From the oldest DeKalb city to the youngest, congrats to John over at Dunwoody North and all those North DeKalb peeps on their brand spankin’ new city of Dunwoody! I guess DeKalb County’s strategy of poorly constructed lawsuit threats and saying “It could be even worse than it already is!” didn’t really sway or inspire many people to vote “no” (only 19%). Who woulda thunk it?

In other news to the north, Gwinnett narrowly failed to give a majority backing to the non-binding MARTA question, split along party lines. Bet you can’t guess which party opposed it? But as the AJC points out, a near 50/50 split [UPDATE: Peach Pundit has the YES vote at 37% for Republicans] is a big improvement on the 3-to-1 defeat MARTA was repeatedly handed back in the ol’ 20th century.

And finally, in regards to all those important DeKalb County votes where actual people were concerned…we’re looking at run-offs. Jones vs. Martin. Ellis vs. Watson.