Save Tucker!

More than two years ago,  Save Tucker! posed questions to the Lakeside City Alliance, as you will read in the post below that was originally published in the Tucker Patch.  These questions were a combination of all questions submitted to us on our Save Tucker! Facebook page as well as questions the organizers of Save Tucker! had for Oliver Porter and the Lakeside City Alliance. Now called "Lavista Hills," and slated for a referendum vote on Tuesday, November 3, this group will be meeting once again to answer questions tonight at Lakeside High School. You can read our questions below and decide if they were ever answered to your satisfaction.  If not, you might have a chance to ask them one last time if you decide to attend the meeting.  But you must submit them in advance to: ann@repscottholcomb.com . Just remember, you are under no obligation to sign in or provide any personal contact information at this meeting.  If you do, you ...

The legislature will be working all the way up  until midnight, so it's not too late to email them with your issues over the City of Tucker bill! Here are the Concerns from Save Tucker! 1.) The Tucker Bill for Incorporation does not list any millage cap .  It also does not give any suggestion of a process where citizens can have an active role *aka a vote to approve or deny* in the process by which city taxes can be raised or lowered. As we are only reading the charter document for the city of Tucker for the very first time this week, a few comments and concerns have been brought to our attention via our public and closed Facebook Discussion Group Pages.    2.)   The districts for City Council Seats are set up in an odd manner that is not consistent with the other recently formed cities in DeKalb County.  We cannot even find any other local city council in the U.S. that is set up in this manner where you have identical areas represented by tw...

The "Smart City" concept has gone quite a bit off track.  Just read the press release from the proposed city of Lavista Hills below, according to   Reporter's Newspaper : State lawmakers on March 2 introduced legislation to create a new DeKalb County cities called LaVista Hills and Tucker .   Reps. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody) and Scott Holcomb (D- DeKalb ) introduced H.B. 520 , which calls for a vote in November on whether to create the city , according to a statement by LaVista Hills Yes.    If the legislation is approved by the General Assembly, residents of the proposed city would vote on the proposed city.  Taylor, in an email, said legislation also was introduced to create a city of Tucker.    “The city of LaVista Hills will benefit all of DeKalb County,” said Mary Kay Woodworth, LaVista Hills YES co-chair and former Lakeside YES chairperson.  “A smarter, well managed government is good for everyone in LaVista Hills, and a succ...