There’s growing concern among residents in the Medlock Park neighborhood about Decatur’s annexation plans, despite perceptions that the Legislature has no real appetite for pursuing any annexation bills this year. A letter that ran on ...
The state Legislature will begin meeting Monday, Jan. 11. State Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, recently offered a preview of what legislators will be considering this year. Issues on the agenda this year include a ...
State Rep. Karla Drenner is hosting a town hall meeting in Avondale Estates on Jan. 5. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m. It will be held at City Hall, located ...
A group of Avondale Estates residents wants to get ahead of a proposal to annex more residents into the city before it comes up again in the Legislature. One idea is raising private money for ...
The Clairmont Heights Civic Association is making an appeal to the Georgia Legislature to block the Decatur annexation proposal unless an Atlanta annexation proposal also moves forward. CHCA released a statement Monday morning regarding the ...
This story has been updated. State Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, intends to introduce three annexation bills today, but told Decaturish that the bills may not be successful before the end of the current session. ...
This story has been updated. By Dena Mellick DeKalb County School Board member Marshall Orson is responding to a report by CBS 46 news that said he has allegedly been secretly supporting Atlanta annexation. He told Decaturish ...
This story has been updated. Georgia House Reps. Michele Henson and Karla Drenner released a joint statement Wednesday, heralding their introduction of legislation to allow a referendum to create the city of Winship. In the emailed statement, ...
This story has been updated. A bill for the city of Winship has been introduced in the House as HB 612. Georgia House Representatives Michele Henson, D-Stone Mountain, and Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, are listed ...
By Carey O’Neil, contributor State Rep. Karla Drenner said she just doesn’t know whether an Avondale Estates annexation bill would be in the best interest of the city. “I don’t have an opinion one way ...