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PAGE 16—The Georgia Bulletin, August 2,1984
Straight Talk . . .
You Can’t Beat It
Elect
Manuel Maloof
DeKalb County’s Chief Executive Officer
Again.
Good Judgment Has Produced Good Government
“One of the reasons DeKalb County
government runs so well is that over the
years, where items need discussion, I
have worked with the Board of Com
missioners to get their input to resolve
any problems, thereby creating con
sensus among them. I set the agenda for
the Board meetings, and I am proud to
say that of the 3,209 votes cast in the
last three and a half years, 2,755 have
received unanimous support. Even my
opponent, who also serves on the Board,
has voted with me 97.8% of the time.”
Manuel J. Maloof
Chairman, DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
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Manuel Maloof Has . . .
• Worked with and supported over the
years the DeKalb Legislative Delegation’s
successful efforts to increase the homestead
exemption from $2,000 to $10,000, saving
each homeowner $320 a year.
• Worked with the General Assembly for
revenue-producing legislation such as the
life insurance premium tax.
• Resolved jail overcrowding by converting
existing facilities to a more efficient use
so that DeKalb did not have to build
the proposed $30 million jail
• Worked with DeKalb legislators to
implement the State’s takeover of the
juvenile detention center.
• Continued to deliver high quality county
services such as water, sewer, and sanita
tion at rates which are the lowest of any
county in the Metro area.
Added 104 public safety personnel.
Cut administrative costs by establishing
a central public safety training division.
Proposed a bond issue to build and equip
four new fire stations, approved over
whelmingly by DeKalb voters.
Elect Manuel Maloof DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer
Committee to Elect Manuel Maloof Again
P.O. Box 1546, Decatur, GA 30031
N. DeKalb Headquarters: Clairmont at N. Decatur Road
Phone: 320-1688
South DeKalb Headquarters:
1862 Candler Road - Phone: 284^037
Robert C. McMahan, Finance Chairman
Ted Marcus, Campaign Chairman
VOTE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
AUGUST 14
(Paid Political Advertisement)
Good Judgment
Has Produced
Good Government
If good judgment is an issue in this campaign, n
then Manuel Maloof must have excellent judgment. -
Of the 3,209 items on the agenda, the vast
majority of which are prepared by the Chairman,
3,125 or 97.4% received five or more votes out of
the possible seven. The Chairman s opponent who
is on the board voted in opposition to him only
2.2% of the time. The following chart shows the
strength, leadership, and ability of Manuel Maloof
to bring about positive change for DeKalb County,
and to work with his peers to get things done.
COMMISSION VOTES
(Business Meeting, Public Hearing and Zoning)
January 1981 through June 1984
Total Number of Items Voted Upon
by the Board 3,209
Items passed by 5 votes or more ,.. 3,125 or 97.4%
Items passed by 4 votes 84 or 2.6%
Items where opponent on board did not
vote with Chairman Maloof 71 or 2.2%
The Facts:
Manuel Maloofs
Record on the
Presidential Parkway
To set the record straight, Manuel
Maloof has always opposed and worked
against extension of the Stone Mountain
Freeway — before there was talk of a
Presidential Parkway.
Although he supports the building of
President Jimmy Carter’s library in the
Atlanta area, Manuel in 1982 supported
the Resolution adopted by the Board of
Commissioners opposing construction
of the Presidential Parkway.
Inasmuch as DeKalb County has no
authoritative voice in the final decision
that is made regarding the road, because
all of the road that is in DeKalb is in
Atlanta, Manuel Maloof decided he had
to do everything possible to protect
DeKalb and its residents.
At a meeting called by then-Governor
George Busbee of representatives of the
governments directly or indirectly im
pacted by the proposed road, the first
order of business for Manuel was to
extract a firm commitment that West
Ponce de Leon Avenue in unincor
porated DeKalb County would not be
widened whether or not the parkway is
built.
As long as Manuel Maloof is the
Chief Executive Officer of DeKalb
County, he will hold those responsible to
that promise.
Don’t forget to vote
in the
Democratic Primary,
Tuesday, August 14