Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Voters approve Sunday alcohol sales in the City of Stone Mountain.
Here are the unofficial and incomplete election results from DeKalb County's Election Summary Report late Tuesday night: DeKalb County SPLOST: Yes- 62.18 percent No-37.82 percent City of Stone Mountain, Sunday alcohol sales: Yes- 70.64 percent No- 29.36 percent City of Stone Mountain City Council, Post 1: Richard Mailman (incumbent): 94.26 percent Write-in votes: 5.74 percent City of Stone Mountain City Council, Post 2: Clause Friese, 19.58 percent; Denise D. Glenn, 25.17 percent; Mozell Sims Hurley, 7.69 percent; Cyril Mungal (incumbent), 47.09 percent. City of Stone Mountain City Council Post 3: Chakira Sallee (incumbent): 95.92 percent. Write-in votes: 4.08 percent.
Find your polling place and view a sample ballot.
Today, voters in the City of Stone Mountain will choose from among the four candidates for City Council Post 2 as well as Post 1 and Post 3, in which the incumbents are running unopposed, and decide on Sunday alcohol sales. Local voters will also decide whether to renew the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST) - the measure to continue a 1 cent sales tax intended for capital improvements for DeKalb, Decatur, and Atlanta school systems. Residents will be able to cast their ballots at local polling places between the hours of 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. They can locate their assigned polling places and see a sample ballot by visiting the Georgia Secretary of State website.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Find out what the candidates consider to be the most important issues facing the City of Stone Mountain.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. If you live in the City of Stone Mountain, you're not only voting on Sunday alcohol sales and SPLOST, you're looking at City Council races. Here's what the candidates have to say: City Council, Post 1 Name: Richard Mailman (incumbent, running unopposed) Age: 52 Profession: Owner of Mailman's Yard Service and More Political experience: 1-1/2 years as council member of City of Stone Mountain Why running: I love the city I live in and I love the people who live here. What do you consider to be the City of Stone Mountain's most important issues right now? Economic growth, the well-being and safety of the citizens, and property values. City Council, Post 2 (four candidates, listed in alphabetical order): City …
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Elections are Nov. 8.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday alcohol sales and SPLOST aren't the only things voters need to decide on Nov. 8 in the City of Stone Mountain. Four candidates, including an incumbent, are running for the City Council's Post 2 seat: Cyril Mungal, incumbent; Claus Friese; Denise D. Glenn; Mozell Sims Hurley. City council member Richard Mailman and Mayor Pro Tem Chakira Johnson Sallee are unopposed.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Education e-SPLOST is necessary to improve school system, says Dr. Roberts.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
By Carla Roberts, MD, PhD In November DeKalb voters will be asked to reapprove a one-cent sales tax for the construction and capital improvements to school buildings across the entire County. This is not a tax increase; the Education SPLOST is how DeKalb County Schools has funded school construction since 1996 – when the SPLOST was first approved by the voters. It has been approved three times, and funded twenty-two new schools, twenty-two major renovations, and dozens of capital renewal projects. SPLOST funds have also been used to improve technology in the classrooms to keep our students learning in a 21st century environment. The Education SPLOST is currently the only permanent funding mechanism for school improvement and construction …
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Special tax to fund school renovations, improvements and building projects to be voted on Nov.8
Major renovations could come to Stone Mountain High School and Redan High School if SPLOST IV passes in November, but some county residents expressed concerns about the special tax during Saturday's DeKalb Legislative Community Cabinet meeting at Chapel Hill Middle School in Decatur. Under SPLOST IV, which voters will decide on in the Nov. 8 election, there would be additions and renovations to Redan High School, Comprehensive Arts School at Avondale Middle School, and Henderson Middle School. Stone Mountain High School and Southwest DeKalb High School would also undergo substantial makeovers. Two schools in Stone Mountain would be among seven replaced with SPLOST IV funds: Rockbridge Elementary and Smoke Rise Elementary. "Simply put, we'…
Bryce Farbstein
7:50 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Kudos to all who ran and put themselves out there in the spirit of public service. May that spirit continue, with strength, no matter what elected or non-elected position is held. May that spirit spread throughout our communities. more ›