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Just Drive! Cell phone use while driving
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Suzel writes "Larry and I spend a lot of time in our front yard at the corner of Fairway Circle and Brookshire. We are just enraged by the number of people who drive in and out of the neighborhood while talking on their cellphones. Those drivers are putting all of the children and pets in the neighborhood in danger. One of my best friends, Laura Peyton, now has only one leg because a woman talking on her cellphone while parking, drove into Laura.
Studies have shown that driving while talking on a cell (whether hands free or not) is more dangerous than driving drunk. Maureen Dowd's editorial earlier this week is worth reading. "
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Posted by kim on Friday, July 24 2009 @ 15:43:24 CDT (345 reads)
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Isabella writes "I have been a home owner in this community for over two years. I invested in my home for many reasons: Financial, aesthetics, security, location, demographics, driveways, garages, etc. Overall I have been satisfied with my investment and my life in Hilldale. My neighbors are friendly and generally take good care to watch after one another.
I have many compliments on the neighborhood such as those listed above. My pet peeve which I have had since moving into the neighborhood is simple and an eye sore and that is: CARS/TRUCKS/TRAILERS/ETC PARKED ON THE STREET.
We are fortunate to have driveways here. Many homes inside the perimeter such as Midtown, etc. do not have driveways. It is frustrating to dodge cars coming down the street or to have to ensure a car is not parked behind me when I back out of my driveway. Cars in the street make the neighborhood look trashy and unkempt. Many of us have mulitple vehicles in our families. Most seem to figure out how to manage that. Some of us need to learn from that system!
Thanks for your consideration and I hope you will be courteous when you park your vehicle or have guests over. "
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Are You Ready for Your $1 Billion Vote?
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The DeKalb County School System (DCSS) is the 3rd largest in Georgia
and among the top 30 in the United States. It's annual budget is
approaching the $1 billion mark. The decisions made by its
administration and the DeKalb Board of Education (BOE) affect not only
the development of the County's children, it also affects a significant
portion of your home's value and the reputation of DeKalb County in
general. Need I remind you what damage Clayton's BOE has done by
betraying the trust of its community?
As a system with a lot of aging infrastructure, DCSS faces enormous
challenges in the demands of a growing DeKalb population with rapidly changing demographics. With issues
as critical as these at stake, you would think last night's BOE
Candidates' Forum would have been a hard ticket. Instead, no more than
many dozens of persons took advantage of this enlightening event.
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Posted by kim on Wednesday, October 15 2008 @ 12:55:44 CDT (464 reads)
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UPDATED Notes: "Last Call" - Call to Action Monday 11/12/2007!
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The DeKalb Board of Commissioners is going to make important decisions this Tuesday regarding the "late night" pouring rights of local businesses. If you want to support or oppose their planned actions, you need to act on Monday! Me? I'm finally getting off the fence and plan to support avidly any action that will curb the growth of the "all night" party business in residential DeKalb. I believe these business have a right to operate throughout the night if they choose, but not the right to do so without additional restrictions in locations in proximity to residences.
If you needed evidence that "after hours" night clubs in DeKalb pose a threat to their neighbors, you need look no farther than 3/4 mile. That is the distance between your HillsDale front door and the scene of an late night shooting on October 26/27. Here's a summary reported by a neighbor in Keys Crossing Condominiums (Briarwood Road):
"There was another incident in the area of Club Miami. Unfortunately, it was an incident that started at the Pink Pony and this occurred around 3:30 a.m. last Saturday. Guns, police, etc. The individuals ran onto condo property and apartment property, directly across the street from Club Miami. Five people were taken into custody, one person in the hospital with a gunshot…one person was found to have 100 hits of narcotic ecstacy on him and $8K in cash!!"
I think that in spite of the defensible arguments on both the "pro" and the "con" side of the late-night pouring debate, it is time for DeKalb residents to insist that our County Commissioners stand on the side of neighborhood peace and tranquility.
Note: Some good data in an AJC article today here.
Today, Tuesday, Nov. 13 the Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted 4-3 (YES=>Rader, Boyer, Ellis, Gannon, NO=>Johnson, May, Stokes) in favor of a substitute piece of legislation that would roll back pouring hours for all businesses licensed after January 1, 2005 (the date similar law took affect in Atlanta). CEO Jones vetoed the legislation later in the day. The BOC can overturn the veto with 5 votes.
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Posted by kim on Sunday, November 11 2007 @ 20:22:34 CST (579 reads)
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You most likely know by now that the DeKalb County School
System (DCSS) Board of Education has voted 5-4 to accept the Superintendent's
Re-Districting Proposal. You may not realize that our hope of being re-districted
to Ashford Park
Elementary School dies with that
vote, likely for good.
This vote was official last Monday night, May 14. It took me
a week to calm my emotions to be able to address this subject soberly. So many
HillsDalers worked hard during the past few months and with such hope. I was
pretty let down by the Board rolling over in obeisance to the administration. The
Superintendent insisted on getting an "Up or Down" vote on this
matter at the meeting in question. If you ask me, it was precisely because the
deeper everyone looked, the less the plan was liked. Yet, the majority of
the Board Members stepped in line behind the Superintendent.
Why does this bother me so? Not just in HillsDale, but all
over the County, concerned parents sacrificed a great deal of time and effort
to understand, and to influence the planning and the decision-making. In the
end, virtually no accommodations to public input of the original proposal were
made by the Superintendent.
Note: For your reference, the approved Re-districtring Plan for DeKalb County Schools.
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ryan writes "As a parent of a 14-month-old son, my husband and I are passionate about the move to include HillsDale in the Ashford Park Elementary (APE) school redistricting plan. We moved to HillsDale 2 ½ years ago. There are few communities in Atlanta like HillsDale that have the sense of community and history we have witnessed in this neighborhood.
The ability to walk to the library, jog on the sidewalks, get together with neighbors and walk to a local eatery or ice cream shop makes HillsDale a place for a family to grow roots. Similar to the roots many of our neighbors have planted since the beginning. Today, we face an important opportunity for the future of HillsDale. My husband and I would like to stay here for a long time.
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Note: For details on how to join in support of the community's effort, read this flyer.
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Davises writes " It is time to stop the HillsDale Neighborhood Association (HNA) and their heavy-handed tactics to pass the Special Overlay District (SOD). The HNA initially told us that they would not petition the zoning board until 55% of HillsDale residents signed their petition. The HNA believed that the SOD would receive overwhelming support, which clearly is not the case.
Fact: the HNA has gathered less than 50% of HillsDale residents to sign the petition. Clearly, a majority of residents do not want the SOD as evidenced by most residents voting “NO” or by simply not signing the petition in accordance with the original instructions.
However, rather than stopping the bothersome process, which is now entering its 4th month, the HNA has decided to try and push the SOD through the DeKalb County planning board. "
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I am a proud HillsDale patriot this evening!
The controversy and rumors about HillsDale re-development that have been swirling around for weeks culminated in what has to be called the most successful meeting in the history of HillsDale.
The Fellowship Hall of the Methodist Church was over-flowing with HillsDalers. Though hard to estimate accurately, I would guess that at least 130 HillsDalers turned out to hear the real deal from Mikel Muffley. Mike Jacobs (GA House District 80) and Judy Yates (former Dekalb Co Commissioner) attended to offer their perspectives.
Note: We should all thank Ken Storr and other volunteer leaders of HNA civic association that arranged for this meeting that benefited all parties to the discussion. Particularly, we should thank Brownie for helping provide the space and being a one-woman roadie crew. Everyone without exception conducted themselves in a civil manner and the 2+ hours of questions/answers was very informative.
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