Save Tucker!

This was the vision for a "Tucker Township" as visioned by a beta version of a new school review website.  The website is:  https://k12.niche.com/t/tucker-township-dekalb-ga/ Who drew this map?  We are not really sure.  We stumbled upon it recently while looking for Tucker election results. We do, however, think this map, called "Tucker Township" actually shows a good compromise between Tucker and Lavista Hills that could have worked well for everyone.   It offers a great way to share the Northlake area commercial tax revenue.  So, why didn't anyone suggest something like this  prior to putting forth competing bills in the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions?  And, why is Tucker's city still being allowed to move forward when it has been called "unconstitutional" by even the legislators who supported it? Limited services government in the form of a new city is something that the Georgia constitution does not allow, apparently. ...

Ben Shakleford says he reached out to people he knew after the Lavista Hills referendum failed at the ballot box and asked, "... what do you think about maybe annexation?  And, we're next to Chamblee." If you haven't heard, a portion of the former Lavista Hills movement (which is also formerly the Lakeside City and City of Briarcliff initiatives) has not stopped pushing for a city, any city as long as it is not in any way related to Tucker, even after losing in the referendum vote this past November.   So, far, we have heard them say that they have: Trimmed up their map, calling it the "North Lavista Hills" area, basically cutting things off at Briarlake Road, but taking in all the commercial not already in Tucker, most notably the Northlake Mall which they have said they do not shop at themselves, Brought back Mary Kay Woodworth to lead the effort until she quits, again, Cut out some of the areas that they initially claimed were the ones to star...

Chamblee, GA, January 28, 2016 – by Trey Benton – Could areas that were part of the failed 2015 City of LaVista Hills referendum who supported Cityhood be annexed in to the City of Chamblee? Perhaps….if advocates can garner enough support to convince Chamblee Officials it’s a good move and if State Legislators agree to support it. A movement to gain citizen support to annex portions of the formerly proposed map for a City of LaVista Hills, a cityhood effort that failed last November by less than 150 votes, into the City of Chamblee is gaining momentum. And, Chamblee City Officials tell The Post that if citizens can show there is enough support and a logical geographic boundary is identified, they would be willing to give the idea serious consideration.

Updated map to show where voting precinct fits into the school zone map. And, for the record.... Evansdale, by the way, could very easily be included in the city of Lavista Hills and STILL end up being rezoned for another school district, like nearby Tucker.  The inclusion was, from the beginning, a factor related to their magnet program, not the location of their school.  If this community really wants to stick with Lakeside, they need to work with school officials who are planning to centralize all magnet programs so they are more easily accessible from both ends of the county.  It is not a city issue at all. Now, if you are talking about passing a referendum for city school systems and someone has told you that you must be in a city in order to join a "better" system than the one we have now, that's another issue entirely.  And, if the rest of the county is not aware of that plan and you are not talking about it, either, then you are favo...