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SPECIAL
Mayor-elect Rusty Paul visits with reporters on Nov. 6.
Rusty Paul previews the next
four years as mayor
BY DAN WHISEMIWT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
A day after being elected mayor of
Sandy Springs, Rusty Paul invited re
porters to City Hall for a question-and-
answer session.
It didn’t have any of the trappings
normally associated with press confer
ences held by elected officials. There was
no microphone or podium. It was held
in the office of city spokeswoman Sha
ron Kraun. Paul sat at a small table in
front of a whiteboard, wearing his suit
and tie. Members of the media dropped
in sporadically to shoot the breeze.
Paul said he’s keeping his victory in
perspective. He said after a long election
night, his dogs woke him.
“The dogs decided they needed to go
out at 6:30 a.m.,” Paul said. “They don’t
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care.
The Paul era as mayor of Sandy
Springs begins on Jan. 7. On Nov. 5, he
easily defeated challenger Bob Brown
for the job, winning 80 percent of the
vote.
Paul’s style is more casual than that of
his predecessor, Mayor Eva Galambos.
Galambos tends to keep her media ap
pearances concise and controlled. Paul’s
open invitation wasn’t about any topic
in particular, but the questions from re
porters focused on the next four years.
Paul jokes that he’ll have “big high
heels to fill” if he wants to live up to
Galambos’ reputation.
Paul said the support he received and
the support Galambos received in pre
vious elections “is a reinforcement of
the common vision” shared by Sandy
Springs residents.
He said city residents shouldn’t ex
pect big changes. The city’s contractors
will remain in place, and he has no plans
to change the city’s top staffers, such as
City Manager John McDonough. He
will also keep his day job as a lobbyist
while serving as Sandy Springs mayor.
Paul will be working alongside sever
al new council members. At the end of
this term, the only person returning to
City Council who has served since the
city incorporated in 2005 is District 5
Councilman Tibby Dejulio.
Paul was on the original council, too,
but didn’t seek re-election after a term as
a councilman. He stayed involved with
the city and served on its Charter Com
mission. He hopes to use his experience
in government to mentor his new col
leagues on the City Council.
“At least 50 percent of the council
never served on a council before, which
I think is exciting,” Paul said. He said
the changing roster of council members
over eight years is unusual for a city of
Sandy Springs’ size.
Some of the new council members
will be familiar to Paul. He said he per
sonally recruited Graham McDonald to
run in the District 3 race, and McDon
ald will replace outgoing City Council
man Chip Collins.
Paul said the city’s downtown revital
ization project will be the biggest chal
lenge he’ll deal with in the next four
years.
“It’s about a vision,” Paul said. “One
of the reasons I got elected, I was able
to define what the vision will be. We’re
in the middle of a process now. We’ll
make those decisions as we go through
the summer.”
He said he’s not interested in making
downtown Sandy Springs a carbon copy
of downtowns in other cities.
“You can’t take somebody else’s idea
and recreate it somewhere else,” Paul
said. “You have to create something
uniquely Sandy Springs.”
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