Comments on: Free-For-All Friday 5/14/10

By: No Decaf

No Decaf — Mon, 17 May 2010 03:05:23 +0000

Chelsea Heights Neighborhood Assn

By: Gladys

Gladys — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:59:03 +0000

Check Emory’s Off Campus Housing web site.

By: Flaka

Flaka — Sun, 16 May 2010 23:30:07 +0000

Great, thanks Melissa…

By: karass

karass — Sun, 16 May 2010 19:24:51 +0000

Doesn’t seem like anyone thinks this is a bunch of outsiders muscling in on Decatur’s skatescape. So I’d suggest some variant on a multi-prong approach to get our skateboarding teen residents compliant with the law:
- Since school is about to let out and a bunch of stuff will be emailed and sent home re MAP and CRCT scores, graduation, and then orientation materials for next year, add some info about new ordinance, risk of citation, and that parents should be monitoring their kids’ skate activities. City/police might have to give CSD some $ towards mailings since those can be expensive; the more pages, the more expensive.
- Do some cheap outreach about ordinance via city website, Decatur Focus,city and neighborhood listservs.
- Add something to the school/city safe routes to school and walk/ride/scooter program to provide materials about safe and legal skateboarding
- Then start some active law enforcement early this summer before skateboarding by kids out of school gets out of hand.

By: Bill Bibb

Bill Bibb — Sun, 16 May 2010 18:20:46 +0000

I’m not sure what a local versus an imported teen looks like. Unfortunately, my kids are beyond the age of most of them and I wasn’t aware that school t-shirts are that common of an attire. They do not have a “D” tattooed on their forehead or anything. However, if I had to make a guess, without profiling, I would say the majority are local. Yes, the police are very responsive when we have had to call for other reasons. But, just as I would not call them if I saw someone running a stop sign, I would not call them for skateboard transgressions. But, if they see it, we do expect that the law is enforced. We expect the public to know that running a stop sign is against the law; that they should not do it because of possible injury or property damage. We expect that the law will be respected. We think its largely a matter of educating, not punishing. But, if a few serious transgressors were punished, I would not object. One only has to look at the low walls surrounding some of the buildings downtown to see the property damage that has already been done.

By: nittany313

nittany313 — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:14:03 +0000

This is great….I would love to try their pierogis. I try to get them from Patak market in Austell so that I can eat them at home. But, I can rarely get their on the Saturdays that they are open.

By: karass

karass — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:05:31 +0000

Really enjoyed the soft shell crabs. And the alfresco atmosphere was nice.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:38:51 +0000

Al Fresco Dining in Decatur — Am I the only one who finds Decatur’s outdoor dining scene a bit unclean? In Europe, cafe sidewalks are washed down every day. I was in Seaside Fl, same thing.

Walking the dog past Starbucks the other night — trash, cups, bottles, sticky stuff, garbage overflowing.

I may bring this up to the City Commission. A restaurant assessment district could pay for regular cleaning if it’s too much for the restaurants themselves.

I did notice the server at MacMagee’s the other night sweeping around the tables. Bravo!