Many Merry Hills and local residents (1,100 of them have signed their names) have been worried for months that Sembler’s proposed “Atlantic Station-lite” at N. Druid and Briarcliff will exacerbate an already horrific traffic problem at the intersection.

Anyone following this story knows that Sembler needs the DeKalb County Commission to rezone some of the land it has acquired to go ahead with its mixed-use design. Well, last Friday the AJC reported that Sembler had donated $20,000 to a cheerleading club (Vikings Spirit Booster Club) at Lakeside High School that has direct ties to DeKalb County Commissioner Elaine Boyer. Not only are both of Boyer’s girls cheerleaders at the school, but according to the AJC, Boyer herself is listed as a contact for the group. The icing on the cake is that the group didn’t even exist until this school year.

Someone needs to get to the bottom of this story. Smells fishy to me.  The comments section over on GoDeKalb discussing another Boyer-related article speculates on the story…