Decatur resident Moey, who’s Candy-Voting Machine went national last year (seriously, he was on CNN), this year took to Decatur’s streets as Youtube sensation “Keyboard Cat”.

Love it!

Why the heck not?

Feel free to chime in and report your own Halloween stories. Baaww hahahaha!

Here are the campaign disclosures (in PDF format) for Decatur City Commission candidates for the month of October.

District 1

Fred Boykin – Total Oct. Contributions – $350 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $100

James Radford – Total Oct. Contributions – $450 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $250

District 2

Patti Garrett – Total Oct. Contributions – $815 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $665

Kyle Williams – Total Oct. Contributions – $525 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $275

Here are the campaign disclosures (in PDF format) for Decatur School Board candidates for the month of October.

At-Large

Valerie Wilson – Total Oct. Contributions – $3,645 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $1,695

Rob Pope – Total Oct. Contributions – $2,024 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $683

School Board District 1

Mark Wisnieski – Total Oct. Contributions – $1,570 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $525

Garrett Goebel – Total Oct. Contributions – $360 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $360

School Board District 2

Bernadette Seals – Total Oct. Contributions – $0 / Total Oct. Contributions less than $101 – $0

Nothing says Halloween like deli meat.

Halloween, for many young people, is synonymous with candy. Two state representatives from DeKalb County, Stephanie Stuckey Benfield and Michelle Henson, have found a positive way for children to enjoy the holiday, limit candy consumption, and support our troops overseas.

In conjunction with Kool Smiles, both representatives are sponsoring a candy buy back initiative where the first 100 trick-or-treaters (ages 2-16) can trade three or more pounds of candy for a $5.00 gift certificate to Subway Sandwich Shop. From November 1st to the 6th, kids can drop off the candy to Kool Smiles to receive the gift certificate. Drop offs will be collected during normal business hours (9:00 am to 6:00 pm). The candy will be shipped to U.S. soldiers stationed abroad through Operation Gratitude.

Zero Dollar Foot-Long!  The Clairmont Heights Civic Association has the full release.

Kathy writes in…

Atlanta Pride is this weekend, Oct. 31-Nov.1. It was moved to October this year because of restrictions at Piedmont Park during the summer due to the drought.

To make this a Decatur-related event, I’m enclosing a picture of the Digging Dykes of Decatur garden club from the 2007 Pride parade. Come out and support your many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered neighbors (of which there are many in Decatur)!

More details can be found here.

With just a few days left until Election Day, District 2 candidate Patti Garrett summarizes her positions on annexation, crime, development, environmental issues, historic preservation, pedestrian/cycling safety, railroad safety, schools, tax relief, and transportation/traffic over on her blog.

If any of the other city commission candidates wish to summarize their positions prior to the big day, I’m happy to link to them as well.

Feel free to use this post to ask questions and make comments about local issues not discussed here over the past week.

Comments are closed on Monday.

A bustling European city?  Nope.

Downtown Atlanta (Decatur St @ Peachtree) – April 12, 1948.

I was originally looking for some cool historic pics of Decatur (a la Next Stop), however this one was just too interesting to pass up!  (Look at all the folks out on the sidewalks!  Is that a diner in the lower-right corner?  Is Burger Beer made from fermented meat?!)

Photograph from GSU’s most excellent Lane Brothers and Tracy O’Neal Collections.  Definitely more of these to come.

Don’t forget about Decatur edTV’s School Board Candidate Forum tonight from 6:30p-8:50p at Westchester!  All the school board candidates will be there!  David Hughes and Lew Lefton will moderate the event.  Here’s the schedule from Decatur edTV’s website…

Program:

6:30 pm to 7:20 pm

Doors will open at 6:20 PM to allow those interested in attending the District 1, Post A Candidate Forum to be seated.

7:30 pm to 8:20 pm

Doors will reopen promptly at 7:20 PM to allow those interested in attending the At-Large Candidate Forum to be seated.

8:30 pm to 8:50 pm

Doors will reopen promptly at 8:20 PM to allow those interested in attending the District 2, Post A Q&A Session since there is only the incumbent on the slate.