Comments on: Georgia Supreme Court Issues Final HOST ruling, doesn’t make any friends at Decatur City Hall

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:36:25 +0000

I’m glad Decatur’s not getting back pay.

By: Ridgelandistan

Ridgelandistan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:58:51 +0000

Isn’t entering an agreement when one doesn’t have a right considered fraud?

It’s very difficult to raise children with decent morals in a county where the government is operated as continuing criminal enterprise.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:18:03 +0000

The Supreme Court still didn’t do the cities any favors, though. According to the AJC, the deadline for cities to apply for the current year was July 1, and the Court waited until July 5 to issue the ruling, so no $$ this year. Also, the AJC says it could mean as much a $1M a year to Decatur. Two years of that would get the new police station/community center. Dunwoody, which granted has a lot more retail than Decatur (i.e. Perimeter Mall), apparently is getting $1.5M to $2M a year. It’s not clear, though, whether the amount is based on sales tax collected or city population.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:03:46 +0000

I believe the gist of it is that the County went through this process again recently with the city of Dunwoody and the court system established that Dunwoody did deserve a certain portion of funding that also applied to the other Dekalb cities. So under that ruling Decatur and other cities had a right to HOST going forward but not back. As soon as this above case was decided Decatur and the other cities would automatically fall under this new ruling.

So, apparently the old agreement was invalid, because Dekalb didn’t have the right to enter into it, but the new one is valid.

By: Decatur Heights Dad

Decatur Heights Dad — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:21:20 +0000

I agree. For the life of me I just cannot grasp the legal logic of this ruling or for that matter this “debate.” My guess is that there is none.