In the news recently, there were reports about one school in Tucker, Brockett Elementary, that has gone without air conditioning in several classrooms since the beginning of the school year. The story aired on two local stations: WSB-TV: http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/parents-say-elementary-school-has-no-air/vDZYqD/ and CBS-46: But, the reporters didn't cover something else that was brought to their attention... WHERE WAS THE SPLOST OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN ALL THIS?? Save Tucker! is checking further into this "oversight" by the Oversight committee and we have learned some things already that parents in Tucker might find concerning. For one, there is, once again, no one from Tucker on this oversight committee. But, that's nothing new. What is new, however, is that apparently a city advocate who happens to live in a home that is directly adjacent to Lakeside High School's property, has somehow ended up on this committee without any sort of public ...
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.