You have likely heard people in the pro-city group Tucker 2015 talking about how long it takes to get a permit in DeKalb County, right? Or, maybe you heard Lavista Hills leaders talking about the permitting issue and the Tucker city group basically retelling the same story but with a lesser ability to sound convincing that this was truly an issue for our mass concern. Naughty or nice? Are the Tucker leaders actually accepting a gift or trying to take something out of Santa's hand? Either way, the results were only something to believe in if you also believe in fairies, elves and Elaine Boyer's advice. If you did try to press them for details, you would have thought that this entire idea about them taking over this services must be a joke because if you ask them for details, they suddenly clam up. Blank looks on their faces, they would look at each other... stumped for how to respond. Decide for yourself. Here's what we asked at a...
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.