Day: July 5, 2011

Billy Bob Thornton and Kevin Bacon Filming In Oakhurst Today

Sharron sends in a couple pics from the filming going on in Oakhurst today – you may recall our recent “Eye on the Street” pics of the set – and writes…

Billy Bob Thornton was super nice posing with Decatur Police and Station 2 Fire earlier this morning. Filming continues this afternoon at “Donavan’s Discounts” store and the carnival “see this” set in the “Big H” lot.

Patch reports that Kevin Bacon was also spotted at the Solarium this morning.

One more pic from Sharron of Mr. Thornton posing with Decatur PD after the jump…

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Georgia Supreme Court Issues Final HOST ruling, doesn’t make any friends at Decatur City Hall

Per the AJC,

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that DeKalb County doesn’t owe its cities more than $10 million from a decade-long battle over its penny-on-the-dollar homestead sales tax, or HOST.

But nine cities in the county are entitled to a direct share of the tax proceeds from here on out – creating a whole new source of income for the cities to renovate buildings or take on other capital projects.

Our collective fantasies of how to spend a couple million around the city have been squashed, but the City of Decatur is in line for a nice income stream for capital projects moving forward. Steve puts the annual number at around $600,000, though that was just an estimate.

Decatur Reschedules Fireworks

From the Decatur Minute…

The July 4th fireworks were rained out last night. We had hoped that last rain would clear out around 9:15 but instead the lightning came and we were forced to cancel the fireworks.

Our rain date is Saturday, September 24 immediately after the last Concert on the Square at dark. The concert ends at 9:30 p.m. and the fireworks will go off some time between 9:15 and 9:30. We will put out a reminder closer to the time.

Thanks for your patience and to those of you who braved the rain up until the last minute, thanks for your support!