North Decatur Road, Decatur GA (pic submitted by The Walrus)

A blurb from Bill Banks hidden in the AJC’s County by County news from yesterday…

Decatur school board chairman Marc Wisniewski admitted that city commissioners are “not on board, they’re on the fence,” about getting a $59.5 million bond referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot. The referendum would finance extensive renovations to Decatur High and Renfroe Middle schools. Regarding a joint Aug. 5 meeting between the board and commissioners, he said, “[the board] will have to some educating, some convincing.” He added that if the referendum is delayed to next year, both schools would eventually need trailers or have to go to split sessions.

This is also what we’ve been hearing.

From LAST month’s Decatur Focus.  (That’s how many times I’ve forgotten to post this.)

Decatur’s recycling partner is a single-stream provider, so there’s no need to separate your recyclables. However, they have provided some clarification about a handful of items that cannot be accepted. Dry cleaning bags, newspaper wraps, Styrofoam and disposable cups (like Solo cups or those from Starbucks) cannot be recycled, and have to be treated as trash. Plastic grocery bags are also unacceptable, but you can recycle those at Publix or Kroger: both have recycling receptacles near their entrances.

And remember you can’t recycle juice or milk cartons either, which has been known to compel organic/nature-loving Decaturites to spend entire weekends searching for organic milk options in plastic containers.