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The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker and Stone Mountain.
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Nonprofit group
seeks end to
sign clutter
by Andrew Cauthen
andrew@dekalbchamp.com
South DeKalb resident Arthur Davis is on a
campaign against illegal signs.
“It’s a pollution in our area,” said Davis,
standing near the intersection of Panthersville
and Flat Shoals roads, where six signs line a side
street. One sign advertises Wyndham Fall Estates,
a subdivision two miles away. Another sign is for
Elite Academy & Learning Center, a daycare that
is no longer there.
Davis, as a DeKalb County Code Compliance
neighborhood ambassador, has been trained to
identify issues regarding illegal signs, improp
erly parked vehicles, open storage of trash and
See Clutter on page 15A
Arthur Davis, a member of Strategies to Achieve Restoration Today Inc., stands in front of a cluster of signs he says should
be removed. Photo by Andrew Cauthen
Clean Streams Task Force says ‘no’ to ‘poop in our creeks’
by Carla Parker
carla@dekalbchamp.com
Environmentalists are tired of
human waste flowing in the South
River and want the public to know
about it.
The Clean Streams Task Force
held a “Cut the Crap” rally at the
Custer Avenue Combined Sewer
Overflow Facility in Atlanta March
28, in honor of World Water Day
2015. The overflow facility is the
only remaining source of combined
sewer pollution affecting South
River.
Protestors held signs that said
“Poop in Our Creeks-that’s OK
with EPA” and “Better Fix It While
We Can” while chanting as drivers
drove by. Jacqueline Echols, presi
dent of the South River Watershed
Alliance (SRWA), said the purpose
of the rally was to raise public
awareness about the combined
sewer overflow issue that has been
going on for 15 years.
See Streams on page 15A
A man wearing a toilet costume joined environmentalists during a rally at the Custer Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow Facility. Photo by
Carla Parker
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