Inside
Just smokin'
Tax plan for fire department
raises residents’ ire
COMMUNITY 4
Flower power
He’s more than just a
‘lawn mowing’ guy
AROUND TOWN 12
Set change
Georgia Shakespeare
rethinks business model
OUT & ABOUT 14-15
Country strong
Rustic Buckhead store serves
up gas, gossip and burgers
COMMUNITY 18-19
Rock of ages
Davis Academy notes
anniversary with CD
EDUCATION 22-23
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JUNE 14 - JUNE 27,2013 • VOL. 4 - NO. 12
It's cool in the pool
PHIL MOSIER
Olivia Langell, left, and Caroline Seelke, members of the “Gators,” The Branches Club swim
team, ready themselves for action against the Chastain Park Athletic Club’s “Tidal Waves”
on June 4, at The Branches Club pool in Dunwoody. More photos on page 30.
‘Discourteous’ email Planning commission
charged to Bonser backs hotel, again
BY MELISSA WEINMAN AND JOE CARLE
The ethics battles continue among Dunwoody city officials.
The Dunwoody Board of Ethics on June 12 found City Coun-
cilwoman Adrian Bonser had violated the city’s ethics code by
sending “discourteous” messages during an email exchange with a
constituent. The board voted to recommend that Dunwoody City
Council publicly reprimand Bonser.
“I think there was a technical breach of the ethics code as to
courtesy,” Ethics Board Chairman Steven Blaske said. “We are try
ing to hold our public servants to the highest possible standard,
and courtesy was in the code.”
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BY JOE EARLE
joeearle@reporternewspapers. net
A planned hotel development on Ashford Dunwoody Road has
won approval from the Dunwoody Planning Commission. Again.
The commissioners on June 11 voted 3-0, with Chairman Bill
Grossman abstaining and three commissioners absent, to approve
the Sterling Point development, which proposes a hotel, a restau
rant, and shops on 11.53 acres at the corner of Ashford Dunwoody
and Perimeter Center North.
The commission first approved the development on April 23,
but Dunwoody City Council last month sent the proposal back to
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