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Name: Joseph Geierman
Nickname: Joseph
Member since: 2006-01-04 08:47:53
Website URL: http://doraville.org
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Tom Hart Trial
December 25th, 2009 at 12:57 amI haven’t really been paying attention to this thread – I don’t get e-mail updates for items that I don’t post myself. A quick glance indicates that it has gotten derailed into personal attacks and name-calling, so I am going to lock the thread & may go through later and delete some of the comments.
Please remember that it’s OK to disagree, but comments should not focus on personal attributes of others.
Reviewing Tuesday's Meeting (Roche vs. Maxwell)
November 1st, 2009 at 9:48 pmIf you can get the copy of the video to me, I’d be happy to upload it and put it online so people can make their own judgement.
Doraville Candidate Forum - Tuesday, October 13
October 11th, 2009 at 9:00 pmThis conversation has fallen a bit far off the rails, since the original post was only about the upcoming candidate forum. To prevent it from getting any farther out of hand, I am going to close this thread. See you all at the candidate forum!
Town Hall Meeting on Doraville GM Property
October 8th, 2009 at 8:09 pmThere is another thread about this issue on Peach Pundit
Town Hall Meeting on Doraville GM Property
October 4th, 2009 at 5:56 pmI want to remind everyone to please stay on topic. This post was about the GM property, not Jill Chambers’ record on MARTA.
DeKalb Pondering a Purchase of GM Site
September 21st, 2009 at 5:34 amBob Roche just sent me a note letting me know that Dekalb’s plan is also to build a football stadium there. That wasn’t clear to me in the conversation we had on Sunday.
DeKalb Pondering a Purchase of GM Site
September 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pmThat was according to Bob Roche. According to him the council has been briefed on this by the county & met in a special session to discuss it on Friday.
Follow-Up: Falcons Stadium at GM Plant Site
September 14th, 2009 at 8:54 pmI’ve been fooled before, but I am inclined to believe he is really a planner based on the e-mail address he registered with.
Follow-Up: Falcons Stadium at GM Plant Site
September 14th, 2009 at 8:35 pmEverything I have heard from a number of sources leads me that the property is zoned for industrial only. I am still concerned that our council people – for whatever reason – may decide to zone the site to M-1.
2009 City Council Candidates Announced
September 12th, 2009 at 10:48 pmIn Northwoods, I’ve seen signs for Spangler, Bates, Hart and Calvert. Oakcliff Rd was plastered with Spangler signs when I drove through it last weekend. I don’t think everyone will fully ramp up until October, though.
2009 City Council Candidates Announced
September 7th, 2009 at 7:08 amKaren Pachuta sent me her campaign website, so I added it here. I hope some more candidates set up websites with information about their campaign as well.
2009 City Council Candidates Announced
September 5th, 2009 at 1:39 pmEleanor: thanks, I added his name. There are a lot of people running for that Oakcliff seat. Makes me think there might be a run-off.
Buford Hwy Lighting
June 14th, 2009 at 5:38 pmWe drove out of McClave towards 285 today, and I noticed that a light in the median of Buford Hwy had been knocked over. Someone must have run into it. I hope it gets replaced!
Changes: Updated Site Design and Facebook Integration
April 28th, 2009 at 9:48 amRegarding front page posting privileges – please send a sample of what you would like to post to “Joseph [at] doraville.org.” You will also need to post using your full first and last names.
New Doraville Business Associaton
April 15th, 2009 at 10:07 pmAfter following up with the person who sent this, she informed me that this event requires an invitation. Contact the person listed above if you’d like to be invited.
Long term relocation of Doraville government buildings
March 13th, 2009 at 2:58 pmJust spoke to Bob Roche, who believes we should be holding onto the current money in city reserves to eventually invest in capital improvements to the city (like moving the police building next to K-Mart). Sounds interesting. I would like to hear about what ever happened to the “city plan.”
Doraville Has $1.2 Million Budget Shortfall
March 11th, 2009 at 10:40 amI was just having a conversation about this – wondering why there aren’t more office buildings in Doraville. Obviously, the current economic climate (and office space glut in Midtown and Buckhead) is not really amenable to any new construction right now… but with the close proximity to MARTA and 3 freeways (85, 285 and 400), you would think this would be a prime area for offices.
I’ve always thought that the city-government compound was a poor use of land – although I’m not sure now is the right time to do anything about that.
Doraville Has $1.2 Million Budget Shortfall
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:50 amGH: I’ve had the same thoughts regarding the high-speed rail that is now being talked about for Atlanta. Why build it all the way to Downtown when you could build it to Doraville and let people take MARTA to wherever they need to go in the city from there? That solution would also allow Atlanta to keep working on the belt-line project without it requiring any major changes.
Doraville Has $1.2 Million Budget Shortfall
February 12th, 2009 at 8:43 amA lot of expenditures in the police department like the cop-cars & some other police equipment are funded outside the regular city budget – the police get to keep a percentage of what they confiscate in drug busts. What they can use that money for is very limited for. I have a feeling that maintenance on all those cars (and tanks) must fall within the city’s regular budget. Someone else probably knows better.
Falcons Stadium in Doraville GM Plant Site
December 28th, 2008 at 11:46 pmI am well aware that the bottom has fallen out of the market for almost all developments right now. Those that have financing are carefully considering their next moves, and most others cannot get financing at all as things stand.
Even if that’s the case, though, I don’t think the city should leap at any “development” idea that is presented just because it will be good for the developers. If the land where the GM Plant is located gets locked into a football stadium scheme, that is basically sealing the fate of this city for years to come.
Those of us who live here would experience increased traffic, great expanses of parking lots, and probably see no uptick in businesses that serve locals. Looking at it as a home-owning citizen and a voter, I don’t see how this would help my already struggling property values.
I just hope that careful consideration to these ideas is given, and a full and fair evaluation of the consequences be made.
Sidewalks - Part 1 - A Doraville Plan Is Needed
November 15th, 2008 at 8:36 pmI agree. I also think that there should be more sidewalks in the busy streets in our neighborhood. There are too many times when you have whole families walking down the middle of the street in the dark because there s no sidewalk. It’s dangerous.
Who are the Citizens for DeKalb?
November 9th, 2008 at 5:03 pmThe Mayor has said that there will have to be a re-vote. My question is would that re-vote happen on Dec 2 with the run-off elections, or would it be held at some other time in the future?
Election Results
November 5th, 2008 at 10:52 pmAllen: I updated the numbers based on the new AJC total. They match up closer to what Bob Roche says he has seen at city hall. I’ll make changes if there are any other big swings.
Bob Roche Will Try to Push Gender Identity Non-Discrimination Policy through Monday Night's City Council
November 5th, 2008 at 11:46 amCongratulations, Bob – great work on pushing this through! I know it was one of your campaign goals since being elected to office, and I’m glad you were able to make it happen.
Congratulations to all the council members who voted for this, also. This does a lot to help make Doraville stand out (in a good way) in Metro Atlanta.
Election Day Thread
November 5th, 2008 at 11:43 amI’ll post final results when they come through. It looks like Jill Chambers has probably won her re-election, although not all the votes are in yet. The homestead exemption for seniors in Doraville did pass by a large margin. Strangely, the annexation vote has not been counted at all yet – and I am wondering if that has something to do with the confusion that Dave has been writing about for the past several weeks.
The secretary of state website does not have the annexation issue listed (that I can find), so I suggest tracking results for Dekalb County on the AJC website here:
http://projects.ajc.com/election-results/2008/11/04/dekalb-county/