DeKalb

DeKalb looks to hire laid-off East Point firefighters

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

DeKalb County hopes to hire some of the firefighters who lost their jobs in East Point last week.

Dekalb CEO Debate

Drifting Through The Grift (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

There's an important race on July 15 and it's not for U.S. Senate. In the past 24 years, Dekalb County has had exactly three Chief Executive Officers. An extremely powerful but controversial position, many talk of altering or even eliminating the position in favor of a more traditional county chair. Yet, it is difficult to argue with that kind of stability. Once a CEO is elected, they tend to...

DeKalb enrollment drops; schools plan job cuts

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

DeKalb County schools Superintendent Crawford Lewis on Monday laid the groundwork for staff cuts that will affect hundreds of jobs. The plan represents a wholesale change for the system, which has long prided itself in protecting staff from the boot. No layoffs are imminent, but plans for them are under way and will start next summer.

GA-Sen: Obama Smacks Down Jones

Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

That has got to sting : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has not endorsed DeKalb CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones, despite a Jones' campaign flier that shows the two men's photos beneath the caption "Yes We Can." "I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him," Obama said Tuesday in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He put my picture...

• Obama: Jones used image without asking - ajc.com
• Snuggles Gets The Smackdown From The Messiah - Peach Pundit
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Snuggles Gets The Smackdown From The Messiah

Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Yikes. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has not endorsed DeKalb CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones, despite a Jones’ campaign flier that shows the two men’s photos beneath the caption “Yes We Can.” “I do not endorse him; I have not endorsed him,” Obama said Tuesday in an interview with The Atlanta [...]

Obama: Jones used image without asking

ajc.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Tuesday that he has not endorsed DeKalb CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones, despite a Jones' campaign flier that shows the two men's photos beneath the caption "Yes We Can."

Georiga: 1 dead in botched robbery

Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

DeKalb County, Georiga From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of July 3, 2008 1 dead in botched robbery A DeKalb County auto parts store employee shot and killed a would-be thief Thursday night during a botched armed robbery attempt, police said. DeKalb County police are still looking for a second would-be robber, who fled on foot after the shooting. Just before 10 p.m., police...

• 1 dead in botched robbery - ajc.com

Chamber of Commerce opposes Dunwoody cityhood

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce has decided to oppose the July 15 Dunwoody cityhood referendum.

DA: Spending probe no 'rush to judgment'

ajc.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's been two months since a grand jury in DeKalb County recommended an investigation of the county government's spending on consultants, and District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming still has the matter under review.

Senate candidate Jones: Obama needs me

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

DeKalb CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones said Monday that Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama needs his Senate campaign in order to win Georgia and the White House.

Suspicious Fire Destroys Newspaper Building: Two Arrested, Charged With Arson in DeKalb County Blaze

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

Two men were taken into custody after the fire, DeKalb County Sheriff Wes Raines said. Kevin Brumley, 19, of Maysville, and Wesley Leverenz, 18, a former Maysville resident, were charged later Thursday with the Class B felony of first-degree arson. Both men were taken to the Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail in Pattonsburg, Mo., pending arraignment. Cash bonds for each were set at $500,000....

Department of Interesting Datapoints

The Bellows (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008

... win central cities, he also won older suburban areas such as Oakland County (close to Detroit) and DeKalb County (next to Atlanta). There seems to be a tipping point for suburban counties; when they get dense enough, Democrats promising mass transit become more appealing than Republicans promising to protect gun ownership. The big question is why this shift happens. Do the people change...

Independence Day 2008

Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008

Several reporters from The New York Times board the Q train at DeKalb Avenue during the morning rush and marvel at the diversity of the 128 passengers in a single subway car and see “all the homelands, all the ages, all the professions” that comprise “New York City in the summer of 2008.” The Stiletto offers her [...]

1 dead in botched robbery

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

A DeKalb County auto parts store employee shot and killed a would-be thief Thursday night during a botched armed robbery attempt, police said.

Body found in rental car

ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

DeKalb County police are trying to identify a shooting victim found dead early Wednesday inside a rental car.