Politics & Government
CEO Ellis, Decatur Mayor To Give June 13 'Wireside Chat'
Residents are urged to sign up for a phone conversation with the leaders about the July 31 transportation referendum.
Decatur Mayor Bill Floyd and DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will promote on June 13 in a modernized version of President Franklin Roosevelt's "fireside chats."
The local leaders will be on the phone at 7:30 p.m. June 13 for a "wireside chat" -- a play on FDR's national radio broadcasts during World War II.
To sign up to hear the chat, residents should go to www.metroatlantatransportationreferendum.com/wireside.
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People who register will receive an email reminder and background documents several days before the wireside chat.
On June 13, they will receive a call on the number they provided. After a brief overview of the referendum, they can ask questions.
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and have devoted hours to it. The referendum will be held July 31.
They both served on the roundtable that narrowed down a list of projects that would be funded by the referendum, if it passes. Only a few weeks ago they appeared on .
Leaders from the nine other counties in the 10-county region will also take part in wireside chats in June.
This article first appeared on Decatur Patch.
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