No big surprise here.  UPDATE (12/12/07): OK, I stand corrected.  According to the AJC, many didn’t expect the vote to happen yesterday.  But I’m not all that surprised the commission voted in favor of the TAD.

GoDeKalb reports that the DeKalb County Commission has approved a Tax Allocation District (TAD) in a 5-2 vote (Boyer and Ellis voted against) for the potential Sembler project at Briarcliff and North Druid Hills Road.

The real unpredictable vote still belongs to the DeKalb County school board, which has voiced concern about the tax money that would be taken away from county schools if they were to approve it. Because about 60% 72% of county taxes are dedicated to schools, the future of the Sembler project may hinge on whether the school board will get on board or not.