Lavista Hills Donors Revealed Save Tucker! edited this story slightly from its original text submitted by DeKalb Strong, a group opposed to the incorporation of new cities in DeKalb County, GA. Lavista Hills raised eyebrows back in August by holding a $500 'suggested minimum donation' event , where they actively solicited money from vendors who do businesses with cities. Mary Kay Woodworth was quoted as saying, "We think it is great that they want to invest in us before we invest in them." But, handing over government contracts to vendors simply because they "paid in advance" to receive them is exactly the kind of system that we have in DeKalb already. No request for proposals. No bids. Just good old fashioned "wink-wink. nudge-nudge." deals made among business buddies. How does one justify running a campaign all about "local control" while accepting money from companies that are not even located in our c...
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.