Note: This method has been used to run a variety of public meetings in DeKalb County, not just in our schools. It's designed to lead audiences and therefore the public at large to pre-drawn conclusions that they later believe was actually the will of the people. A meeting on cityhood was held in 2014 at S.W. DeKalb High School. Many people later claimed that they felt "manipulated" by the group leader or that their actual statements were misrepresented. A common characteristic of these meetings is the "write your question down and pass it to the front" method of public comment that we saw so much of during the city meetings around the county. The leaders at these meetings are able to then pick and choose which questions to ask or which ones to ignore. Or, in some cases, they asked the person who wrote the comment to raise their hand for some point of clarification. If the person did raise his/her hand, they were subject...
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.