DeKalb Drops Dunwoody Lawsuit
Decatur Metro | September 8, 2009From the Dunwoody Crier [via Political Insider]…
The DeKalb County Commission finally dropped its last-ditch lawsuit against the incorporation of the city of Dunwoody last week. CEO Burrell Ellis applauded the decision, while commissioners basically admitted that the sole reason for the lawsuit was the loss of tax revenue from the area around Perimeter Mall.
An honest, if not legally defensible argument.
Speaking of indefensible arguments, here’s a quote from the article that gives this Decatur resident a ridiculous idea…
With the inclusion of the Perimeter Center area, Dunwoody has a 40 percent commercial base, the same as the county as a whole. If the Perimeter Center was excluded, Dunwoody would be “grossly disproportionate” with residential areas and minimal commercial property. [Dunwoody City Attorney Brian] Anderson said this would be “fundamentally unfair.”
New lawsuit! Decatur vs. DeKalb County. “With commercial property making up only 15% of Decatur’s tax digest, we, the residents of Decatur, find this fundamentally unfair. Give us more. We need the money.”
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As far as I know, the HOST lawsuit Decatur filed against DeKalb County is still pending and DeKalb has lost every appeal. Wonder where the County will come up with the money when Decatur (and the other municipalities) wins?
Didn’t DeKalb win the appeal, which sent it to the state Supreme Court?
No, I think DeKalb lost that appeal and they took it to the Supreme Court. I seem to remember that they have lost 3 or appeals on various points at various times.
make that “3 or so” appeals [fingers get ahead of the brain]