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2 | DEC. 27, 2013 — JAN. 9,2014 | www.ReporterNewspapers.net DUN :1 t\arcu s itlanta *See atlantajcc.org for details. MJCCA SUMMER DAY CAMPS Fun, Friends, Activities, Adventures Free Bus Transportation including new Emory/Decatur Bus Stop! JOIN TODAY AND GET A FREE WEEK* OF SUMMER DAY CAMP!, • Indoor & Outdoor Camps • Open to Members & Community • New 6 Month Payment Plan • New Camps - Color War Camp - Creative Chefs Camp - EA Sports Camp - and more! REGISTER ONLINE starting January 12 | at 10:00 am for | returning campers and January 19 at 10:00 am for first- time campers. Download the 2014 Summer Day Camps Catalog at Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta atlantajcc.org/camps COMMUNITY DeKalb legislators skeptical new city bills will be approved BY MELISSA WEINMAN melissaweinman@reporternwspapers.net Some DeKalb County legislators question whether any of the bills for cre ating cities in central DeKalb will be ap proved during the upcoming legislative session. At a Dec. 19 town hall meeting in Brookhaven, members of DeKalb County’s legislative delegation discussed how to handle the competing efforts to create new cities. Three groups — the Lakeside City Al liance, the City of Briarcliff Initiative and Tucker 2014 — have all commis sioned feasibility studies and are angling for legislative approval to make their municipal dreams a reality. The problem is, all three proposed cities overlap in the area around Northlake Mall. “How are we going to resolve this mess?” Angela Trosclair of Tucker asked. “The question you ask is really some thing that worries me a lot,” said Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur. “Were about to do some serious dam- >5 age. Rep. Tom Taylor, R-Dunwoody, said he’s not sure there will be enough time to untangle the mess before the 40-day session of the General Assembly wraps up. Due to earlier primary elections this year, the Legislature will likely convene sometime in late April, Taylor said. “We’ve got an extremely compressed session,” Taylor said. “If any of these comes up — and I say if — because there’s a certain level of DeKalb and Fulton fa tigue [in the Legislature] ... if it’s not es sential, I don’t know that it’s going to happen this session.” Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, said he thinks the chaos surrounding the cityhood bills could be their demise. “Frankly, I can’t tell you what’s go ing to happen,” Jacobs said. “I think it makes the process more difficult, partic ularly this year.” Oliver said she thinks there needs to be a cohesive discussion or planning process for potential new cities and an nexations proposed by existing cities. “I think that discussion needs to go together in some way,” Oliver said. “Ev erything in my district is subject to one new city or another.” Jacobs said he doesn’t favor any sort of moratorium or master planning pro- □ □□ © Sandy Springs Youth Sports (SSYS) <3c SoSIball at the Morgan Falls Athletic Complex (450 Morgan Falls Place, just off Roswell Road) Now offering Coach Pitch/T-Ball starting at age 4! • 17 Batting Cages • 10 Fantastic Fields TONS of Parking • Easy, SAFE Drop-off/Pick-up areas Flex-pay options now available... Pay 25% down now, the rest in January! Visit www.sandyspringsbaseball.com for more information or to register Early registration with discount ends . January 4th ©^yi
