State Rep. Karla Drenner, D-Avondale Estates, left no room for doubt on Wednesday in her remarks to residents of the Katie Kerr neighborhood. Drenner, speaking in the chapel of Columbia Presbyterian, said that while Katie Kerr was ...
This post has been updated. Avondale Estates is in a tough spot right now. The positive vibe of the city’s downtown renaissance has been overshadowed by the poor-handling of the annexation issue by its elected officials. ...
This story has been updated. Avondale’s leadership apparently changed their minds prior to an Oct. 27 special called meeting. At their Oct. 15 work session, commissioners said they would postpone voting on a resolution asking state Rep. ...
Avondale Estates City Manager Clai Brown said Thursday that the city plans to fill a job opening for a “permit concierge,” a position proposed by the city’s former mayor. Ed Rieker, who resigned on Oct. ...
Terry Giager will say it up front: he’s not interested in being the mayor. But it wasn’t his choice. Ed Rieker resigned on Oct. 2, leaving Giager, who was the mayor pro tempore, in charge ...
Avondale Estates officially has a new mayor. Four City Commissioners on Oct. 20 voted unanimously to accept the resignation of Ed Rieker, who announced Oct. 2 that he was resigning to take a university teaching ...
This story has been updated. Avondale’s City Commission has a short but important meeting Monday. City Commissioners will consider a vote to accept the resignation of Ed Rieker as mayor and set a special election, ...
This story has been updated. Avondale Estates City Commissioners faced another large, frustrated crowd during their Oct. 15 work session and decided to postpone voting on a resolution asking state Rep. Karla Drenner to file ...
Ed Rieker announced his resignation as Avondale Estates mayor on Oct. 2, but technically is still the mayor, according to the city’s attorneys. Rieker has announced he has no intention of returning after his supporters started ...
DeKalb Farmers Market owner Robert Blazer would rather stay in unincorporated DeKalb County, but if new cities form around him, he may not have a choice. Blazer recently said that he’d rather join a bigger ...