Scott is brief and to the point, but reports that the DeKalb Zoning Board of Appeals passed the parking variance for the Walmart redevelopment of Suburban Plaza.  To quote Scott…

Variance passes.

Now, if you only really care about the end result, you should be good to go.  Feel free to stick around, buy a t-shirt or see what kind of weird links are in the Morning Metro section today.  But if you really want to get down into the weeds, Patch has a live blog of the event. Sounds like things got a little heated.

Decatur-wise, Patch reported that Decatur Heights ultimately took a neutral stance of the variance.

It also sounds like some of you all were there.  If you were, please let us know us all about the beautiful democracy in action.

Rendering Photo courtesy of MANA

Dun, dun, dun.  Dun, dun, dun, dun dun dun…and so on.

It looks like the Decatur half of the AsianCajuns covert-ops-ed it into the soon-to-be Courtyard by Marriott on Clairemont Ave and took some pics of the under-reno interiors!

CLICK over to the Visit Decatur blog to see all of her stealth photos and marvel at how she took pictures of lots of people who obviously had no clue she was there! (I’m pretty sure she was hanging from a zip-line when she took the above pic.)

Dan nah nah…dan nah naaaah.  Dan nah nah, Dan NAH!

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