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gies and practices.
. But the DA position would be
a change of sides for the lawyer
who is currently practicing crimi
nal defense and personal injury
law as a senior partner in the firm
Conrad and Abernathy.
■“lt’s a very interesting change
in lifestyle and direction. I want to
try. the other side,” he said.
Morris is no stranger to
Forsyth County and its prosecutor
ial methods.
Currently an assistant district
attorney, he has been involved in
the prosecution of cases even
before passing the Bar in 1993.
i Morris interned under District
Attorney Garry Moss while
attending law school, and started
working for the Blue Ridge
Circuit immediately after gradua
tion.
i “I enjoy what I’m doing here. I
wouldn’t want to do anything else
other than prosecute,” he said.
- Smith has seen several differ
ent sides of the legal system since
passing the Bar in 1979.
While working in a private
practice handling civil litigation
and criminal defense, Smith also
sdrved as a municipal court judge
Opposition to development continuing
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
• Residents living near a defec
tive sewage treatment plant in the
Lanier Beach South area will have
to wait at least 30 more days for a
decision from the Forsyth County
Commission on whether a 36-clus
tdr home subdivision can start
development near the site.
■ About 60 residents of the area
showed for a May 27 public hear
ing on Deep Cove Inc.’s proposal
to build the subdivision on nine
acres at the end of South Shore
Lane and South Shore Circle. The
development is contingent on a
decision by the state
Environmental Protection Division
oh repairs for the plant. Action
could take the form of a moratori
um on tap-ins to the system, which
would delay development, accord
ing to sources.
Residents have complained that
allowing the subdivision will bring
a plague of traffic and stormwater
runoff, hurt the environment and
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in the city of Canton and as assis
tant juvenile court judge for the
Blue Ridge Circuit.
He unsuccessfully ran for the
district attorney position in 1996,
though he carried the Forsyth
County vote.
The position is one, he says,
which will keep him busy.
“I consider it to be an exciting
challenge,” he said.
All three applicants said paper
work and the organizational set-up
of the new circuit will be the most
burdensome aspect of taking over
the office.
But each applicant has areas
they hope to focus on if selected.
“I’ve seen an increase of crime
on a larger scale,” said Abernathy.
He said recent drug and stolen car
rings show a trend of serious,
organized crime moving into the
suburbs, something he would
focus his efforts to combat.
Morris said domestic violence,
drugs and vehicular homicides and
fatalities are the areas which are
increasing rapidly in the DA’s
office, and the areas he would
actively pursue.
“I would like to see aggressive
prosecution of these crimes,” he
lower property values for existing
homes. In addition, they say the
commission shouldn’t approve the
project based on the fact that the
treatment plant needs repairs.
Despite the complaints on non
sewage related issues, the county’s
Planning Commission has recom
mended approval of the project
contingent on the EPD’s approval
that the plant “will handle the
amount of sewage” which will be
created by the families moving
into the homes. Jennifer Daniels of
the EPD has said that the plant
does have the capacity to handle
the proposed development. The
EPD also is “contemplating”
enforcement action based on its
study of the management and
equipment at the facility.
District 5 Commissioner Julian
Bowen asked that the board delay
a decision on the matter for at least
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said.
Smith would like to concen
trate on Forsyth County’s youth.
“I would like a greater empha
sis on juvenile prosecution. You
can make a difference with juve
niles,” he said.
Smith said concentrating
efforts to work with the current
system could help keep children
out of the courts for the rest of
their lives.
The GBI background checks
are expected to be completed in
the next two weeks.
Governor’s office spokesper
son Amanda Hamilton said the
three candidates would then be
interviewed by Mark Cohen, exec
utive council for the governor. The
appointment would be made sev
eral days later, Hamilton said.
Whoever is selected as district
attorney would serve until the
2000 election when they would be
eligible to run for a full, four-year
term.
According to Frank Hamilton,
president of the Forsyth County
Bar Association, the court split
will be celebrated during a July 1
swearing-in of court officials on
the courthouse steps.
30 days to give time for the EPD
to make a decision. The commis
sioners heard both sides on May
27, but as is standard procedure,
didn’t vote.
Local attorney Emory
Lipscomb, representing the devel
opers, said his clients have agreed
with the Planning Commission’s
restriction regarding EPD
approval. “We’ll not proceed with
the project until we get EPD
approval to hook into the sewer
system,” he told the commission
ers.
Lipscomb argued that his client
also has altered the density of the
project from the original 54 con
dominiums to 36 cluster homes in.
response to residents’ complaints.
He added that the proposed devel
opment is compatible with others
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Hamil argued that the reduction to 130 was “a
number pulled out of the air” with no apparent rea
son. Gravitt responded that he doubted that the
Planning Commission just set an arbitrary number.
He said he believes the reduction in the density of the
proposed development is recognition of the agricul
tural uses surrounding it. “What is the Planning
Commission for? I don’t think they just pulled a
number out of the air,” he commented.
Another fear that residents have is that the new
development will aggravate an already acute prob
lem with traffic congestion.
District 4 Commissioner Andy Anderson asked
Hamil how his client plans to address “the problem of
traffic coming off Holtzclaw Road onto 369” given
that he wants to add 130 homes to the area. “I come
by there every day and people just can’t get out onto
369,” he noted.
District 5 Commissioner Julian Bowen said the
county is working with the developer to put traffic
signals at the intersection.
Gravitt offered this comment on the impact the
‘Old business’ of Shady Shores returns
By Phillip Hermann
News Editor
District 5 Commissioner Julian
Bowen recently apologized to resi
dents of the Shady Shores area
because their appeal for paving
and more fire protection was
placed on the May 27 agenda
under “new business.”
Bowen noted that the com
plaints are really “old business,”
adding that he would “ ... give up
the rest of my hair to fix this prob
lem.” Complaints over inadequate
roads and the lack of fire protec-
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tion for residents of the area near
Lake Lanier date back to 1963,
Bowen said.
Greg Hester spoke as the repre
sentative* for residents of the area.
He said that new housing starts in
the area are making a bad situation
worse, putting additional strains
on the roads and utilities. In addi
tion, Hester wanted to know why
some roads are paved and others
not, warning the commissioners
that the U.S. Postal Service is pre
pared to discontinue service to the
community if the roads are not
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development would have on traffic: “We’re going to
be hounded by the traffic and it’s the devil now." -'
The commission is expected to make its decision*
on Reece’s application at its next meeting slated for
Monday, June 8 meeting. There will not be another
public hearing on the matter.
In another zoning-related matter, the County.
Commission voted unanimously to approve a request
by James A. Thompson Jr., for a Home Business Use,
Permit to allow him to operate a woodworking shop,
from his home on Old Alpharetta Road.
Commission Chairman Bill Jenkins made the.
motion to approve the permit, but deleted a portion of
Thompson’s request that would have allowed him to',
a have showroom for his products.
At the commission’s public hearing on the request
in early May, one resident had spoke in opposition to
allowing a business in a residential area. Jenkins said
that he believes Thompson has the right to operate a
home business, provided that he follows county
guidelines such as limited parking to the back of the
home.
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paved and repaired.
Lastly, Hester said the situation
represents a public safety risk
because there arc no fire hydrants..
The situation is so acute, he said
that recently a fire truck was
unable to make a turn on one o£ :
the area’s roads and had to back its <
way out. He made reference to a •
recent fire that destroyed a home f
in the area, saying that it’s an >
example of the problem facing res
idents. It should be noted that ;
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