Photo courtesy of Chad

Just a note: Don’t forget tonight’s K-3 redistricting meeting at Westchester, which starts with an information session at 6pm and a public hearing at 7pm.

There’s obviously been a lot of talk about this issue over the last few weeks and CSD has been good enough to provide additional data and maps at the request of residents on multiple occasions.

So I thought a thread today could serve two purposes:

First, prior to the meeting, we could all recap our outstanding questions and concerns, since the conversation has evolved over the past few weeks.  Then, after tonight’s meeting, you can use this post to reflect on the meeting (what you took away from it, your outstanding questions, etc.) and detail what you believe still needs to be reviewed/explained prior to a vote by the School Board.

Here’s a bit more info on the Monday robbery of the Wells Fargo branch on East Ponce de Leon Ave in downtown Decatur, from Decatur Deputy Chief of Police Keith Lee…

A male presented a note to a teller demanding money. No weapon was exhibited. The suspect escaped with an unspecified amount of currency. No one was injured during the robbery.

Got the BAD case of the Democrat blues this morning?  This may cheer the transit-Dems up.   From Atlanta Unfiltered…

Rep. Jill Chambers will be giving up her job as MARTA’s top watchdog, after losing her seat in the Georgia House of Representatives on Tuesday by about 275 votes to Democrat Elena Parent.

Chambers, first elected in 2002, has scrutinized and occasionally tormented the rapid-transit agency as chair of the Legislature’s MARTA Oversight Committee, also known as MARTOC. She’d questioned MARTA spending on lobbyists, pay raises, consultants, fitness equipment for employees, intricate bond deals and much more. And that was all before lunchtime.

Chambers has been under harsh scrutiny of late after the MARTA fiscal watchdog filed for personal bankruptcy.

In other MARTA news, Maria Saporta points out that 70% of Clayton County residents voted in favor of a non-binding referendum to “become a full participant in MARTA by charging a sales tax in support of MARTA and the county’s public transportation needs.”

According to the AJC’s DeKalb Election Results, 68% of Decatur residents voted in favor of giving the city the power to create Tax Allocation Districts.

OK, so now that we’ve approved the measure, where do we start?!