UPDATE:  Here’s the AJC article on the tongue.

So, I’ve received a couple of inquiries about a lot of police activity around Decatur Square this afternoon.  Apparently there was even a rumor that police found an “arm” or something?

Decatur Police Chief Booker tells DM that police responded to reports of a “suspicious package” on the northeast corner of Decatur Square “near a large tree”, but it turned out the package contained “wrapped up and discarded…beef tongue”.

So there you go.  Everyone can stop panicking now.  No arm or other human appendage was found.

Are you suffering from heated, local political rivalry withdrawal?  Do you find yourself listening to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” repeatedly just so that it feels a bit more like 2009, when Decatur had FOUR hotly contested races (two city/two school board) going on at the same time?

Well, this might not be an all-out cure, but at least it has the potential to mollify some of the less attractive symptoms of local politi-talk withdrawal until election day.  (It’s only a couple weeks away!)

Patch has asked School Board District 1 candidates Peg Bumgardner and Garett Goebel 11 questions regarding their candidacy.   Questions include: What are the biggest issues facing the school system?  Should Westchester be reopened?  The new nepotism policy.   The bus schedules.  Would you raise the school millage rate?  And more!

So get on over there and learn up on your candidates!  You ain’t just going to the polls to vote for Sunday liquor sales, are ya?

Jack sends along a link to a MARTA PDF that details the light rail plans for the Clifton Corridor transit line inside the Decatur city limits.  (You can click the screen-grab above to enlarge it a bit, but your best bet is probably viewing the entire PDF for yourself)

As Jack points out, the train looks like it would exit the “Clairemont tunnel” around the Woodlands and then there’s an above ground station at Scott and Superior.  It travels above ground on Scott until it almost gets to Medlock Rd.  Then it goes underground again, along North Decatur Road, north of DeKalb Medical, before resurfacing again.  The alternative line looks like it would run under Suburban Plaza and then come above-ground beyond Church Street and travel along the south edge of DeKalb Medical’s property and the north-edge of Decatur Heights properties on Pineview Drive.

Here’s that portion of the map, along with the legend.  Let me know if you read it differently.

Alternative #1 then runs down N. Decatur to DeKalb Industrial Way before ending at Avondale Station.  The alternative route would continue along the northern edge of Decatur Heights, cross Winn Way and met up with Irvin Way to connect with DeKalb Industrial.  You can view that separate PDF HERE.

For all detailed maps for the Clifton Corridor line, CLICK HERE.

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