This is a blog about the small town of Tucker, Georgia, which is located just outside the major metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. On March 13, 2013, the residents of Tucker learned that a small group of politically motivated individuals who lived nearby wanted to incorporate using Tucker's commercial areas and leaving many of the long-time residents on the outskirts of the new city. This is the story of how the residents have fought back to preserve history and their own community.
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Ethics Issues with the Ethics Board in DeKalb?
Former County Commissioner Elaine Boyer's Chief of Staff Bob Lundsten claims that the Ethics Board in DeKalb is led by a man with questionable ethics.
From the AJC: (the referenced Channel 2 video is posted above.)
As an ethics case is pending against Bob Lundsten, the chief of staff for former DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer, he has brought his own complaint against the chairman of the Board of Ethics.
Lundsten’s complaint, filed Thursday, accused Board of Ethics Chairman John Ernst of failing to be impartial. During an interview with Channel 2 Action News, Ernst compared unethical government employees to termites.
“Sometimes when there’s termites in the building, the homeowner doesn't care how they get out,” Ernst said in the interview. “If they leave, they leave.”
Ernst said Friday he has no opinion on Lundsten’s case and hasn't yet received an investigator’s report.
“I want to make it clear, however, that I in no way mentioned Mr. Lundsten in my comments about DeKalb employees who have already left,” Ernst said.
Boyer resigned and then pleaded guilty Sept. 3 to charges that she accumulated more than $15,000 in personal expenses on her county-issued Visa card and engineered a $78,000 kickback scheme.
Lundsten has continued to work since her departure, and voters will decide on a new commissioner in Tuesday’s election.
The pending ethics complaint against Lundsten alleged he too misused his county purchasing card for personal expenses.
This is a letter shared with the "Dekalb Strong" group. You can join the conversation at https://www.facebook.com/groups/DeKalbStrong . We didn't realize how easy tweaking was. “Tweak” and just like that, 2000 people are moved from one city proposal to another. (“LaVista Hills, Tucker border tweaked in Senate,” News, March 20). Our home is in Toco Hills on the southern edge of the proposed LaVista Hills and we’d like to be tweaked out of it. North and north central DeKalb County residents have become pawns in the misguided ambitions of a few. With all the changes made by the Senate and House, it’s vital the feasibility of these proposals be revisited. The LaVista Hills boundaries have bled commercial property to the Tucker proposal and Brookhaven’s annexation of Executive Park. As reconfigured, LaVista Hills is almost entirely residential. Even including Toco Hills shopping center and Northlake mall, there appears to be insufficient commercial or ind...
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