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COMMUNITY
Outgoing mayor, councilwoman receive tributes
BY DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
DAN WHISENHUNT
District 6 Sandy Springs City Councilwoman Karen Meinzen McEnerny
addresses supporters during a farewell party on Nov. 24.
Two of the first people to hold elect
ed office in Sandy Springs are making
the rounds of a farewell tour.
Mayor Eva Galambos and District
6 Sandy Springs City Council member
Karen Meinzen McEnerny both decid
ed not to seek re-election this year after
serving two terms.
Wendell Wil
lard said a few
words about
Galambos, his col
league and friend,
during a Nov. 18
breakfast honoring
her.
Willard, a
state representa
tive and Sandy
Springs City Attor
ney, told Galambos
that she’ll be hear
ing similar tributes
until she official
ly leaves office in
January. She is the
city’s first mayor and served two terms
before deciding not to seek a third.
“I know you don’t like for people to
fawn on you,” Willard said. “I want you
to forget about it for the next six weeks.”
The Sandy Springs/Perimeter Cham
ber of Commerce organized the Nov. 18
event, held at The Retreat at Villa Chris
tina in Sandy Springs.
Galambos’ political and business
persona is well documented. She was
first elected in 2005 after spending
years trying to get
a Sandy Springs
cityhood referen
dum on the bal
lot. She holds a
Ph.D. in econom
ics from Geor
gia State Univer
sity and a master’s
degree in labor
and industrial re
lations from the
University of Illi
nois. Her husband
is John Galambos,
a retired gastroen
terologist. She has
three children and
six grandchildren.
City Councilwoman Dianne Fries
told the audience that few people know
Galambos’ nickname around City Hall:
Eva Knievel. Fries recalled a few of her
experiences riding in a car with Galam
bos behind the wheel. She remembered
a ceremony marking the paving of one
of the city’s roads. When the crowd
turned to see if the notoriously punctual
mayor was on her way, they caught sight
of her car lifting off into the air after she
barreled over a speed bump.
Other speakers said that Galambos
often recruited them into serving on dif
ferent boards for the fledgling city. Re
fusing Galambos’ requests wasn’t an op
tion, they said.
Bruce Alterman, owner of The Brick-
ery, said he met Galambos shortly after
he opened his restaurant. “I’m still not
sure how found myself on the board of
Sandy Springs Revitalization a few weeks
later,” Alterman said. “I found myself
sitting across the table from Galambos
on a sign committee.”
Mayor-elect Rusty Paul, who served
with Galambos on the city’s first coun-
“If [Meinzen McEnerny] had
wanted to stand again (for
re-election), she would’ve
won, and she would’ve
won by a landslide. She’s
always understood the
issues that affect us.”
- CHRIS CRAMER
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