PRISM Meeting to Feature Burrell Ellis
The April 11 meeting will take place at St. Timothy United Methodist Church on Memorial Drive.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Burrell Ellis to Speak at PRISM Meeting April 11
The group says it will continue its discussion about quality and sustainable economic development in the Memorial Drive corridor.
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis is scheduled to address the community organization Pride Rings in Stone Mountain (PRISM) this coming Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m. at St. Timothy United Methodist Church, 5365 Memorial Dr. Ellis will also introduce the new DeKalb county police chief Cedric Alexander to those in attendance. At the meeting, PRISM will pick back up on the discussion of economic development in the corridor, a topic also covered at last month's meeting. Ellis will share "his views and plans for what the county is doing to attract and promote quality economic redevelopment in the central portion of DeKalb and especially the two-mile wide Memorial Drive Corridor, which bisects the entire width of the heart of DeKalb," the announcement about …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Second Local "Conversations with the CEO"on Mar. 19
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis is holding the meetings to discuss various issues.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Watson: North, South County Residents Must Work Together on Issues
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis said this week the county has reached a point where incorporations could harm essential county services.
Residents and elected representatives from northern and southern DeKalb County must talk to each more to solve issues before considering incorporations that could economically weaken the county, Commissioner Stan Watson said Wednesday. The Super District 7 commissioner said he would like to see a meeting between residents and elected representatives of northern and southern DeKalb County to hash out issues that have lead to serious cityhood discussions in the Lakeside High School area. "The citizens don't talk to each other," Watson said. "We have to get rid of the barriers that separate and find the commonalities that bring us closer together." County CEO Burrell Ellis said this week in a statement to Patch he believes the county has …
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Monday, March 4, 2013
First of 2 Local "Conversations with the CEO" This Thursday, Mar. 7
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis is holding the meetings to discuss various issues.
Friday, March 1, 2013
"Conversations With the CEO" in Stone Mountain and Lithonia
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis is holding the meetings to discuss various issues.
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis will hold "Conversations with the CEO" in Stone Mountain and Lithonia this month. The meetings are free and open to the public: Thursday, March 7, 7-8:30 p.m., at the home of Tom and Beverly Coleman, 5361 Rock Springs Rd., Lithonia, 30038; Tuesday, March 19, 7 – 8:30 p.m., Hosted by the Mainstreet Board of Directors Mainstreet (Clubhouse), 5001 Mainstreet Park Dr., Stone Mountain, 30088. At the first Conversations with the CEO, discussions took place on topics such as public safety, smart government and education, according to the Ellis' office.
bren davis
5:22 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
Response to Robert Ford: I could not have said it better, and so l' ll not try. Well said Mr. Ford, well said. Thank you! more ›
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Does DeKalb Still Need a CEO?
District 1 Commissioner Elaine Boyer says absolutely not.
The position of county CEO has for years been on shaky ground in DeKalb County. Sitting CEO Burrell Ellis has faced questions about the position's necessity in the past and successfully fended them off. But after the district attorney raided Ellis' home as part of an investigation into the county's watershed operations last month, local media and elected officials have questioned whether it might be worth pushing to eliminate the position once and for all. Among many defenses of the position, Ellis has said the CEO position is an effective part of a system of checks and balances to local governance, not unlike the federal government's executive branch. Critics of the position have said the county would be better run with a county manager…
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Delia
11:42 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I've just moved here and I would like someone to explain how Dekalb county is governed. CEO and commissioners is a foreign concept to me. Who does what and why? Are these positions appointed or elected? Who does the appointing? When are the elections? What impact will the investigation of Mr Ellis have on the governance of the county? How do I get my voice heard if I have an issue? If these are … more ›
Monday, January 7, 2013
Investigators Search County CEO's Home in Southland Subdivision
DeKalb County authorities executed search warrants Monday morning at the home and office of Burrell Ellis.
DeKalb County investigators searched the home and office of county CEO Burrell Ellis on Monday morning, according to local media reports. From a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Three unmarked police cars were parked outside Ellis’s home in the Southland subdivision, Channel 2 said. The search comes on the same day as Ellis testified before a special grand jury investigating county watershed operations. The story also said it is not immediately clear whether the search was part of the investigation into the watershed department's bidding process. The Southland subdivision is in unincorporated Stone Mountain. Patch is awaiting a call back from Commissioner Lee May for reaction. Ellis was scheduled to speak before the press at 12:…
Peach
3:06 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
And Lee May is my commissioner. He's a politician, thru and thru. Who WAS Robert James, before he became DA? Dekalb county is becoming the place people are trying to get away from! more ›
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
DeKalb CEO Ellis Assured Second Term
Burrell Ellis carried a healthy lead over fellow Democrats Gregory Adams and Jerome Edmondson in Tuesday's primary, avoiding a runoff.
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis easily fended off two Democratic challengers to his seat in Tuesday's primary. The incumbent, first elected CEO in 2008, walked away with more than 60 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff, according to preliminary returns early Wednesday morning, defeating Gregory Adams and Jerome Edmondson. He faces no Republican challengers in the November election, so his primary win is tantamount to victory. Out of 75,399 votes, Ellis had 45,867, though more than 5,000 absentee votes had yet to be counted. "We've always talked about making your priorities the priorities of this county. That's what we stand for," Ellis told a room of supporters at about 10:30pm. "Tomorrow we get back to work." In his campaign, Ellis …
Ms.
10:54 pm on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Get back to Mr. Ellis as soon as he's done with his soap box derby track. There are other areas of Dekalb that also need sidewalks (thinking parts of Briarcliff and N. Druid Hills that also have pedestrian traffic and no shoulders) Unfortunately, though Mr. Ellis has done little for constituents, he will continue to get reelected. more ›
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
DeKalb CEO Accepts Planning Chief's Apology About 'Monkeys' Comment
Interim planning director, Gary Cornell, said his comment in an e-mail referring to The Colony Apartments on N. Hairston Rd. was not intended to be racially offensive, according to a statement.
DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said in a statement Wednesday that he had accepted the apology of the county's interim planning director, who in an e-mail wrote "these properties are like a barrel full of monkeys," describing The Colony Apartment complex on N. Hairston Road. In the statement, Ellis said "no further action is required at this time." The CEO said he was informed of Gary Cornell's use of the term about a month ago by the county’s Chief Operating Officer. News outlets such as Channel 2 have reported on Cornel's comment and the reaction to it. The date of the e-mail that appears on Channel 2's website is March 12. Here is the CEO's statement: "Approximately one month ago, I was informed by the County’s Chief Operating Officer that …
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gdfo
3:43 pm on Saturday, April 13, 2013
I was at the meeting. What plans? Yes the new Police Chief was introduced. We will see what his ideas do. He did say that he was moving some people around. He stated that he was getting soem of the Office-bound Officers out into the public. Mr. Ellis stated that some of his plans were being held up for 3-4 years by the folks 'across the street'. I guess that means the DeKalb Board of … more ›