A check of the election results on the AJC website shows another school board close election in Decatur, with Lewis Jones receiving 793 votes to Mark Arnold’s 718 votes.

Commissioners Boykin and Garrett were automatically re-elected, along with a School Board member Bernadette Seals.  Annie P. Caiola won Valarie Wilson’s seat on the Decatur School Board as well in an uncontested race.

Decaturish has reaction from Mr. Arnold and a more exhaustive recap this evening.

Bill posted this link to a great map of downtown Decatur circa 1963 in a comment and I thought it deserved its own post!

Photo of map courtesy of davecito via Flickr

McKoy Park, Decatur GA (pic submitted by Al)

We’ve received two independent reports that Pita Pit in the DeVry building has closed its doors.

According to the eye-witnesses there are no signs of life, chairs are up on tables, and the cooler seems to have been cleared out.  When you go to the Pita Pit website, there’s no longer a Decatur location listed.

No one picked up the phone during regular business hours this morning.

Time to get to the voting booths!  If you don’t know where to go to vote, CLICK HERE.

There’s only one contested race this November – for the School Board District 1 Post A seat.  Here are brief candidate summaries…

• Mark Arnold – a financial and banking expert and former member of the Renfroe School Leadership Team with notable endorsements from School Board member and Fmr. School Board Chair Valerie Wilson, Fmr. Mayor Elizabeth Wilson, and Gary Garrett.  (Here are links to Mr. Arnold’s bio and list of supporters).
• Lewis Jones – an environmental lawyer and Chair of the Renfroe School Leadership Team, with notable endorsements from School Board Chair Marc Wisniewski, Fmr. Mayor Bill Floyd, and County Commissioner Kathie Gannon. (Here are links to Mr. Jones’ bio and list of supporters).

Go vote!