It's already February and a lot has happened and in happening in South Fulton...
- Can we do this again on Super Tuesday! Go VOTE!!!!
- The Superintendent Wilson is retiring in June... He was the third or forth Fulton Schools Super in a three year period...That's gotta be some kind of record. For the record Wilson did an admirable job under the circumstances. He'll be missed.
- There's a new Publix shopping center on Hwy 92 and the Parkway; getting very busy...The package store next to the Little Gym play center is rather odd though.
- "South Fulton Citizen" is shutting down; didn't know it existed until December, no circulation in the unincorporated areas that I could see... We'll keep on trying to keep folks informed through South Fulton Living.
- Cascade Road McDonald's has new owners; why is the notable? The staff was predominately black teens now it's predominately Hispanic; new Hispanic manager brought in his "own" crew; someone recently said that the influx of immigrants is not taking away jobs for blacks well I beg to differ. Young black folks should be allowed to earn a paycheck in their own community. I can careless what happens in other places.
- A few legislative matters that may effect South Fulton...HB900 could give us our LOST dollars...don't count on it, it's sponsored by South Fulton House delegation. The majority isn't in the mood to give favors to South Fulton. Interesting enough there is a bill that would require Fulton County to give the Special Service District reserves from 2006 to the north Fulton cities. "It's good to be king!"
- HB925 could create townships which would bring about local control and election for town supervisors this could be real interesting. There's also a companion House Resolution 1079 which would do the same. Last year, a Senate bill died in the House. Probably will pass, has majority support from my understanding.
- Fulton County passed its budget; nothing striking that I can recall. Oh yeah, the South Fulton Arts Center phase II should be ready by June and the amphitheater is breaking ground this year.
- If you have cable keep any eye on channel 25 Fulton County is taking over the channel through it Public Access Board of Directors. AT&T has filed a state-wide franchise application which means they could be offering service in the coming year or so to our area. I suspect north Fulton and Cobb will get first dibs.
- I've got to say something about the $70 million budget deficit facing Atlanta... How? From listening to the Finance Committee meeting there are no controls in place. Departments routinely overspend their budgets and the CFO has no say so? Oracle is not going to change mismanagement of funds and sloppy bookkeeping. The culture of the Atlanta city government has to change. How do you forget to fund Underground Atlanta? I suspect the deficit is much larger. Atlanta just recently start paying all employees on the same day. There's a lot of problems Shirley fixed but somehow she missed on this one. Job cuts have to be on the table. My heart goes out to those that will be caught up in this mess.
- Everyone dumps on Fulton County and its finances. Let me make this clear. Fulton County is in total control of its finances, department can't overspend their budgets. For almost the last ten - twelve year Fulton has had a surplus at the end of the year.
- Oh yeah, theres a vote coming up...time for a change...yes we can....vote Obama!
- Those are my thoughts. What's yours?
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7 comments:
Are you calling for a boycott of the McDonald's? If so, it didn't seem to work for the Publix across the street.
Bryant says: I live ten-to-twenty feet south of College Park, in unincorporated South Fulton County. The services by Fulton County are nill, very nill, non-existent even. I voted no to the City of South Fulton, and would like to be annexed into College Park, due to its proximity and to the City picking up steam.
In response to the lack of media, I heard through the grapevine that Atlanta Story editor Dominique Huff maybe starting his own online publication to cover South Fulton and Douglas County. I hope its true because we need some good media coverage down here. I plan on shooting him an e-mail (dh@exceptionalradio.com) and asking him to confirm or deny such. I would encourage the rest of you to do the same.
Looking at our area, i'm pushing hard for us to get a township. I really don't want to be annexed into an existing city (I live near Atlanta) and have property near the East Point line. I would like to see more growth within the industrial and office sector in our area along with alleviating traffic woes along Cascade and Camp Creek.
Bryant says: Camp Creek has gotten ridiculous since the opening of the MarketPlace. I always go in the backside, due to the back up at 285. Cascade is bad, too, especially at 285. The double left turn lane from Cascade East to I-285 north has alleviated some of the traffic woes.
As far as I can tell South Fulton is doing fine. Want more coverage of South Fulton send us the information.
Any word on where the "What Has Roger Bruce Produced" Scavenger Hunt will be?
It is sad when the state legislator from the 64th district runs robo calls with supporters talking about how he helped them with a high water bill or a MARTA bus belching fumes into someone's yard instead of his legislative record.
That's Clark Howard's job not a Georgia State Legislator, they are supposed to author and pass laws right?
Oh that's right not only does he have the distinction of not ever introducing a bill that got passed into law, when unincorporated South Fulton had the chance to gain $12 million plus in LOST tax revenue, Roger did not even bother to vote.
For this offense alone, voter who voter based on facts should send Roger "I did not produce" Bruce packing....
How long do you think it's going to be before these Obama voters realize that it was all smoke and mirrors? I've talked to some of these Obama people. They really think the world is going to change; they think everything's magically going to change, and they will continue to think so. But, it won't change! Things are going to get worse, even Obama is saying they're going to get worse. They're not going to get better. None of what he said is going to happen is going to happen.
The people who voted for Obama were delusional in the first place. Once you're delusional, you're always delusional. Why would these people to become rational about 30 minutes after noon on January 20th even though their lives aren't any better? Because they're going to continue to delude themselves into thinking their lives are better. It doesn't matter. He's going to be there. It's a cult.
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