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Robbins, Monferdini Take Last Two Seats on Tucker City Council

There was good cause for celebration late in the evening yesterday, March 29, as the unofficial election results were announced and locals in District 2, Matt Robbins and Noelle Monferdini took the last two seats on Tucker's new city council.  Save Tucker!'s leadership was advocating for the election of these candidates, who had been narrowed down to a smaller group from the large  number originally in the March 1 race.  Quite a bit of controversy was started when the other council members and the mayor chose to go ahead and begin the business of the new city without waiting for District 2 council elections to be completed.  They were sworn in during a historic ceremony and that left more than 10,000 people, a full third of the new city, feeling  very angry and slighted.  Monferdini and Robbins both passed the Save Tucker! residency check, which we ran on all candidates after becoming concerned when we had difficulty reaching one after months of attempts.  We launc

The Questions Tucker Civic Refused to Ask

Sometimes you can learn as much about a person or organization based on what they do NOT say or AVOID saying, as you can learn from listening to them talk about the things that matter to them.  That was the case at the March 21 candidate forum for District 2 Tucker council candidates. We learned about this notification:    "Come hear from all four District 2 run-off candidates! ... by Tucker Civic Association. Submit your questions for the candidates by Noon on March 21 to: Malisa Anderson-Strait: district2 @ tuckercivic .org."     So, we submitted the following email with questions.    __________________________________________________________________________________ On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:04 PM, XXXXXX  (Save Tucker!) wrote: SORRY THIS EMAIL IS A TAD PAST YOUR DEADLINE. PLEASE CONSIDER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR TONIGHT’S DISTRICT 2 FORUM AT TUCKER RECREATION.  THANK YOU!   For Katherine Atteberry, How will