I can’t help but write a follow up the DeKalb County Commission’s “surprise” TAD approval yesterday.

Apparently the DeKalb County Commission prioritizes like a 4th grader. They make sure to schedule time at recess (aka commission meetings) to flex their muscles and throw dirt at each other about issues that affect a small portion of the population that live near raucous bars, but can’t seem to find the time to ask a favor of the kid who’s lunch money they’re constantly stealing (aka DeKalb County School Board). Unfortunately in this case, that kid controls 72% of the available TAD money.

Here’s Commissioner Rader via the AJC…

“I regret not doing that [getting the school board on board]. I just have not had a great deal of time to think of it on a purely political basis,” Rader said. “We’re not asking them to make a decision at this point. I did not conceive this [vote] as putting them on the line for anything.”

He also sounded resigned to waiting it out.

“We recognize the school board doesn’t have the information it needs to decide whether they should go forward,” Rader said. “We don’t expect them to make a decision until they have that information. We need to talk an awful lot about this.”

Don’t have the time to talk about 72% of available TAD funds? Or can’t take responsibility for a bad ongoing relationship with the school board?