tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35775241505804860042012-01-22T16:05:17.347-05:00Critical thinking with a somewhat skeptical twist applied to the events in and affecting Dunwoody, Ga.Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comBlogger1851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-47417571668424044512012-01-22T16:05:00.000-05:002012-01-22T16:05:17.360-05:00

Construction on Al's park is continuing on schedule. As shown below, excavation and preparations for the initial pour for Al's pool is coming along, well, swimmingly. And this is not to be just any pool, this is quite the water feature with a cascading waterfall (located in the foreground) feeding a "pleasure pool" at the base of the falls. To the side (off camera) will be a single-lane lap

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-5912071629382633932012-01-17T10:27:00.000-05:002012-01-17T10:27:21.667-05:00

The City of Dunwoody is preparing to go scatter-brained on us again taking up an issue that will  make the "Chicken Coup" look like an argument about the relative merits of Gerber over Blackwood. The issue at hand is whether to change existing ordinance to allow limited customer contact in residential areas for home-based businesses. The anti-business crowd is offering up unsubstantiated

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-35125504409444297512012-01-12T11:17:00.000-05:002012-01-12T11:17:01.479-05:00

Before Dunwoody 1.0 called it a Job Well Done, they knew it was only fitting and proper to honor a long serving and long suffering fellow citizen. Al. Plus, it completely zero-ed out the city reserves demonstrating that Dunwoody can be run just like a business. A non-profit business, but a business nonetheless. Work has already begun on Al's Park. Land has been acquired and as you can see below,

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-20285206730318565582012-01-09T11:42:00.003-05:002012-01-09T11:42:00.638-05:00

At the end of the day, Dunwoody 1.0 as well as 1.1, the failed "Bug Fix" release, will go down as the "Spend All We Have, Then Borrow More" version of the city. The silent majority, the sixty five percent who either did not vote or voted against cityhood have awakened, and by rejecting the parks bonds clearly indicated the days of Dunwoody's pre-existing power structure "flitting others' perfume"

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-24174537059440234002012-01-07T09:25:00.000-05:002012-01-07T09:25:00.071-05:00

That is the dilemma. As hard as it is to believe, there is quite a debate over the configuration of Dunwoody Parkway, centering on the lanes. For those who are not familiar with Dunwoody Parkway, it is the neglected stretch of pavement between Mt. Vernon and Chamblee Dunwoody circling behind Dunwoody Village. If you know where the "Bankwoody" Post Office is located, you know Dunwoody Parkway.

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-67338657946665822332012-01-02T11:19:00.000-05:002012-01-02T11:19:20.269-05:00

In two key regards Brookhaven is heading down the path recently paved by Dunwoody. First is standard operating procedure for any powerful interest that wants to get their way: schedule a public vote at an inconvenient time, say the first Tuesday after the last new moon before the summer solstice. This provides the special interest with maximum benefit not just from ordinary public apathy, but

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-7931621207048648872011-12-28T11:51:00.030-05:002011-12-28T11:51:00.502-05:00

It's official. DeKalb County Schools are Part Time Prisons. We've known for some time of the "Thug Culture" permeating DCSS: students, faculty and administration. We have close to one hundred "School Resource Officers", a secretive police force doing the administration's bidding with little or no public oversight. But now we have it all. We have Parole Officers in our schools. That's right.

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-44638340317409285472011-12-18T15:28:00.001-05:002011-12-18T15:28:00.238-05:00

A recent traffic jam resulting in the time and opportunity to read a rather disturbing bumper sticker: Well behaved women rarely make historyIt should be noted this sticker wasn't actually ON the bumper but was instead affixed to the driver's side just below the back window--'twas an Ess-You-Vee. In the "no surprises" category was the driver. A female, no additional description needed. Your

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-83432134726080075162011-12-09T09:11:00.000-05:002011-12-09T09:11:04.019-05:00

Since the Whirled Wild Web is not V-Chip equipped it is only fair and right to warn you, dear reader, that the following diatribe will drop more bombs than the allies did over Dresden. If the Eff-bomb, especially when discussing the DeKalb County School System, offends your delicate sensibilities, then by all means, do us all a favor and click here NOW! We are about to discuss, to parse, a

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-85677757018249324612011-12-07T11:10:00.001-05:002011-12-07T11:10:00.925-05:00

The Voters of Dunwoody gave both Bobs, Wittenstein and Dallas and emphatic "NAY!" in Tuesday's run-off election. What are we to make of this? The losers significantly out-raised and outspent the competition. Perhaps money isn't the deciding factor. Perhaps it was ill-spent and was a deciding factor, but not as the spender anticipated. Wittenstein had incumbency giving him a record to run on and

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-36401489221827112742011-12-05T08:22:00.000-05:002011-12-05T08:22:25.843-05:00

Shrill Jill, meet Farmer Bob. Farmer Bob, meet Shrill Jill. What Shrill Jill and Farmer Bob have in common is they ran right up against the Dunwoody Cabal and have been excoriated for it. In the case of Shrill Jill we had a harsh voice advocating that the Cabal "make haste slowly" and advising their zombie followers of the need for and availability of more information and greater details. She

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-9070605233690076062011-12-03T09:38:00.000-05:002011-12-03T09:38:02.552-05:00

Have you ever noticed how drivers in Dunwoody will all but stop for a jake walkin' squirrel, but seemingly couldn't care less about the safety of children in a school zone or crosswalk? Perhaps Dunwoody drivers care more about limb rats than rug rats.

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-60930554388080933112011-11-28T11:14:00.000-05:002011-11-28T11:14:00.157-05:00

The first vote is in and the runoffs are a week away. We've had two Sundays to become intimately familiar with the distinct boundary between Dunwoody and Sandy Springs even as a new purveyor of adult libations plies his trade in our little village. As the tryptophans fade and the toddy warms, let us all pause to take stock of recent wounds and those who lick them. The most obvious are the fans

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-28272818646111190202011-11-21T08:17:00.000-05:002011-11-21T08:17:46.408-05:00

Most folks involved in the high tech community are painfully aware of the fact that the people who start a company are almost always NOT the people you need to run that same company once it is fully operational. Dunwoody, with a few years under its belt, is like a young company transitioning from startup to sustainability and we no longer need our current team of brash inexperienced startup

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-58587682593093140172011-11-15T13:16:00.003-05:002011-11-16T08:56:05.191-05:00

Brookhaven is well along in fulfilling its destiny as the next city to incorporate in DeKalb and there is much to be learned from its slightly older sister to the north. First, it is inevitable, don't fight it. You don't have to blindly embrace it, but fighting will be like swimming in quicksand, but with a peanut gallery rooting for the sand. In the end you're going down and all you will

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-26652836867354819242011-11-11T08:28:00.000-05:002011-11-11T08:28:58.341-05:00

It appears that SRTA cannot wear down the resistance. What had been seen as a small, fragmented group of malcontents has coalesced into an uber organization, Stolen Lanes. This umbrella group claims to represent nearly ten thousand commuters who are hot. Under the collar, not in the lanes. And perhaps they vote? But Stolen Lanes are up against formidable opponents including a powerful state

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-4444458051093872762011-11-09T08:57:00.000-05:002011-11-09T08:57:12.970-05:00

The Citizens OF Dunwoody rightly rejected the ill-managed drive towards deep debt represented by the two parks referenda. Whilst the approximately forty percent who voted in favour might be considered a "forty percent wrong out of a hundred" and consequently a pretty solid "F", this is politics where fifty plus one is an undeniable "A". Those forty are down. But not out. The Citizens OF

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-37372797196864276412011-11-05T13:38:00.006-04:002011-11-06T11:28:51.591-05:00

Shortly we, the citizens of  Dunwoody, will be presented with three opportunities to raise our taxes. Two take effect immediately and the third kicks in at the whim of the city, whenever they want, and whoever they may be at the time the mood strikes them. Referendum: "Shall land be acquired and remediated for parks and greenspace by the City of Dunwoody in the amount of $33,000,000?" VOTE NO:

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-5594324357380229462011-11-02T16:39:00.009-04:002011-11-11T08:31:39.849-05:00

From catholic.org [because '.com' would hit too close to home] we learn about one of history's most famous Saints. "St. Augustine* of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-72018047424134876402011-10-31T12:09:00.001-04:002011-10-31T12:09:00.323-04:00

There is an old bromide along the lines of "the first solution to pollution is dilution", but when the matter at hand is socio-economic there is no acceptable solution but to separate the effluent from the affluent. Fortunately, commonly accepted practices, particularly zoning, create a physical and economic moat around the affluent and also serve tof encapsulate the effluent thereby reducing the

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-90390715527512657202011-10-25T15:10:00.000-04:002011-10-25T15:10:16.856-04:00

Help Keep Dunwoody PURE*by making your patriotic donation today!Just text"dunwoody"to1-666-4POGROM That's 1-666-4764766Text "dunwoody" NOW!   * Dunwoody PURE (Purging Undesirable Residents Expediently) is a non-existent and consequently non-profit organization. All donations will go exactly where you want them to. Trust Us! We're your neighbors.

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-67641795098630112912011-10-23T08:42:00.008-04:002011-10-23T08:42:00.544-04:00

The 2012 Dunwoody budget is out and some in the blogosphere are lamenting the removal of funds for a "Crime Prevention Unit" requested by our police department, on the basis that a quarter of a million dollars is a mere drop in the bucket. In spite of the fact that the request lacks sufficient details or measurable goals to be more that "because I want it", there is a move afoot to reinstate this

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-64051146335817571922011-10-21T12:29:00.009-04:002011-10-21T12:29:00.048-04:00

A recent dissin' contest on an other Dunwoody blog (not to be confused with The Other Dunwoody blog), poses a few good points to ponder. First, is it really a good idea to allow comments on blog posts? That trail of not-so-witty repartee certainly seems to support the "No Comment" decision for this blog. These comments devolved, as they so often do, into ad hominem attacks, the most interesting

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-85158106082087319712011-10-11T07:58:00.001-04:002011-10-17T15:26:17.899-04:00

The State of Georgia, convinced by funds provided by the Obama Administration, has determined that sections of I-85 should be used to close America's "Great Social Divide" separating the haves from the have-nots. They have done this a clever manner. They have taken a portion of the road, largely paid for by the have-nots and as an interim step (see "boiling a frog") used even more have-not money

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-72790127910141450492011-10-07T08:43:00.000-04:002011-10-07T08:43:36.312-04:00

Listed below are the scheduled locations of the Citizen's for Dunwoody sponsored "Buy Our Parks Plan" Testimonial and Revival Meeting. Can we have an "amen"? Amen! See anything interesting in this list??? Mill Glenn Clubhouse Dunwoody Homeowners Association Board MeetingBranches Clubhouse Dunwoody North Clubhouse Dunwoody United Methodist Men’s Group City Hall Fountainbleau Clubhouse Kingsley

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-69281941327858044632011-10-04T08:24:00.001-04:002011-10-05T07:34:02.153-04:00

The PR campaign in support of the Parks Referendum has started in earnest and it has turned ugly with ad hominem attacks. Not against The Other Dunwoody, that's just too easy, but against another Citizen of Dunwoody who is a noted contributor to the city as well as the greater community. Since our pollyannish cheerleader squad has not a clue how to participate in a reasonable, adult debate that

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-5904743805225194212011-10-01T02:14:00.000-04:002011-10-01T10:59:50.444-04:00

With tax for two and two for tax, Just us to tax and tax on all we own!During the upcoming elections Citizens of Dunwoody will be presented with parks referenda: a $33 Million indebtedness to buy "parks" a $33 Million indebtedness to operate "parks" Even if you believe the City of Dunwoody should own and operate just as much in the way of parks, by whatever measure, as your favorite place, where

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-88751248429985668892011-09-28T10:42:00.003-04:002011-09-28T10:42:00.639-04:00

Two murderers were recently executed in Georgia and Texas. One murderer was white, the other black.The white murderer killed a black man, the black murderer killed a white police officer.The white murderer dragged his victim behind his truck killing him and scattering his corpse. The black murderer shot his victim at point blank range when he tried to intervene in the beating of a second

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-15919092726008176432011-09-22T15:14:00.026-04:002011-09-22T15:14:00.344-04:00

The DeKalb County School System is simply too big to succeed: A huge budget allows significant graft to get lost in the fine print It is so large, by any measure, that finding a superintendent from an equivalent system is nearly impossible Based on their website they have seven administration positions from Principal to Superintendent, and this does not include the made-up position of "Assistant

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-89236538480045838242011-09-11T08:46:00.018-04:002011-09-11T08:46:01.793-04:00

Betty Lee Hinson was born on September 10, 1932 many miles from the nearest hospital. She was born prematurely and if family lore is to be believed began cooking the same way, stirring a pot as soon as she was old enough to stand on a chair at the stove. There began a lifetime of aromas, good food and nurishment for body and soul alike--Sunday meals were a weekly communion. She died on a Sunday-

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-6453465237769934982011-09-02T11:14:00.006-04:002011-09-02T11:25:20.449-04:00

Please quit with the "we need more green space" blather. It is unadulterated crap. And we probably don't even need the baseball fields we have let alone any more so let's just cut to the chase. The Mr. Hyde side of the City seems consumed by lust over other people's money and getting their chance to spend it. A city councilman was quoted in the AJC referring not only to the pre-committed

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-27687563120341428012011-08-26T11:04:00.025-04:002011-08-26T11:04:00.429-04:00

As soon as the solo finalist for DCSS Superintendent was announced the boo-birds came out with a fury that would have frightened Hitchcock himself. Most of the complaints are firmly rooted in a lack of appreciation for what it takes to position oneself to be the superintendent of a large, failing urban school district. To aid in that understanding there is a technique used by the "what I hear you

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-75800899046979124252011-08-18T10:29:00.015-04:002011-08-18T10:29:00.358-04:00

If the APS scandal has taught us anything it is that "educators" are not the noble, self-sacrificing purveyors of knowledge they have so loudly claimed. Quite the contrary. They have diligently and successfully worked to ensure never-ending pay increases, even after retirement and this addiction to "money above all else" has been supported by fearful and pliant politicians and delusional parents

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-41308737620481528702011-08-03T08:56:00.001-04:002011-08-22T15:21:33.238-04:00

I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Did you notice in the recent Beltway kerfuffle that only one thing is certain: before the week is out Washington will borrow trillions of dollars. Sure, they claim they'll cut their overspending by a similar amount. Over TEN YEARS. Seriously, does anyone of voting age really believe even this pathetic charade will actually play out and

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-60231564708133392722011-07-26T10:33:00.003-04:002011-07-26T10:33:00.649-04:00

It has now been pretty convincingly proven that "teacher" is a synonym for "cheater", but those with just a bit more than a public "education" have noticed teacher is also an anagram of cheater. Coincidence? Hardly. So just what put all this "cheat" in "teacher"? First let's not forget this glass arrived half-full as this system has been cheating folks through for over forty years. Budding

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-29219941963058594352011-07-24T10:36:00.000-04:002011-07-24T10:36:37.473-04:00

With apologies to the Beatles and all their fans... You say you want a revolution Well you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know you can count me outThis was the message sent by the citizens of Frederick County, MD and apparently received by their local Board of County

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-37165117840573060542011-07-15T08:48:00.000-04:002011-07-15T08:48:31.664-04:00

A recently released report accuses Beverly Hall of "ignoring a culture of cheating". Perhaps, but how could she not? It isn't like she created it. Let's be clear when we talk about "cheating" as revealed by the recent investigation into APS CRCT results. In this context cheating is defined as: lying about the actual performance of one of more studentsThis cheating of students has been going on

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-61592313939088900222011-07-07T09:26:00.000-04:002011-07-07T09:26:47.688-04:00

There was a country that once produced a world class product, envied by all other nations on the planet. A significant part of what made this product best in the world was the availability of high quality raw materials---feedstock. While some countries boasted feedstock of similar quality, few if any had ready access to the quantity of this premier producer. The product was in great demand

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-39916229441675532272011-06-26T20:35:00.000-04:002011-06-26T20:35:00.862-04:00

Due to recent "mishaps" at its current location the promoters of Screen on the Green are relocating the event to Dunwoody's own Brookrun Park. Lest you fear this also a relocation of The Troubles to our fair city, these promoters have a plan. "We've got some lesson's learned from the previous experience, and we're pretty smart folks too. We have a plan to promote content that does not incite

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-46462500911608538452011-06-24T07:42:00.000-04:002011-06-24T07:42:32.519-04:00

As reported in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sandy Springs has passed a 2012 budget with no service cuts while cutting costs by over $7 million. How did they do this? City officials have said switching from CH2M Hill as the provider of most city services provided big savings. They estimate around $7 million in savings by allowing companies to bid on separate services instead of all of

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-90595793720586912672011-06-21T20:43:00.005-04:002011-06-21T20:43:00.680-04:00

Way down south in the land of cotton, Ole times there are not forgotten...The passage of HB-87 seems to have negatively impacted the Georgia agricultural industry's access to plentiful, low-wage and illegal labor. The Governor, who signed HB-87 into law, has offered the suggestion that we press our own home-grown criminals into service to replace the now absent imported criminals. This has been

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-17256762382791711022011-06-20T08:36:00.001-04:002011-06-20T09:01:08.520-04:00

Google Analytics indicates the good folk of Frederick County, Maryland have been doing due diligence before moving from a traditional service approach to the once-favored "Public Private Partnership" or "Three Pee UhOh". Since our new cities north of Atlanta seem to be the breeding ground for Three Pee UhOh, perhaps the experiences of these communities can provide some guidance. In no particular

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-22418772219111679632011-06-18T09:03:00.000-04:002011-06-18T09:03:37.071-04:00

Dunwoody's "Greenspace Advocates" seem hellbent on strapping us with at least Fifty Million Dollars in debt, certainly proving they know how to put the green in greenspace. They also like to point out that many admirable places to live, where sadly they don't, have 10 acres of "greenspace" per 1000 residents whilst Dunwoody has one third that figure.  And where are these places? Oft-cited

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-79222206261390230742011-06-07T08:56:00.002-04:002011-06-07T08:56:01.066-04:00

You will be thrilled to learn that the City of Dunwoody is considering slashing the budget line item for the Donaldson-Chestnut farm from $2,945,000.00 to $1,500,000.00. We've really dodged a bullet there. Seriously folks, three million dollars! Of course, since this would be borrowed money, by the time we, the taxpayers finish paying down the bond, it will be six million dollars. For that

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-75131659335269636792011-06-01T11:18:00.019-04:002011-06-01T11:18:00.541-04:00

Every so often the blather coming from the mouths of the so-called authorities running public education becomes so odious you just have to call "Bullshit". Given the recent AJC headline "Many grads not college-ready" it may just be time to call out Education Colleges and the incompetents they pump out who then pose  as "qualified educators". Data show that twenty-two percent of the high schools

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-11227123985035106882011-05-28T08:00:00.000-04:002011-05-28T08:00:03.972-04:00

It is not surprising that it took a violin teacher to point this out. In the event you are new to Dunwoody there have been fewer issues more contentious than individuals providing private music lessons in their homes. You might also be unaware that musicians are generally what we mere mortals consider "perfectionists". They have to be. See, if you blow five percent of the notes in a thousand

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-8996072247227873922011-05-21T10:25:00.000-04:002011-05-21T10:25:00.350-04:00

It has only taken two years for the City to position itself to "need to raise taxes". As expected, the blogosphere has seen more than it's fair share of outspoken advocates of City government taking your money to support their whimsical "must haves". Recent examples include: "I'm totally fine with a moderate increase in taxes..."or: "It's time to increase taxes..." But there is also a new voice

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-86320121566869143062011-05-16T08:45:00.000-04:002011-05-16T08:45:28.246-04:00

Not to this posting. To Dunwoody. Why did you choose to live in Dunwoody?It should come as no surprise that most folks in Dunwoody were neither born here nor raised here. They moved here. The question is "why"? Why, given all the options, did folks move here in say the last five or six years? Was it the parks? What, did they find a real estate agent recently released from a mental ward and fresh

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-90434708415771609642011-05-08T20:13:00.069-04:002011-05-08T20:13:00.507-04:00

You heard it here first. Actually if you really heard it here first you haven't been listening. For quite some time the mayor and city council, all very smart folks, have been working to fritter our money away on their pet projects while ignoring core services. Ultimately this achieves the goal of every politician: increase their power by increasing the money available to wield power. And just

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-14206393614394863932011-04-24T12:18:00.016-04:002011-04-24T12:18:00.117-04:00

"Liberalism flourishes where it is not challenged." Though many may not know it, Georgia was on the losing side of the war between the states. This ignorance is not due to a failed education or a tragic accident, but is simply due to the fact that many folks, particularly those in Dunwoody (and we know how smart they are), ain't from around here. These relative newcomers are not steeped in

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In a land apart and a time ago there was a village characterized as so many were as a "one pub village". And as was the custom, the pub was where the men, and only some of the women would congregate to recount the events of the day and perhaps to talk a little treason. This made "pub time" an important event on anyone's calendar and led to the owner becoming one of the most influential men in the

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-24406354369045478802011-03-30T08:25:00.000-04:002011-03-30T08:25:17.361-04:00

...Do Such a Thing? As you may know, the Board of Directors deciding where to locate the Georgia Music Hall of Fame delayed the decision to allow the remaining contestants the opportunity to "sweeten the pot". The new deadline is imminent. Now suppose you were to hear that one contestant, in identifying itself as the winner, has explicitly named another to be a loser. In fact, this

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Upon hearing that NASA was decommissioning the Shuttle Discovery and offering it as a museum piece, the Dunwoody Power Brokers launched into action forming yet another "worthy cause nonprofit" to ensure that Dunwoody is properly recognized for all its contributions to the space program by bringing the shuttle home to Dunwoody. The head courtier en alimentation was not quoted in any of the local

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It must be the weather, but sanity reigned at a recent "Smart" City Council meeting. Specifically, the tax intended to fund the effort to buy the Georgia Music Hall of Fame was rejected. It is interesting to note that the Mayor is earning quite the reputation as an advocate of increasing taxes as he is now two for two. The best objections were based on principles and trust. One Councilor, you

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We return to our regularly scheduled program... These are presented without colour commentary or supporting argument. This may be provided at a later date if page hits indicate interest. Though some items are related these are in no particular order. Eliminate tenure. Novice teachers have two years before they can be fired. Non-novice teachers can be fired with neither notice nor cause. 

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...for a news flash: "There are lousy politicians everywhere". This should surprise no one, but this week brought a trifecta at the state, county and city level. Under the gold dome we have a senator who has presided over bank failures that have drawn the attention of the FDIC who alleges gross negligence. No problem, right? Even the governor has a "history". Well, it turns out the senator in

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Seriously now folks, pointing out the flawed personalities that have driven DeKalb County Schools to a state of irreparable dysfunction and near collapse is not all that interesting and it certainly isn't surprising. Nor is it, or the public school system, all that important. Think about it. If the schools were really that important, you think we'd have let them deteriorate like this? Don't you

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If you simply cannot tolerate the wonderful Christmas movie, "The Ref", because Denis Leary drops the F-Bomb like it's part of the attack on Tokyo, then you might want to leave this post right now. Seriously, if you think drastic measures are not called for, if you believe we can just talk it over and things will be just fine, that all we need is a little compromise to reach consensus or that

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After reviewing Dunwoody's proposal to relocate the Georgia Music Hall of Fame to a recently closed women's shoe outlet at Perimeter Mall, the GMHF board has spoken: Dunwoody scored a well deserved dead last and barely scored half of the top score. And even the top proposal was rejected. Normally that would be considered quite a setback, even "game over". That would be to underestimate what

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It is the silly season when the General Assembly meets under the gold dome to engage in all manner of absurdities. One item on the hit parade is the quaint notion of re-creating "Milton County" when that is exactly the wrong thing to do. The Atlanta area faces serious problems in transportation, air and water resource management and spotty if not systemic financial mismanagement. These are

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Rumor has it that a publishing misstep on the part of the Dunwoody Fan Magazine may result in their eviction from the City of Dunwoody. This all stems from a recent insert to the rag, a glossy covered Dunwoody "guidebook", probably intended to grace the lobbies of hotels and businesses in the area. But for one small problem: the table of contents sports two blatant mistakes: "Featuress" and "

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The game is afoot and Dunwoody has responded by incorporating yet another "non-profit" in an attempt to snag the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. As some may know, the GMHF has fallen on hard times and being the opportunists we are, Dunwoody is ready to pounce. The bid is in. It is stacked with two résumés for each and every member of the newly minted non-profit--a tactic clearly intended to

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...one handout at a time. What could welfare possibly have to do with Dunwoody? Well, quite a lot actually. Seems that many folks in our fair city have been and continue to be recipients of one of the most ill conceived government assistance programs on the books: The Mortgage Interest Deduction. The collapse of an artificially inflated real estate bubble gives this nation a clearer vision of

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-55584123766681044512010-11-24T07:34:00.000-05:002010-11-24T07:34:22.811-05:00

No one with a brain really believes those new photo-realistic full body scanners and the hands-on junk-checks are there to improve our safety or even if that were the intent that this is in any way effective. In fact, it is much more than that--and also somewhat less. The truth was uncovered by a service technician who spent a day repairing an airport security scanner. TSA agents have developed

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-21332419568930599122010-11-14T10:03:00.000-05:002010-11-14T10:03:46.101-05:00

Anyone visiting the Shops of Dunwoody will surely notice one business set apart from the others--Alison's Restaurant. In a shopping center littered with neon "Open" signs--even our local haberdasher has one--Alison's is notably absent. Why? Glad you asked. Seems the "Smart People" on our "Smart City" Council have deemed neon signs offensive to their sensibilities and henceforth there shall be no

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-72668405543256940062010-11-09T13:38:00.064-05:002010-11-09T13:38:00.571-05:00

Dunwoody's "New and Improved!" brand simply will not work. The copy-cat scandal will not go away and is likely to expand as folks begin to notice the relationship between Sky Designs and Norcross and connect the dots between Dunwoody staff and former Norcross staff. Even if there is no formal investigation, we can hope for open records requests around how the work was bid and the results vetted.

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If you're interested in proper redistricting of the Dunwoody cluster, or redistributing attendance to remove trailers from some schools while filling classes in others, or even dodging the the imminent loss of accreditation, then it doesn't matter who wins the upcoming runoff. But a compelling argument has been advanced to embrace change for the sake of change. Since changing the name/face does

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As you head out to the polls tomorrow, probably in hopes of ending the horrific negative ad campaigns punishing our airwaves, consider this: no matter who you vote for or who wins the election to become Dunwoody's representative on the DeKalb Board of Education, it won't change a thing. Heresy you say? Well there are a couple of irrefutable reasons why this is true. First, our public schools,

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Two things have the blogo-sphere all a-twitter of late: Some fools at City Hall floating the idea of bringing the Georgia Music Hall of Fame to Dunwoody; and The rather childish, but quite expensive branding effort and associated "Logo". They speak to the same underlying issue that permeates this City: lack of character. What do these things say about our city officials, our elected leaders and

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...or let the tears be tears of joy. Until recently, the view provided by the Fourth Estate into all things Dunwoody has been narrow and proscriptive as if we were allowed to look at someone else's painting and then only through a narrow, tinted lense. The Dunwoody Fan Magazine had neither the chops, nor the inclination to serve the citizens or businesses of Dunwoody. It doggedly served the

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-17297584468813981122010-09-30T13:07:00.000-04:002010-09-30T13:07:32.229-04:00

There is a new satirist in town, and she is good! In fact she is so good, her current work not only got past the Thought Censors at the Dunwoody Fan Magazine, she scored the lead-off letter. And the vehicle for this satirical masterpiece? Chik-fil-a! This is the only tell that this is a satirical piece (all satire must have a tell). As we all know Chik-fil-a is run by Truett Cathy, who, if

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In recent weeks the "Wendell Douglas" crowd has ramped up their terrorist attacks against suburban sensibilities. Rebounding from a stinging loss during the "Chicken Coup" they have regrouped and are now engaging in a Land-Sea-Air Assault: backyard aqua-culture, suburban "over-farming" and apiaries. Yes indeed, right here in DeKalb County, of which, to date, Dunwoody is still a part, we have

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-20899697622164711362010-09-19T10:07:00.000-04:002010-09-19T10:07:09.982-04:00

If you, like many in Dunwoody, believe that good schools drive property values up then you should be quite concerned about living in DeKalb, and particularly in Dunwoody. Recent SAT scores show that Dunwoody High not only did not lead the county, but scored fifth place behind Chamblee, Lakeside, DeKalb School of Arts and Druid Hills. But it gets worse. Four of the top five Cobb County high

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To quote the source of all things factual, wikipedia, regarding some key Dunwoody stats: "The median income for a household in the CDP was $82,838, and the median income for a family was $100,796. Males had a median income of $70,460 versus $42,813 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $62,523"Where CDP refers to Dunwoody as a "Census Designated Place". And what a place it is. The

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It appears our city manager has managed to make last year's bonus permanent with the recent announcement of City raises. All the while taxpayers in the private sector are being told "you're lucky to have a job". The irony is the raise is justified by the manager's "success at saving money" which directly translates into "not providing City services." Perhaps there may come a day when we wish

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-81280423213181217522010-08-28T10:18:00.000-04:002010-08-28T10:18:30.559-04:00

Did you ever have one of those roommates whose tolerance for mess, if not downright filth, far exceeded your own? The kind of roomy who never takes out the garbage, who piles dirty dishes in the sink without even a rinse? Someone rarely burdened with the need for soap? If you did, did you also enjoy that life-altering event that so often is part of the total package? You know the one: when you

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Dunwoody is home to a new crowd of whiners. These folks, once ardent supporters of cityhood, now see things are not "going their way". They have stopped touting "local control" and are increasingly mumbling "out of control". Their new rally cry is "Not What We Bargained For!" Those in The Other Dunwoody who were dragged, by these very fools, into this mess with eyes wide open are probably

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-57006101120036258082010-07-19T08:38:00.000-04:002010-07-19T08:38:16.266-04:00

This weekend's Dunwoody Drama centered around an alleged domestic dispute wherein the heavy hand of the law called in paramilitary forces from neighboring jurisdictions. After much posturing for the TV crews establishing film footage sure to  be used in the upcoming justification for our very own SWAT team, the wily perp escaped. That's right. Under the supervision of our much ballyhooed police

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-33416275430451103382010-07-18T14:31:00.000-04:002010-07-18T14:31:59.199-04:00

...that bind. Since politics became a profession it has been a "family run business" and our small town politics are no exception. We have an interesting race in the Republican primary to back-fill Fran Millar's vacant house seat. In one corner we have "Who Knew I Had To Resign" Taylor whose mixture of family ties and politics raised eyebrows as the city was being formed. "Who Knew" sat beside

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-61015820911016916292010-06-10T07:38:00.000-04:002010-06-10T07:38:42.891-04:00

As of this Tuesday, with Governor Purdue's signing of Senate Bill 308, it is now practical for the citizens of Dunwoody to exercise their Second Amendment Rights. This bill removes the rather peculiar eighth of a mile halo around schools, public and private, that previously made otherwise legal carry by licensed, law abiding citizens virtually impossible in Dunwoody. Some may wonder why anyone

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In the event you're new to Dunwoody, or simply consider politics as much fun as changing any other soiled diaper then you may not know the back story to the Republican contest to fill Dan Weber's State Senate seat. It was the legislative Dynamic Duo of Dan Weber and Fran Millar (Senate and House respectively) who through any means necessary brought about the referendum for, and advocated the

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Dunwoody, with its premier Arts Festival was not content to put on just another flea market style parking lot carnival of an arts festival. Yes there was a tent city that would be the envy of René Garcia Préval (we leave petty comments about tents not conforming to the Williamsburg overlay to those bloggers who can never find a good thing to say). There were indeed vendors hawking artery clogging

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Many children's stories include treasure maps with a large "X" indicating the location of what is always described as the world's greatest treasure. Apparently this is true in the world of grownups as well. Perhaps you've noticed the MARTA buses with a large Red X painted on the side. Or, perhaps your car is in the shop offering the opportunity to visit a rail station where some of the train

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-57755542934034601592010-04-14T12:06:00.000-04:002010-04-14T12:06:04.669-04:00

Freaknik comes to town this weekend! Get ready to party!

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By far the most prolific writer, even before the Whirled Wild Web, remains Anonymous. And there are some folks that take issue with that. A recent AJC editorial posits that anonymous posts and comments have no place in "legitimate journalism". Legitimate journalism is readily identified by phrases like "unnamed sources" or "remaining anonymous because he was not authorized to speak on the record

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Is this what the patriots who founded this country fought for? Or against?

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First Law of Problem Solving Where there is no solution, there is no problem.Second Law of Problem Solving If you have a solution, you own the problem.Then there's politics. Politicians get elected by claiming they will solve problems others can or will not. Often they claim to be able to see problems others cannot even recognize. But what happens when an elected official elects not to see

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Reacting to the recent spate of terroristic activity in Dunwoody, our PD is pulling an officer from his routine patrols and sending him halfway around the world to protect and serve from afar. If you think this is just another City Junket, one that would never happen if not covered by other people's money, or that we would not make this investment in our own safety, or worse yet, you think there

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-4549375704310864262010-03-10T18:29:00.014-05:002010-03-11T09:29:33.301-05:00

In a competition between several southern cities, Dunwoody has been chosen to host this year's "Freaknik" celebration. Speaking with two folks at the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Dunwoody, Sally Feurth and Mark Addol, emotions were running high and there was electricity in the air. "This is quite a coup--we were up against some impressive offerings", remarked Sally. "We had stiff competition

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-76011542074367898492010-02-21T13:37:00.002-05:002010-02-21T13:37:00.285-05:00

"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms .... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants. They serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."Thomas JeffersonWe now have nearly two generations of

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In a recent edition of the Dunwoody Fan Magazine, a state representative pontificates on the matter of a "City of DeKalb", suggesting that all the presented reasons favoring a unified city/county government are not only borne of faulty logic, but are, in essence, evil. He points out, and rightly so, that by way of incorporation DeKalb would gain access to franchise fees, a clear grab for other

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-91932969896883843302010-02-12T08:36:00.000-05:002010-02-12T08:36:38.635-05:00

"How to Make a STRIKING SUNDIAL, by which not only a Man's own Family, but all his Neighbors for ten Miles round, may know what a Clock it is, when the Sun shines, without seeing the dial." Choose an open Place in your Yard or Garden, on which the Sun may shine all Day without any Impediment from Trees or Buildings. On the Ground mark out your Hour Lines, as for a horizontal Dial, according to

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You may be wondering why, over a year into official citydom, no road work has been done. Not even the former Dark Overlord's works-in-progress have, well, progressed. Turns out, that's because you don't know "work" when you see it. Refusing an interview, a City "payrollee" described what he called a "radical innovation" in road maintenance gleaned from a peculiar and serendipitous series of

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First, they voted themselves a gold-plated health insurance perk. Not a raise, mind you, but a "benefit". Then there were the "Bonuses Paid before Roads Paved". And we won't even go near the smell of a 40% increase in the City Attorney's budget (to over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars) without putting those services up for competitive bid. And now, for the second time, the City Council

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It comes as no surprise that Georgia has local LEO's patrolling interstates under the guise of public safety when in fact it is a nothing but a shameless act of taking. Nor that in addtion to taking money from non-voting, non-resident travellers, they divert resources away from the citizens they are sworn to serve, leaving them under-protected and over-taxed. Some say "there oughta be a law".

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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. In this year's session under the Gold Dome, legislators will consider two bills addressing in what way and to what extent our rights will continue to be infringed. In the Senate we have  Senate Bill 291 and in the House Georgia House Bill 615, both of

Sight Edmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577524150580486004.post-63992427267329893282010-01-01T07:32:00.002-05:002010-01-01T07:32:00.902-05:00

A neighbor recently asked why this blog doesn't allow reader comments and received the neighborly answer of "not sure anybody reads it and not interested in soliciting comments". After some reflection it was obvious this question deserved a more public and thorough lambasting. First, this is not your wailing wall, it's mine. You want one, then create your own. Then, for the most part, reader

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Opening last year with equal portions of fanfare and hype, the Dunwoody "Club and Café" is a relative newcomer to the greater Atlanta scene. The pre-opening hype designed to garner an enthusiastic local reception combined with the incessant, often embarrassingly harsh comparisons to the rival Dekalb's "Soul Food Station" all but guaranteed that reality would fall short of expectations. To obtain

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In the mid to late 1700's American colonists found themselves under the control of an imperialistic government so harsh in its restrctions and so demanding of the fruits of their labors, that they found it necessary to take up arms against what was then the legitimate government in America.   Their fight for freedom cost many their lives, some on the King's gallows, and put many more lives and

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