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Parent takes local issues to heart

A keen interest in public policy motivated Elena Parent to attend law school, and that same passion pushed her to run in last year’s election for the Georgia House District 81 seat then occupied by Republican Jill Chambers. Parent, a graduate of th...

Doraville mayor may lose power

While Doraville mayor Ray Jenkins was in a hospital recovering from a bout with pneumonia, the city council was considering a move to limit his powers. Citing the need for “competent management,” council member Bob Roche called for an immediate v...

House delegation leader plans public hearing as lawmakers begin to stake out their positions for upcoming session

With the 2011 legislative session just weeks away, Rep. Howard Mosby (D – Atlanta), who heads the DeKalb House delegation, said legislative discussions about a proposed referendum that could reduce the county’s school board size is one of the del...

Year in Review: 2010 Top DeKalb news stories

Eddie Long
New Birth pastor faces sexual coercion allegations   Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia in early November denied allegations that he coerced former members of the church into sexual relationships. Anthony Flagg, Jam...

Clarkston mayor sparked improvements in short time

Howard Tygrett with his wife Amy and their two children.
Clarkston mayor Howard Tygrett, who died on Christmas Day, is remembered as someone who was bringing positive change to the diverse city. “The biggest thing was that he balanced the budget,” said vice mayor Emanuel Ransom. “We’re going into t...

DeKalb County commission seat a step up for former state legislator

New DeKalb County Commissioner Stan Watson. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
When Stan Watson takes office in January, he will be a freshman county commissioner, but he brings 12 years of political experience as a state legislator to DeKalb’s legislative body. And Watson does not consider the move from the Georgia House of ...

Newly elected school board members set sights on fiscal responsibility

Newly elected Donna Edler (right) and Nancy Jester (left) talk as they prepare to begin their first term on the DeKalb County School Board. Photo by P. Witcher
No one knows how newly elected DeKalb County School Board members Donna Edler and Nancy Jester will change group dynamics, but what is clear is that they share a desire to improve fiscal responsibility of the sysytem. After taking more than 70 percen...

School board incumbents Roberts and Redovian lose to challengers

After two terms as District 7 representative on the DeKalb County School Board, Zepora Roberts lost her seat to challenger Donna Edler, who took 72.36 percent of the vote in a Nov. 30 runoff election with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. Rober...

School board races may cause slight spike in turnout

Voter turnout in DeKalb County for this runoff election is expected to be slightly higher than the August runoff, according to county election officials. Two DeKalb County School Board seats are in runoffs, as is a DeKalb County Superior Court judge...

Voters show incumbents’ connections with community matters

Three words sum up why some DeKalb County School Board incumbents were re-elected Nov. 2, officials said–connection with voters. Jim Redovian and Zepora W. Roberts are facing runoffs, but the other three incumbents–Sarah Copelin-Wood, Jesse “Ja...

Congressional forum continues without Congressman Johnson

Republican candidate Liz Carter was the lone participant in a recent 4th Congressional District forum after incumbent Hank Johnson cancelled his appearance six hours before the event. Photo by John Hewitt
Despite what League of Women Voters DeKalb President Belinda Pedroso described as “multiple efforts” to schedule a 4th district congressional forum around Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson’s schedule, the congressman was not present for the O...

School board candidates weigh in on how they would get system back on track

Candidates for District 7, from left, Willie Mosley Jr., Donna Edler, Richard Gathany and Zepora Roberts, were all present for the Oct. 7 forum. Photos by Travis Hudgons
Several themes—leadership, ethics, money—dominated as candidates for the DeKalb County School Board spoke out at an Oct. 7 forum. Political analyst and commentator Bill Crane served as moderator. The forum was one of several opportunities the 15 ...

Crane wins runoff in District 13, will face Scott in November

Mike Crane defeated Deborah Honeycutt on Aug. 10, in the primary runoff for the U.S. House of Representatives District 13 Republican nomination. With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, Crane earned 15,277 votes (67.5 percent) to 7,345 votes for H...

Aug. 10 runoffs to determine November ballot

In anticipation of the November general election, a few party candidates still must be determined in runoff balloting Aug. 10. In DeKalb County, the voter registration office at 4380 Memorial Drive in Decatur is the only site open for early voting, w...

New commissioner prepares to take seat, Carter, Johnson gear up for November

Stan Watson
Sitting outside a breakfast restaurant in downtown Decatur on July 23, Stan Watson was already wondering how the CEO and the board of commissioners might better communicate with each other when the next budgetary season arrives in December. “I don...

Watson takes county commission district 7 race

Watson addresses the crowd at a forum in the DeKalb History Center.. Photo by Travis Hudgons
Former state representative Stan Watson easily defeated three other candidates in the race for the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners’ district 7 seat. Watson won 68 percent of the July 20 vote, according to preliminary county results. Kathryn Ri...

Johnson to face Carter in November election

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson fended off Vernon Jones and Connie Stokes in the Democratic primary July 20 and will face Republican Liz Carter in November’s general election. Johnson narrowly avoided a runoff for the 4th congressional district that could h...

Experience prevails in state House and Senate races

Experience was the theme of the night in the state Senate and House races in the primary election on July 20. Fran Millar, who spent 12 years representing District 79 in the state House of Representatives, was on his way to an easy win for the Republ...

Some statewide races have clear victors, other go down to wire

DeKalb results in statewide races largely mirrored statewide results. In the U.S. Senate race, at press time it appeared that Michael Thurman will be the Democratic challenger to incumbent Johnny Isakson, who had no Republican challengers. In the gov...

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