Comments on: Decatur Voting Districts to Remain Unchanged for 2011 Elections

By: Karass

Karass — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:13:44 +0000

Now I see the political implications. The at-large candidate may respond to the area with most voters. But that doesn’t seem true for the School Board elections.

By: Karass

Karass — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:10:49 +0000

There’s a brief article on Decatur Patch today about this. Until I read it, I somehow hadn’t understood that the Agnes Scott area was in District 1 with the northside. Boy, those districts were creative, although I understand why they were needed to give the then mostly African-American south Decatur area some representation. Wonder how the move will affect politics? When it comes to school districts, Agnes Scott area represents the traditional Winnona Park vote which will now be merged in with the traditional Fifth Avenue, College Heights, and Oakhurst vote.

By: Tom Stubbs

Tom Stubbs — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:31:42 +0000

Yeah, but you northerners make out like bandits on the at-large seat. Since the bulk of the citywide votes come from the Gulf of Mexico side of the continental divide, our at-large commish, Jim Baskett, really has to kiss up to you guys. He may be a neighbor to those of us on the other side of the tracks, but his bread is buttered by you folks over there whose primary function is to buffer us Southies from Emory.

By: Karass

Karass — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:58:31 +0000

Actually, I get .000025 but what’s .000001 worth of a Commissioner between friends?!

By: Judd

Judd — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:50:31 +0000

That’s true, Karass, but consider that the northside commissioners can really throw all that extra weight around. Feel the power?