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Inside
Education
Guide
Winter 2014
PAGES 11-26
Redo, reload
City website getting
a makeover
COMMUNITY 5
Desert rider
He rides his bike across
Israel to raise funds
MAKING A DIFFERENCE 8-9
Lasting legacy
MLK’s home, church
all part of tour
OUT & ABOUT 30-31
Problem solvers
Overall crime trending
down, says police chief
PUBLIC SAFETY 38
Dun woody
Reporter
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JAN. 10 - JAN. 23,2014 • VOL. 5 - NO. 1
Page 1Q
Listen up!
PHIL MOSIER
Violinist Nadir Khashimov, accompanied by pianist Alexander Ullman, center, with Dilbar Khashimov,
right, performs at St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Dunwoody on Jan. 5. Both musicians are with The
Russian School #1, held at the church, which provides resources for 35,000 local Russians. Right, Kristina
Makarova tells her son Peter, 6, left, and Andrei Ivanov, 8, center, to “hush” prior to the concert.
Forming more new cities
could decrease HOST
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
As Brookhaven rounded out its first year as a city, officials happily
announced plans to begin paving roads and building sidewalks.
“This is really, in my mind, one of the main reasons for cityhood,”
said Mayor J. Max Davis. “Now you’re actually seeing the results of
your city and your tax dollars at work. It really does hit home for me
about what this city is all about.”
Brookhaven will complete the roadwork using a portion of ap
proximately $5 million it received this year from a DeKalb County
sales tax called HOST, which stands for Homestead Option Sales Tax.
SEE HOST PAYOUTS, PAGE 32
Lawmakers have packed
agenda in new year
BY JOE EARLE AND MELISSA WEINMAN
North DeKalb lawmakers plan to be busy after the state Legisla
ture convenes Jan. 13.
They’re proposing a stack of new laws that, if approved, could cre
ate new cities, amend the state constitution to allow “new cities” to
start school systems, amend Dunwoody’s charter to allow the city to
collect money to finance a fire department, should it ever want one.
The problem? Lawmakers may run out of time.
“It’s going to be a very compressed session, just from a time stand
point,” said Rep. Tom Taylor (R-Dunwoody).
The session still will cover the usual 40 legislative days, but those
SEE CLOCK IS, PAGE 6
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