Monday, June 10, 2019

Gadfly? Really?

The Dunwoody Reporter lists a local activist as a "sign gadfly." Maybe, but what he is actually doing is making vocal arguments in support of the rule of law. How does that make him a gadfly? Simple. He's pointing out that the true offender is the City of Dunwoody that systematically and consistently ignores the very laws they put on the books. Why? Because business owners and developers don't like them and City politicos and bureaucrats like them more than they like us.

Leading the charge for the City, strictly on the propaganda front, is Lynn Deutsch, who will beat the drum but only to call the time for a mercenary consultant, who will, behind closed doors, craft the sign ordinance suited to the City, their business owners, and developer buddies. This effectively removes the process from public scrutiny. They will hold "public forums" for the purpose of whitewashing the process and putting the right checks in procedural boxes. These will be public theatre, infomercials intended to get us to accept, even like, something decidedly NOT in our best interests.

Want something to really scare your mule? Think of this: Lynn Deutsch and her BFF "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Pam Talmadge are going to drive and supervise the re-write of the Village Overlay. Be on the lookout for "vibrancy."