“Superintendent shall promptly notify the Board of issues which could result in potential financial or reputational exposure to the district.” Section 2, Line 12 of Superintendent Gyimah Whitaker’s contract with City Schools of Decatur. Last month CSD’s board opened an…
Decatur's school superintendent says her husband's podcast has nothing to do her work. Her husband disagrees.
What do I know about the New Markets Tax Credit program that I didn’t learn in the past hour? Zero. What did I learn in the past hour? I learned NMTC was created to help economically distressed communities attract private…
Is it too much to ask of Decatur's school board that it exercises the same level of fiscal and political due diligence as a diner considering the fish entrée? I'm worried the answer is yes.
It is practical for Decatur to help people who live near busy commercial districts by banning non-resident parking on certain residential streets. I just want the city to price exclusive parking rights fairly. The city is proposing charging residents on…
I support CSD’s commitment to providing quality early childhood education to everyone in Decatur, regardless of their family’s ability to pay preschool tuition. As Superintendent Whitaker noted at March 25’s school board community meeting in Oakhurst, the best way to…
I’m for early childhood education. I’m also for my local government not sneering at my questions.
In 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted a coup at a beer hall in Munich. He got away with a slap on the wrist and held rallies at the beer hall celebrating the coup’s anniversary. In 1939, Georg Elser tried and failed…
For the December 25, 2003 issue of Creative Loafing, I reviewed a Kmart. By the way, my dad really did buy me a vacuum that year. As part of its effort to emerge from the K-Hole of bankruptcy, Kmart is…
Congratulations Cheryl Kortemeier, the new Decatur City Commissioner for District 2 (my district!). There are a handful of people who show up and work hard at every neighborhood or school event that needs volunteers. Cheryl is one of them. We’re…
