished.

Her leadership has kept our city true to its core services and freed up millions of dollars for capital improvements so sorely needed in our community.

Look at what has been accomplished in so many areas un-der her leadership. Really too numerous to start listing, but one in particular that stands out is parks and recreation: Mor-gan Falls Overlook Park, youth sports activities, partnering with the public schools to use the playgrounds for the pub-lic, and on and on.

Go to the city webpage [www.sandyspringsga.org/City-Departments/Recreation-and-Parks] and just scroll through all the programs off ered by the city to this community - most of which would have never been available but for the fact we became a city.

Having long-term vision is diffi cult for public offi cials, yet Eva has met this challenge. She leaves the city with a cash re-serve of $32 million, and we began in 2006 with $0 in the bank - doing so while we weathered the worst economic time

in our memory. How was this done? It was done through great city leadership, led by Eva.

When people ask me about Eva and what kind of person she is, I explain she is the most charming and engaging person - she nev-er knows a stranger. But don’t ever think you can pull something over on her. As she listens to your pro-posal she will in a kind way explain what defi ciencies she sees in your approach, and why.

After working with Eva over the years, it’s easy to tell when she has made a decision. She stiff ens her neck, lowers her chin against her chest and gives a very compelling explanation of why she agrees or does not agree with you.

So, due in great measure to Mayor Eva Galambos, our city has been launched, and is on a chartered course continuing the delivery of services which enhance our lives, add value to our properties, and make us proud to tell others we live in Sandy Springs.

She may no longer be mayor, but the foundation she has prepared will sustain our city far into the future, with the new leadership continuing the course. Yes, she is receiving much deserved recognition for her years of work on our behalf, but the greatest tribute we can pay her is to not let our heritage of this great city be diminished.

Th ank you, Eva, and Godspeed.

Rep. Wendell Willard of Sandy Springs represents District 51 in the Georgia House of Representatives and serves as the city of Sandy Springs’ attorney.

eva, it’s hard to say goodbye

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on the record: A year in quotesHere are some of the things people in Reporter Newspapers communities had to say in 2013.

“After two years of meeting and planning, we have our fi rst tangible piece of the trail, and it feels pretty great.”

–Denise Starling, executive director of Livable Buckhead, on the proposed trail along Ga. 400, in May.

“We realize that many of our residents would prefer to keep the landscape free of additional billboards. While I agree, we must adhere to the law.”

–Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, explaining why new billboards were appearing around the city, in July..

“I think you could sum it up by saying there doesn’t seem to be a preponderance of people saying they’re so concerned about this issue that it needs to be addressed immediately.”

–Brookhaven resident Bill Roberts, on the city’s ongoing legal battle with the Pink Pony, an adult entertainment club, in September.

“One of the challenges we have with our dog park is it is re-gional in nature. Th at’s a problem. When people say to me, ‘But we love it so,’ I say, ‘Go home to your communities and repli-cate what you love.”

–Dunwoody City Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch, on the controversy surrounding the city’s dog park, which city o� cials want to move from one location to another within Brook Run Park, in December. � e move has drawn strong opposition from dog park users.

“A year to the day that the citizens voted to incorporate the city of Brookhaven, they’ll see their own police cars patrolling. Th at’s a signifi cant milestone.”

–Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis, announcing the start of the city’s police department, in July.

“We get the bar bill, but we don’t get a drink.”–Atlanta City Councilwoman Yolanda Adrean, on the e� ects of

development on community borders, in September.

“I never liked the logo, and I think there are a lot of people who agree. But I dislike spending money to change the logo just three years after council adopted it. I dislike that even more.”

–Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, on a decision not to spend $40,000 to develop a new city logo, in October.

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Eva’s way: Sandy Springs mayor never took ‘no’ for an answer

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Mayor Eva Galambos fought for the city for “many, many years” and “never gave in.”

BY DAN [email protected]

City Councilman Tibby DeJulio pulled his friend Mayor Eva Galam-bos to his side as they stood before a larger-than-usual crowd in the council chambers. It was Dec. 17, the night of Galambos’ last council meeting as mayor of Sandy Springs.

DeJulio and the mayor have been friends for years. Th ey worked to-gether and turned the community of Sandy Springs into a city. DeJu-lio, like many of Galambos’ friends, was also her loyal foot soldier in the march toward cityhood.

“When you work with Eva, there is no compromise with quality. Ev-erything has to be done right. Of course, it has to be done right this min-ute,” DeJulio said with a smirk. “Th ere’s a wrong way, there’s a right way, and there’s Eva’s way.”

At the December council meeting, DeJulio told the mayor that the road leading up to City Hall will be named “Galambos Way.” It’s fi tting tribute for a leader who wins more arguments that she loses. In 2005, she won the mother of all her arguments when 94 percent of Sandy Springs residents voted to incorporate. She was also elected the city’s fi rst mayor.

Th e mayor remains a popular fi gure, winning re-election in 2009 with 84 percent of the vote. Her offi ce gives her power and her reputation gives her infl uence. Galambos is not shy about using either; defying her means chal-lenging one of the toughest, smartest Georgia politicians.

Galambos said the politician she most admires is former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Th atcher, a leader so uncompromising her critics dubbed her “Th e Iron Lady.”

“She had determination and she fought for what she believed,” Galambos said. “She was able to change how things were going in Great Britain, so I think she was a wonderful role model.”

While she will forever be known as Sandy Springs’ fi rst mayor, it is one of the least remarkable things about her. She’s a Jewish-German immigrant. Her fi rst memories are walking down a street with her mother in Berlin. Her

father was a judge in Germany who lost his job when the Nazis rose to power. He escaped with his family to Ita-ly, and from there fl ed to the U.S. in 1939. She spoke only a “spattering” of English when she arrived in Georgia, but in fi ve years she would graduate as valedictorian of her class at Athens High School.

She obtained a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at a time when few women were expected to have careers out-CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

Sandy Springs Mayor Eva Galambos, who leaves offi ce Jan. 7, was not only the founding mayor of the city in 2005 but also an inspirational fi gure for the startup of other new cities in Atlanta’s northern suburbs—including Dunwoody and, most recently, Brookhaven. In this special section, we review her remarkable career and public life.

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1928 – Galambos born in Berlin,

Germany.

1939 – Galambos immigrates to the United States, to Athens, Georgia.

1933 – Galambos’ family leaves

Berlin for Genoa, Italy.

1944 – Graduates from Athens High and was the valedictorian that year.

1949 – Marries John Galambos, receives master’s degree in

Industrial Relations from the University

of Illinois.

1960 – Moves to Sandy Springs to a house on Trimble Road.

1948 – Graduates from the University of Georgia with a

bachelor’s in Business Administration.

1954 – Eva and John Galambos have the fi rst

of three children.

Mayor Eva Galambos: Creation of city high on ‘satisfaction list’

Q. What accomplishments are you proudest of?

A. Other than my three wonderful children, the creation of our new

city of Sandy Springs has given me more satisfaction than any other activity in which I was engaged.

Q. What has been your biggest dis-appointment?

A. I regret that during my two terms we have not succeeded in lower-

ing the ridiculous 21 percent penalty per gallon on water that Sandy Springs users pay the Atlanta Watershed Department. Th e delay in addressing this serious inequi-ty is a result of (1) the intransigence on the part of two Atlanta mayors to negotiate on this matter, and (2) the incredible hold-ups in federal courts. Our city attorney is ready to deal with this matter in State Court, and it is my great hope that we will gain equity in the coming months.

Q. Was the creation of the city of Sandy Springs worth the strug-

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All the days of her lifeshe is good to him.

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1975 – Becomes president of

Committee for Sandy Springs.

2005 – Sandy Springs residents vote to

incorporate. Galambos elected city’s fi rst mayor.

2008 – Sandy Springs buys former Target building for $8 million, and Galambos

sees it as a potential site for a future City Hall.

2013 – In April, Galambos announces her retirement. Her

last City Council meeting was Dec. 17.

1969 – Graduates from Georgia State University with a

Ph.D. in Economics.

1992 – Galambos moves to the Grogan’s Bluff Neighborhood, behind the current

location of City Hall.

2006 – Galambos begins fi rst term as mayor. 2009 – Galambos

re-elected with 84 percent of the vote.

A. Yes. Not only have the citizens of Sandy Springs gained a more attractive city, with

better infrastructure and new parks, but they are also enjoying the pleasures of civic involvement. Th e en-thusiasm of our residents in participating in our public life is palpable. Th e next milestone will be a public downtown area where our folks can live, shop and en-joy each other, deriving all the benefi ts of urban life at its best.

Q. What has surprised you the most about the city of Sandy Springs in its fi rst eight years?

A. I have been pleasantly surprised by how much infrastructure the city has been able to install

and aff ord on the same, identical tax millage we paid before we became a city. Before cityhood, we lost the

vast majority of our taxes for local services into the bowels of Fulton County. Now we have a 125-person police department (vs. 40 with Fulton), and we can af-ford new parks and other amenities.

Q. Did you imagine other cities would follow so quickly? Is regionalism dead in metro

Atlanta?

A. I never dreamed beyond the creation of San-dy Springs. Once Dunwoody was born, the

pattern was clear. DeKalb County neglected its north-ern tier just as Fulton had neglected us. Th e fate is the same.

As for regionalism, I do not think it is dead. How-ever, its main manifestation last year in the TSPOST debacle showed how it was wrong. It tried to impose a list of projects from the top down. True, there was a

small group of elected local offi cials who traded projects among themselves. But it was a poor show of how a re-gional organization needs to involve the governments and elected offi cials who are closest to the people. Th is was another lesson that “central planning” does not work.

Q. What are your plans as you leave offi ce?

A. It is time for my patient husband to have me at home more. I do plan to tutor Sandy

Springs third graders in reading. Gov. Nathan Deal spoke recently in Sandy Springs and reminded us that workforce development is one of most important eco-nomic development tools, and workforce development is stymied if a third grader advances without full read-ing skills.



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side of the home. With her intellect, and ambition, she could’ve been almost any-thing she’d wanted. She moved to Sandy Springs in 1960 with her young family.

“We wanted a large lot, and we want-ed to be where there was plenty of room around us,” Galambos said. “When we moved on Trimble Road, there was a 14-acre site next to us with cows. It was the edge of development.”

Galambos grew frustrated as develop-ment started cropping up in the com-munity around her.

“I realized how mistreated we were by Fulton County, and realized that was not what I expected from local govern-ment,” Galambos said. “Th at made me passionate about protecting our neigh-borhoods. We were being inundated with gas stations and commercial devel-opment at every corner.”

Th at was the beginning of what would become a decades-long fi ght. Galambos became president of the Committee for Sandy Springs in 1975. Th e eff ort to incorporate was also a po-litical struggle, pitting black Democrats in the state Legislature against white Re-publican lawmakers from the suburbs.

Galambos said when she was young-er she identifi ed as a Democrat, but now identifi es as a Republican. She and her husband John, who worked as a physi-cian, resented how government spent taxpayer money.

“Th e thing that really brought about the change was when we started paying huge income taxes and we realized how much of our income was being redis-tributed,” Galambos said. “Th at’s what turns liberals into conservatives. When they see how the money is wasted, you get a diff erent philosophy.”

Galambos had a knack for recruit-ing talented allies in her fi ght against big government. She reached out to Kar-

en Meinzen McEnerny around 2001 for help when the state Transportation Department was considering a contro-versial plan to realign Roswell Road. McEnerny was elected to the city’s fi rst council in 2005, along with Galambos.

Over the years, their relationship showed signs of strain as McEnerny pushed for policies that Galambos didn’t support. Th e councilwoman frequently found herself in the voting minority on city council.

“Eva is somebody to never underes-timate,” McEnerny said. “She is one of the most focused, hardworking women I have ever had the opportunity to meet.”

Trisha Th ompson-Fox, a member of the Sandy Springs Council of Neighbor-hoods, fi rst met Galambos in the 1990s. Galambos enlisted her to fi ght zoning in Fulton County to protect Sandy Springs from overdevelopment.

Th e more time Galambos spent as mayor, the more frequently she found herself at odds with the Council of Neighborhoods. She was criticized for votes in support of commercial and resi-dential developments that some council members opposed.

Galambos said her view on protect-ing neighborhoods has not changed over the years.

“I still absolutely cherish the neigh-borhoods and want to maintain them as they are, but when you’ve got commer-cial development that isn’t impinging on a neighborhood, you have to under-stand a developer’s viewpoints,” Galam-bos said. “I don’t think the Council of Neighborhoods often listens to the de-velopers.”

Fox said that the friction between Galambos and the Council of Neigh-borhoods hasn’t gotten in the way of her relationship with the mayor.

“We have not always seen eye to eye, but I respect her opinions and her abil-

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Eva’s way: Sandy Springs mayor never took ‘no’ for an answer

Mayor Eva Galambos enjoys herself at a party thrown in her honor at Heritage Sandy Springs on Dec. 8.It’s been said that “when you work with Eva, there is no compromise with quality. Everything has to be done right... There’s a wrong way, there’s a right way, and there’s Eva’s way.”Galambos has remarked that the politician she most admired was former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, known as “The Iron Lady.” “She had determination and she fought for what she believed,” Galambos said. “She was a wonderful role model.”

PHIL MOSIER



Th e story is told every time a new city forms in Georgia.

According to Sandy Springs May-or Eva Galambos’ autobiography, “A Dream Come True: My Very Good Life,” state Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlan-ta) once said “Pigs will fl y when Sandy Springs is a city!”

Since then, the fl ying pig has become a symbol of Georgia’s new city move-ment. Sandy Springs regularly holds meetings in the Flying Pig Boardroom.

Galambos, retiring as mayor, received a statue of a fl ying pig as a parting gift. When residents in Brookhaven voted to incorporate in 2012, state Rep. Tom Taylor brought a toy fl ying pig to the victory party.

But Fort says the story is just not true.Fort said recently he never said any-

thing about fl ying pigs. He said to his knowledge, no one in the Democratic Party said it. Fort said the quote is most likely an “urban myth.”

“Whoever is saying that is misre-membering … ,” Fort said.

Galambos referred questions about the fl ying pig to state Rep. Joe Wilkin-son (R-Sandy Springs), who said he was present 13 years ago and heard Fort say it. Wilkinson said Fort made the com-ment with a chuckle, in a jovial way, when Wilkinson brought up the subject of Sandy Springs during a gathering of the Fulton County delegation.

“We were discussing many things, but of course, I was pushing Sandy Springs, and we started talking about stuff and the comment was made,” Wilkinson said.


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ities, and I hope she respects my dedi-cation to the mission she set out,” Fox said.

Even Galambos’ biggest political foes have a grudging respect for her abilities.

State Sen. Vincent Fort, D-Atlanta, was one of the most high-profi le oppo-nents of Sandy Springs incorporating. He said he’s still not convinced that the city, with its unique model of outsourc-ing public services to private companies, is the success Galambos and her sup-porters claim.

Th ere’s no doubt in his mind about the caliber of his opponent, however.

“You know, she is a worthy adversary. I’ll say that,” Fort said. “I respected her energy and focus and determination.”

Galambos’ focus and determination has won her respect, but also led to accu-sations that she retaliates against people that disagree with her. In 2011, for ex-ample, she convinced the council to de-lay buying right of way for a streetscape project because some property owners

along the road wanted to rent space to billboard companies.

DeJulio said many people have the wrong impression of his friend.

“She has fought for the city for many, many years, and she never gave in, and she has given that appearance of being tough,” DeJulio said. “But she’s also a very giving and a very caring person. She cares more for the people of Sandy Springs than you can imagine.”

She showed rare emotion during the Dec. 17 city council meeting.

Galambos read a poem she’d written about her fellow council members. It was a tender moment from someone not known for being sentimental.

She’s less poetic when it comes to dis-cussing her own legacy.

When asked what she’d like people to remember her for, Galambos didn’t fl at-ter herself.

“I don’t prescribe what they should remember about me,” Galambos said. “Th at’s up to them.”

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Th e day, celebrated in Mexico and throughout Latin America and South America, marks the point in the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus when the three wise men, or kings, arrived with gifts to honor the newborn.

“It is a very important tradition with-in the Mexican culture,” said Gonza-lez-Lamberson, who is of Cuban heri-tage but grew up in a community with Hispanic families from many countries, and works as executive director of the Brookhaven-based Instituto de Mexi-co, Inc.

In some homes that decorate for the holidays with nativity scenes – the table-top displays that usually include fi gures of Mary, Joseph, shepherds and angels – the fi gures of the kings were not added until Th ree Kings Day, Gonzalez-Lam-berson said. At times between Christ-mas and Th ree Kings Day, the fi gures of the kings might be placed in rooms other than the one containing the nativ-ity scene so children could imagine the Kings are on their journey, she said. In some families, children received presents on Th ree Kings Day.

For the past 11 years, the nonprof-it group Gonzalez-Lamberson directs has put together a public celebration of Th ree Kings Day. Organized to dissem-inate the art and culture of Mexico, the institute works to “keep traditions alive within the Mexican population and also create a friendship bridge between the Mexican and non-Mexican popula-tions,” she said.

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Above, left, “Handshakes all around,” from the March 22-April 4 issue, from left, Max Marion, Hudson Fletcher and

Jake Oliver, members of the Dunwoody Middle School baseball league, congratulate each other after a win.

Above, right, in “Snap, crackle and pop,” which ran Nov. 15-Nov. 28, Sammy Heetderks, 6, left, and sister Hannah, 9, play in a large pile of leaves at their Brookhaven home.

Right, “Lithe like a lion,” from Feb. 8-Feb. 21, Emma Hancock, left, and Mattie Martinez, right, surround Cecilia

Bouska, center, during the “Lion King Dances of the Circle of Life” performance at The Galloway School.

Left, “Dazzled by dragons,” which ran in the Jan. 25-Feb. 7 edition, Anna Grinshpon, 5, holds a paper dragon she made during a Chinese New

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with Sandy Springs librarian Marlan Brinkley, right, at the branch library. Below, “Taking fl ight like a bird,” from the Feb. 22-March 7 edition, Tilden Ellis, 4, left, and his friend

Grayson Richmond, 3, take a break from the nationwide Great Backyard Bird Count at the Dunwoody Nature Center.

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Standout StudentStudent Profi le:

Amelia Cole, senior The Galloway School

By the end of high school, Ame-lia Cole will have received a dozen var-sity letters for her participation on Th e Galloway School’s soccer, basketball and cross country teams.

Cole’s athletic achievements put her in the running for the special 12-letter award, a rare achievement in Galloway history.

“Only one girl got the award last year,” Cole said. “It’s really not that com-mon for people to earn so many letters.”

Excellence in the athletic arena has always been her goal, but Amelia didn’t always have the 12-letter award to work toward until high school.

“I’m not even sure I knew about the award until sometime in freshman year,” she said. “But when I found out about it, it became my goal to get the award,” Cole said.

Cole had a strong foundation for the skills she developed as an athlete and student at Galloway. She began playing soccer at the age of 3, and it has become an integral part of who she is.

“I started going to Galloway before I was 3, so everyone knows me there. I have an older sister so they always knew me and they’ve always supported me,” Cole said.

One of her supporters is her for-mer soccer coach, Edgar Flores. Flores was her sister’s coach as well as Ame-lia’s coach in her freshman year, and is a close family friend. Flores now coaches at Dunwoody High School but has re-mained an important member of Cole’s support system.

“He was my coach, but he’s also a friend. He gave me a lot of advice. He always tells me to play with heart and fi ght for what I believe in,” Cole said.

Flores described Amelia as “fast and fearless,” and a strong competitor. “She was always competing – with herself, with her sister, to make the team better,” Flores said. “She’s a unique athlete ... If Galloway has a Hall of Fame, someday she’ll be in it.”

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Amelia plans to attend Elon Uni-versity in North Carolina in the fall. She intends to keep playing soccer and to major in Special Education or Early Childhood Education.

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This wasn’t the Christmas Mike Wagaman or his employees wanted.

On Dec. 4, a fire destroyed his Peachtree Bikes store in Buckhead. Several adjacent businesses were damaged as well. Wagaman has moved the company’s oper-ations to the company’s Sandy Springs lo-cation. Some of the eight employees that worked in Buckhead used the opportunity for an extended vacation.

He said his employees’ heartbreak is the hardest part of his ordeal. Waga-man said he tried to make the Buckhead shop, located at 2825 Peachtree Road, a second home for them.

“It’s a family, you know,” Wagaman said, standing in front of a row of bikes at the Sandy Springs store. “Everybody at the shop helped build that place.”

For those employees who wanted to keep working, Wagaman offered them the opportunity to participate in coat drives and other charitable events. He says he’s doing it, “Just to stay out in the community.”

The biking community has his back, organizing a solidarity ride in the com-pany’s honor.

Store manager Linda Biskup showed an enlarged photo of Atlanta firefighters

standing in the rubble of the Peachtree store. Several customers had signed it.

Wagaman said investigators still aren’t sure what caused the fire. He opened the Sandy Springs location three years ago. The Buckhead location has existed since the late ‘60s.

He remembers the night of the fire. Wagaman locked up at 8 p.m. and re-ceived a phone call from his alarm com-pany 10 to 15 minutes later. The com-pany said there was glass breaking and motion in the store.

“It was a fireman,” Wagaman said.Wagaman said another friend who

was at the scene called him and told him, “It’s done, dude. Your store is done. The flames are on Peachtree Road.”

The fire took everything, includ-ing bikes that had been dropped off for maintenance and repairs.

Spaces next to the store suffered heavy smoke and water damage, too. He said contractors are tearing out the ceil-ings and will rebuild his portion of the retail center. Wagaman said he’ll soon move the Buckhead store to a temporary location.

“It’s quite an ordeal,” he said.Wagaman said the community sup-

port has also helped boost sales too, but it’s not what he would’ve made if the Buckhead store hadn’t burned down. “We’re not where we should be,” he said.

Even with the bad luck, Wagaman and his staff see better days ahead. He’s even got a good sense of humor about things.

There’s a chance that some items in the Buckhead store that can be re-trieved. Whatever he finds might smell like smoke, but Wagaman said he will take what he can get.

“We have a big sale in March,” Waga-man said. “”If there’s anything salvage-able, we’ll definitely have a fire sale.”

After ordeal of fire, Peachtree Bikes owner looks ahead

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Mike Wagaman’s store, Peachtree Bikes, was gutted by fire on Dec. 4. He has since temporarily moved the company’s operations to his Sandy Springs location.

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Police BlotterFrom police reports dated dec. 1

through dec. 14.

The following information was provided to the Buckhead Reporter by the Zone 2 pre-

cinct of the Atlanta Police Department from its records and is presumed to be accurate.

ASSAult � 1900 block of Piedmont Circle, NE – an

aggravated assault was reported on dec. 7. a man was hit in the head by a pistol pro-duced by another man during an argument. The suspect fled police and was arrested with the stolen gun from Memphis and also for il-legal drugs.

� 3200 block of Ferncliff Lane, NE –an ag-gravated assault was reported on dec. 9. a man was walking to his house when he no-ticed his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend across the street from his home. the ex drove a green Kia toward the man, made threats at him, drove onto the curb, and attempted to run the man over. the man ran out of the way before the vehicle struck him. the man said the suspect was previously arrested for ha-rassing him.

RoBBeRy � 3400 block of Kingsboro Road, NE – a

pedestrian robbery was reported on dec. 2. a man said he was walking down the street while talking on his cellphone. he said a man and a woman approached him. the woman said something to him and pointed a silver

handgun at him. the man told him to get on the ground. they took his wallet, gym bag, iPhone 4, $20, driver’s license and credit cards. he was also asked for his Pin number, so he gave them a fake number. the suspects fled the scene in a black Nissan Maxima. No injuries.

� 3400 block of Roswell Road, NW – a pe-destrian robbery was reported on dec. 7. a man said he was walking on Roswell Road near Lakeland drive when another man asked him if he had a light. the victim said when he reached into his pocket to give the sus-pect a lighter, another man grabbed him from behind and dragged him into some bushes. he was forced to the ground, and the sus-pect put a handgun to his head and demand-ed he give up his iPhone, wallet, $174 and keys. there were no injuries and the suspects fled on foot with his items.

� 3200 block of Roswell Road, NE – a pedes-trian robbery was reported on dec. 9. a man came to the precinct and said he got into a cab after he left a bar and did not remember what happened next. he said he was uncon-scious, was severely beaten, had bruises on his face, and lacerations on his knees and el-bows. he said he went to an emergency room and was told he needed a MRi on his elbow. he said $200 was taken from his wallet but his credit cards were still inside. the victim

said $88 from a taxi service was charged on his credit card.

� 2400 block of Chantilly Drive, NE – a pe-destrian robbery was reported on dec. 11. a man was inside his vehicle on Cheshire Bridge Road when it was struck from be-hind. when he got out to check for damag-es, two men approached him. One man bran-dished a black handgun tucked in his waist band and demanded money. the victim gave the suspect his wallet, then got in his car and drive home. when he arrived home, he no-ticed the suspects had followed him. One sus-pect demanded the victim’s Bank of america Pin number and then left. the victim said he was threatened that he would be killed if he told anyone, so he went to a friend’s house, and then went home without reporting the incident. the following morning, one suspect knocked on the victim’s door and told him to go to Bank of america and withdraw money. when they arrived at the bank, the victim was shown the handgun again and complied. the other suspect called customer service and demanded the victim increase his with-drawal limit. the victim and the one suspect entered the bank and the victim withdrew money. Once outside, one suspect reached to snatch the victim’s money out of his hand, but the victim was able to retain it, get in his car and drive off. he called 911, and a look-out for the suspects’ vehicle was given. it was spotted at Peachtree and Pine streets. all oc-cupants were detained, taken back to the bank, where they were positively identified as the suspects who robbed the victim. the suspects were charged with armed robbery.

� 2000 block of Howell Mill Road, NW – a pedestrian robbery was reported on dec. 12. a suspect in a red sedan pulled up along-

side a woman as she was loading her vehicle, reached out, grabbed her purse and dragged her a short distance before she fell to the ground. the vehicle left the location headed west on Collier Road.

� 2700 block of Defoors Ferry Road, NW – a pedestrian robbery was reported on dec. 13. a woman was delivering food to an apart-ment. a man walked up to her, pointed a black pistol at her head and said “Give me the food and money.” the suspect took the items. she was not injured.

BurglAry � 2100 block of Cheshire Bridge Road, NE –

a commercial burglary was reported on dec. 2. the victim saw the medal doorframe was pried open. The floor safe was pulled out and pried open. approximately $2,500 in cash was taken from the floor safe and $2,500 from the register. wires were cut from the surveillance camera. On the outside of the store a hole was cut in the chain link fence. Crime scene technicians were able to lift prints.

� 200 block of Blackland Road, NW – a res-idential burglary was reported on dec. 2. items were taken from the unlocked garage at the location. the rear gate was locked but the key was hidden under a flower pot. The home is usually vacant.

� 1700 block of Peachtree Road, NW – a commercial burglary was reported on dec. 2. the reporting person noticed damage to the door lock. Drawers inside the office were un-locked. several business checkbooks were ly-ing on the ground. another entry door leading to the computer was damaged. no notice-able items were stolen. a surveillance was

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� 3600 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a commercial burglary was reported on dec. 4. a unit responded to an alarm call at a drug store, found the entrance severely damaged, and a gray 2005 honda element backed into the front door frame with the engine still running. the location was cleared and no sus-pects were on the scene. a gang investigator responded to the scene and took custody of the vehicle, reported stolen by Fulton Coun-ty Pd, for processing. the key holder who ar-rived on the scene was unable to operate the video system.

� 2300 block of Bolton Road, NW – a com-mercial burglary was reported on dec. 5. two men said the business was burglarized be-tween nov. 1 and dec. 5. three thousand pounds of copper and nine compressors were stolen. there is no surveillance camera at the location.

� 300 block of Pharr Road, NE – a commer-cial burglary was reported on dec. 12. the reporting party said six curling irons and some fl atirons were stolen. Entry was made through the front door glass. there was a rock on the fl oor and the business was ran-sacked. Video shows three men wearing hats and gloves inside of the business. several prints were lifted from the scene.

lArCENy � 3400 block of Roswell Road, NW – a lar-

ceny from a church was reported on dec. 1. the suspect was found wandering inside the church with a box cutter in hand. a screw-driver was in a bag, and the suspect admitted

to taking a Bible.

� 3300 block of Peachtree Road, NE – a lar-ceny from a hotel was reported on dec. 5. a man was at a hotel with two unknown wom-en. he blacked out after having a few drinks. when he woke up he noticed his wallet was gone, along with a watch and wedding ring, iPad and an iPhone 5.

� 4400 block of Roswell Road, NE – a larceny at a bank was re-ported on dec. 6. a woman said $1,000 she withdrew from the bank was left on the counter and someone took it.

� 400 block of Wesley Road, NW – a larceny was reported on dec. 7. Someone stole a large, infl atable San-ta Claus from the front yard at the lo-cation. the santa Claus had been tied down.

� 700 block of Collier Road, NW – a larceny from a store was re-ported on dec. 10. a man was seen selecting two bottles of Grey Goose, then walking out and getting into an older model Buick and leaving.

� 2500 block of Bolton Road, NW – a larceny was reported on dec. 12. the store manager followed a man who placed several Gillette shavers down his pants without pay-ing to an apartment complex, but lost sight of him as he entered the gate. the suspect discarded four shavers along the way, but got away with fi ve or six shavers.

� 2900 block of Peachtree Road, NW – a lar-

ceny was reported on dec. 13. a man con-cealed 10 Oral B power toothbrushes in a brown Publix bag and ran from the location. he was last seen behind a party supply store, where he jumped over a black fence. seven toothbrushes were recovered and returned to the store.

� 3200 block of Roswell Road, NW – a larceny was reported on dec. 13.

the victim said a woman entered the store and wanted to try on a pair of shoes. the victim said she went downstairs to get the woman a pair of shoes, but when she returned the woman said that they were not her size,

and quickly departed the store. afterwards, the victim noticed that

her purse was missing. her cards had been used.

lArCENy FrOM AutO � 1000 block of Huff Road,

NW – a larceny from an auto was reported on dec. 1. a woman’s 42-inch tV was taken from a u-haul truck while she was moving into her apartment. she said she

was inside her apartment for sev-eral minutes and when she returned,

she noticed her tV was missing.

� 3300 block of Piedmont Road, NE – a larceny from an auto was reported on dec. 3. someone broke out a window on a 2012 Chevy, entered, and stole two purses that were hidden under a coat on the fl oor. 3500 block of tuxedo Park, nw – a larceny from an auto was reported on dec. 10. a landscaping employee working at the rear of a house re-

turned to his truck, saw the suspect drive off at a high rate of speed and noticed the latch-es were broken on two trucks. two hedge trimmers, a weed eater and an edge machine were taken. the suspect ran over the mail box as he sped away.

� 1800 block of Peachtree Road, NW – a lar-ceny from an auto was reported on dec. 11. the driver’s door was damaged. One victim said $13,000 worth of intellectual property was taken, and one victim said $30,000 worth of software and $30,000 worth of intellectual property were taken.

� 1st block of Sheridan Drive, NE – a larce-ny from an auto was reported on dec. 13. the victim asked the suspect to leave because the she did not pay rent consistently and was ar-gumentative. the victim placed the suspect’s belongings in the parking lot and changed the lock. the victim saw the suspect standing near her vehicle, so she got her roommate, and saw that her vehicle was keyed and mis-cellaneous clothes, $200 in cash and a social security card were missing from her unlocked vehicle. a witness saw the suspect walking with items that resembled items taken from the victim’s vehicle.

AutO tHEFt � 2100 block of Peachtree Road, NW – an

auto theft from a restaurant was reported on dec. 8. a Cadillac escalade, stolen from the parking lot, was recovered along with six other stolen, abandoned vehicles, behind an abandoned warehouse on Fairburn Road. three of the seven vehicles were stolen from inside the city. all seven vehicles were stripped; only the shells remained and only one print was recovered.

– a larceny was reported on dec. 7. Someone stole a large, infl atable San-ta Claus from the front yard at the lo-cation. the santa Claus had been tied

– a larceny was reported on dec. 13.

her purse was missing. her cards had been used.

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Angry Ashford Park neighbors told City Council that the handling of permits for a new home in their neighborhood has them questioning their confi dence in the new city’s government.

On Nov. 22, residents addressed the City Council before a special called private meeting. Th ey are concerned about a home being built at 2802 Ashford Road that they say is being built far closer to the street than it should be under city zoning reg-ulations.

According to the DeKalb County zoning code adopted by

BY MELISSA WEINMAN AND JOE EARLESome north DeKalb parents and offi cials believe the DeKalb

County Board of Education’s recent vote to deny a “charter clus-ter” application for Druid Hills sent a message that the embattled school board isn’t open to new ideas.

Proponents of independent school systems in north DeKalb say the school board’s decision will bolster eff orts to start new school systems.

“Th e school board has a one-size-fi ts-all [philosophy],” said Dunwoody City Councilman Terry Nall, who has advocated for a separate Dunwoody school system. “Th ey’re not willing to rec-

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Left, Amaris Wallace, 11, shows off her artistic talents to brother Amare, 3, as their father, Rick, concentrates on the task at hand at the Buckhead Branch Library on Nov. 16. Youngsters were

encouraged to drop in and create their own autumn craft. More photos on page 3.


For the last 5 1/2 years, Jim King has been the face of Buck-head’s neighborhoods.

On Nov. 14, King announced he is stepping aside from his role as Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods chairman. Tom Tidwell, a member of the West Paces/Northside Neighborhood Association, will take over that role. King says he will remain as vice chairman, “temporarily.”

King said he’d been considering giving up the post for some time, but some recent developments in his personal life pushed

By MeLissa WeinMan [email protected]

Th e leader of the Atlanta Police Foundation told neighbor-hood groups in Buckhead if they purchase security cameras, At-lanta police will monitor them from the department’s integrated video center.

Dave Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Atlanta Police Foundation, told representatives of Buckhead neighborhoods at-tending the Buckhead Council of Neighborhoods meeting on Nov. 14 that the Atlanta Police Foundation is hoping to get neighbor-hoods involved in the eff ort to reduce property crimes.

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JAN. 11 — JAN. 24, 2013 • VOL. 4 — NO. 1

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PHIL MOSIER

From left, Rep. Wendell Willard (R-Sandy Springs), Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) discuss issues such as ethics reform, an independent school system for Dunwoody, and the state’s budget

woes at a legislative forum at Dunwoody United Methodist Church on Jan. 6. More photos on page 31.

BY MELISSA [email protected]

As state legislators head back to the Gold Dome in 2013, they have a lot to think about.

One local issue the state’s lawmakers may be asked to confront is the controversy surrounding DeKalb County’s school board. � e system was recently placed on accreditation probation by Ad-vancED, the accrediting agency.

Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody), who chairs the Senate Ed-ucation Committee, said at a recent forum that DeKalb County schools are his No. 1 priority.

“I’m guardedly optimistic we can turn this thing around,” Mil-lar said.

A Jan. 17 hearing of the Georgia Board of Education is sched-uled to consider suspending the DeKalb school board members. If

BY TOM ODERA court order halting construction of a controversial multi-use

trail through Brook Run Park was extended after a boisterous Fri-day afternoon hearing in DeKalb County Superior Court attended by city o� cials and dozens of opponents of the city’s plan.

Judge Tangela M. Barrie said her temporary restraining order against the trail will remain in e� ect until she holds a full hearing on the matter. Barrie said homeowners who oppose the city’s plan for the trail must convince her that its construction through the forest in Brook Run Park should be permanently stopped.

Critics are upset the planned 12-foot-wide concrete trail will re-quire removal of more than 300 trees. City o� cials say an equal number of trees will be replanted.

� e judge’s decision to extend her temporary order capped a two-hour hearing before a packed courtroom. Chairs were add-

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Tessa Rider, 11, carefully handles an ornament at

the third annual Elegant Elf Marketplace at Lake Forest

Elementary School on Nov. 16. The two-day holiday event,

presented by The Sandy Springs Society, raises funds

for local community services.Rider, part of a multi-

generational family selling hand-painted ornaments at

the market, personalized the decorations with a buyer’s

name while he or she shopped, having it ready when the customer was fi nished.

Additional photos on page 3.


City Council awarded a $717,689 contract to C.W. Matthews Contracting to fi x a portion of Lake Forrest Drive that’s been closed since June.

Th e city’s current timetable estimates the portion of Lake For-rest between Lake Summit and Chevaux Court will be reopened by Feb. 28, 2014.

Th e city closed the road after multiple rock slides.Th e initial quote from C.W. Matthews was $1.5 million. City

offi cials revised their plans for the fi x, deciding to use a net to catch


Before she exits Sandy Springs City Council in January, District 6 City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny is work-ing to secure her legacy as the city’s lead tree preservationist.

McEnerny, a fi rm believer in term limits, didn’t seek a third term in this year’s municipal election. She’s also a fi rm believer in tree protection, and has spent the last few months trying to get the council to correct what she believes are glaring fl aws in the city’s tree ordinance.

City Council on Nov. 19 discussed McEnerny’s suggested fi xes SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 27 SEE COUNCILWOMAN, PAGE 6

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Ready when you arePHIL MOSIER

Tessa Rider, 11, carefully handles an ornament at

the third annual Elegant Elf Marketplace at Lake Forest

Elementary School on Nov. 16. The two-day holiday event,

presented by The Sandy Springs Society, raises funds

for local community services.Rider, part of a multi-

generational family selling hand-painted ornaments at

the market, personalized the decorations with a buyer’s

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Before she exits Sandy Springs City Council in January, District 6 City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny is work-ing to secure her legacy as the city’s lead tree preservationist.

McEnerny, a fi rm believer in term limits, didn’t seek a third term in this year’s municipal election. She’s also a fi rm believer in tree protection, and has spent the last few months trying to get the council to correct what she believes are glaring fl aws in the city’s tree ordinance.

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Th ree new cities – Tucker, Briar-cliff and Lakeside – have been proposed in the central DeKalb area. Th eir pro-posed boundaries overlap around the Northlake Mall area. Lakeside propo-nents in November released a study showing their city was fi nancially feasi-ble. Backers of the other two cities re-leased their own studies in December.

According to a study by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Geor-gia State University that was released Dec. 21, the Tucker community could feasibly incorporate into a city. Th e pro-posed city of Tucker would have esti-mated annual revenue of approximate-ly $16.6 million and annual expenses of approximately $13.3 million.

Th e City of Briarcliff Initiative re-ported Dec. 17 that its feasibility study, conducted by the Carl Vinson Insti-tute of Government at the University of Georgia, predicts a city of Briarcliff would have annual operating expen-ditures of $37,013,278, while revenue would be $54,432,544.

Tucker 2014 President Sonja Szubski said in a news release that Tucker’s long-

established community will be an asset to the incorporation eff ort.

“Tucker has dozens of active civ-ic and citizen groups already fully en-gaged in the services being proposed ini-tially for the city,” Szubski said. “Th is means Tucker can hit the ground run-ning from Day One with local expertise that allows the city to stand up on a solid foundation. As the city moves forward, the community can determine if there are additional services to be added such as public works and public safety that make sense both fi scally and eff ectively.”

According to the study documents, Dunwoody and Smryna were used as comparison governments to determine the likely operational expenses associat-ed with providing parks, police, public works, planning and zoning, basic ad-ministrative costs, as well as capital costs associated with those services and ad-ministration. Th e conclusion was that a city comprised of the Briarcliff study area is fi scally feasible.

“An independent study has con-fi rmed what so many in central DeKalb already knew – that Briarcliff is posi-tioned to be the most sensible city for central DeKalb,” said Allen Venet, pres-ident of City of Briarcliff Initiative. “Our proposed city has a strong blend

of residential, commercial and indus-trial areas. Our map is smart and does not abandon neighborhoods. We be-lieve the members of this community deserve the chance to publicly vote on Briarcliff cityhood.”

Th e study released by the Lakeside City Alliance said Lakeside would have annual expenses of $29,909,347 and to-tal annual revenues of $35,245,527.

Revenue estimates were based on property taxes collected in the same area of unincorporated DeKalb in 2012 as well as projections for franchise fees, sales taxes and grant funding. Th e ex-penditure estimates were made using the budgets for the cities of Smyrna and Dunwoody, which were selected as com-parison cities for the proposed city of Lakeside.

Studies say proposed new cities would be fi nancially viable

Some state lawmakers skeptical of new cities’ chances

Some DeKalb legislators question whether any of the bills for creating cit-ies in central DeKalb will be approved during the upcoming legislative session.

At a Dec. 19 town hall meeting in Brookhaven, members of DeKalb County’s legislative delegation discussed how to handle the competing eff orts to create new cities.

Th ree groups – the Lakeside City Al-liance, the City of Briarcliff Initiative and Tucker 2014 – have all commis-sioned feasibility studies and are angling for legislative approval to make their municipal dreams a reality.

“How are we going to resolve this mess?” Angela Trosclair of Tucker asked.

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Rep. Tom Taylor, R-Dunwoody, said there may not be enough time to untan-gle the proposals before the 40-day ses-sion wraps up.

“If it’s not essential, I don’t know that it’s going to happen this session,” he said.

Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, said confusion surrounding the city-hood bills could be their undoing.

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