- Decatur’s homestead exemptions pass the Senate [AJC]
- DeKalb County will begin paving Superior Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 20 [Decaturish]
- Three Taverns Brewery Inaugural Table Tennis Tournament Feb 27 [Next Stop…Decatur]
- MARTA expansion bill moves forward following committee vote [CL]
- Study: Georgia Aquarium has contributed $1.9 billion to state economy [ABC]
- Creature Comforts to ramp up beer production [ABC]
- Creative Burnout, the Hamster Wheel of Success, and Reclaiming Who We Are from the Workaholic Grip of What We Do [Brain Pickings]
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On behalf of Georgians everywhere, I say to Creature Comforts — thank you!
I will thank them when I can buy their products without driving to Athens
Did anyone else see the new chess table on the Square? What’s the skinny on it?
Well, it’s this game that has a medieval theme to it, with game pieces called kings, queens, knights, bishops, castles and pawns. Each piece can move on the board in certain ways, and one player can use these moves to take the other player’s pieces off the board. The goal is to trap the king so he has no moves.
Did that answer your question? 🙂
https://youtu.be/VOmD-xqK2Es
I don’t think the homestead exemption bill is going to pass, but in my opinion, if it was to come to fruition, it should be an exemption to any person over a certain age, who has lived in DEC for at least 20 years, and paid the school taxes year in and year out. Those people, regardless of income, should receive a break. Especially if the city wants to keep those residents around so he or she doesn’t sell his or her home which more than likely will become a McMansion filled with a gaggle of children choking down the school system. Just my $.02.