This is a reoccurring request on DM, always worth readdressing.  Elle writes in…

I was wondering if you might be able to provide a listing of local restaurants that are planning Thanksgiving day menus, or to be open at all for dining or drinks. …it would be a good resource.

So remember that news a while back that Decatur was going to get some fiber-goodness for AT&T, as we waited on word on Google Fiber?  Yeah so, apparently that may not happen. From electronista…

During an analyst conference on Wednesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said that the company is considering putting a hold on its build-out of gigabit fiber networks for select cities in the US until a decision is made on net neutrality rules. The company announced in April that it would be bringing high-speed fiber to 100 cities and municipalities.

In the meantime, we wait for word from Google Fiber, who has said that we’ll receive a final decision by year’s end.

• City and CSD discuss annexation [Decaturish]
• Tickets for DBB Bash to raise money for student athletes now on sale [Next Stop]
• Walking Dead tourism grows in Georgia [ABC]
• Supershuttle coming to Atlanta [AJC]
• Is North-End Perimeter ripe for a skyscraper boom? [Curbed]
• How animals hacked the rainbow and got stumped on blue [NPR]

The Medlock Area Neighborhood Association has a new post up on its site that provides the final tallies on a recent neighborhood-wide survey regarding annexation.  The survey showed that Decatur is the preferred option, but it isn’t shared by a majority of residents.  The post calls Decatur’sannexation plan to annex only the commercial areas to the north and east of the city as “unreasonable” and says that MANA will continue to fight it.  The DeKalb Tax Commissioner’s Office estimates the tax contribution to the DeKalb County School System of the A and B zones of Decatur’s Master Plan are as follows…

Zone A – $759,816.06   [N Decatur Rd / Clairmont Rd]

Zone B – $4,747,637.06  [Medline LCI, etc.]

The post concludes with this…

• Whatever its source(s), we must fight the pressure to make uninformed decisions. We are still in a position where not enough information is available and must be very careful and measured in our movements: decisions made blindly will cost us dearly. 

• MANA recommends that we continue to actively explore all our options. MANA will continue to facilitate meetings, track developments, share information as quickly as possible, and encourage our residents to contact elected officials to ensure our neighborhood’s concerns and wishes are well represented.