MM: DHS Principal To Become COO, What Killed Your Water Pressure Yesterday, and ATL’s Tree Canopy
Decatur Metro | July 24, 2015 | 10:01 am
- Decatur High principal promoted to school system COO [AJC]
- Update: Water pressure restored, but leak remains in DeKalb [AJC]
- City Commission Green Lights Better Together Community Conversation: Details soon [Decatur Next]
- Sign shows “Way to the Dogg House” [Next Stop…Decatur]
- Boomerang by Tom Sleigh – selected by Natasha Trethewey [NYT]
- How intown development puts Atlanta’s tree canopy at risk [Atlanta Magazine]
Photo courtesy sayednairb via Flickr
Is it dangerously weird that the County has no method of alerting residents of water supply issues — particularly in the so-called post 9/11 era?
Could they appoint a 19-year old in the Department of Watershed Management to set up a Facebook page and download the app to the Director’s phone?
Oops, went to their site and the Director’s name is listed as “Vacant.”
Not wanting to be so snarky, but I managed to figure out what was going on by randomly calling the Treatment plant at 11 pm and talking to some dude.
Absolutely right! With the taxes we pay here in Decatur, there should be someone who knows what is going on and can let the public know. Scary!
And the water pressure is dead again
Seems like that was temporary at my location only lasting a few minutes.
You must be lucky then, as my whole complex is still out and the 2 places I just tried to go to for coffee are still out 🙁
I find it strange that The City of Decatur has not posted anything about this on Twitter or The Decatur Minute. This really affects the restaurants in downtown and the people that live here. The only announcement is that The Slide is here….did they divert the water to fill the slide?
My comment is in response to “City commission green lights…”
Thanks Decatur Next. No surprises here. Months ago, at a secret meeting attended by commissioners, staff members and leaders of a special interest group, the end results of an anti-police/private property/religious freedom community action plan were agreed upon. A group of progressive activists, many of whom were city employees or consultants, met privately over the last several months to discuss ways to fundamentally change Decatur. Their recommendations will be carried out by by a consulting team that is every bit as radical as the leadership circle. The first step is to train facilitators in “anti- oppression theory” so that they will carefully control the conversation at a public meeting in August. This meeting will be open to anyone, Decatur residents of course but also non-residents who might have grievances against the police and others with similar political agendas. In fact, the organizers will “recruit participants… with added focus on populations typically underrepresented in community planning activities”. Residents opposed to to this effort will have their concerns ignored through the use of the “world cafe conversation method” which emphasizes group feelings over individual rights. People like myself who have strong views will be forced to practice “cultural humility”, which means, “Sorry Mister Long-Time Decatur Resident and Property Owner. Your views are equal to Mr. Panhandler who hangs outside the Marta station harassing those who refuse to give him money”. This meeting will not be a fair community conversation about social issues but a way to promote a radical view of “equity, the genuine embrace of groups generally marginalized by the dominate culture (also known as) The Other- any group that is likely to experience patterns of historic, systematic oppression and marginalization in your community, especially given your community’s dominate race, culture, language, generation,socioeconomic class, education level, birth country, sexual orientation, and physical ability whose story does not yet shape the… worship of the community”. For those of you who think this effort is only about punishing the police or establishing section eight housing in the Great Lakes and Glendale neighborhoods, think again. Traditional churches in Decatur will be attacked. (FYI- All quotes from the Community Action Plan https://decatur.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=1235)
Since the process is rigged in favor of those who believe that our police officers are the oppressors, it will take a monumental effort by citizens of Decatur to change the outcome. I ask that Decatur residents who are proud of our police force make every effort to attend the August meeting and fight power with truth.