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Conducting a voter education project for the citizens of DeKalb County, DeKalb Citizens Advocacy Council is releasing the results of a questionnaire sent to all qualified candidates for the offices of CEO and Board of Commissioners Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6. All but two of the twelve candidates responded and their responses are provided verbatim for voters to review prior to voting. Survey results can be found at these links:
CEO Candidate Questionnaire
BOC Candidate Questionnaire
Survey questions ranged from identifying how candidates propose to address the County’s challenges, to what they think about the Charter Review Commission’s recommendations and to whether or not they would support the County providing greater governmental accountability and transparency through the use of technology platforms such as OpenGov and an improved 311 system.
DeKalb voters went to the polls in November 2015…
Our goal is to educate the citizens of DeKalb County about county governance issues as well as to advocate for informed citizen engagement in local government. We have great concerns about compliance and transparency in county operations and we support legislation to improve both. During the 2019 and 2020 Georgia legislative sessions, for example, we successfully advocated to maintain the independence and strength of the Board of Ethics and the Ethics Officer position.
Resident of DeKalb County since 1987
Professor, Emory University
Practices as a clinical psychologist in the community
Unpaid chief of staff to a State Representative who is a member of the DeKalb Delegation. In this capacity, she has worked with the county, city governments, and various community agencies and programs.
Native Atlantan, grew up in DeKalb County/City of Atlanta in the 1990’s
Resident of unincorporated DeKalb County since 2014
More than twelve years of experience working in the federal government
Board Member, Pride Rings in Stone Mountain (PRISM)
Member, Rowland Allgood Durham Circle (RAD) Neighborhood Association
Member, Fountainhead Neighborhood Watch
Resident of DeKalb since 1972
Former President, Medlock Area Neighborhood Association (MANA)
Member, Civic Association Network (CAN)
Resident of DeKalb County since 1976
President, Thomson Park Civic Association
Former Program Chair, Civic Association Network (CAN)
Member, DeKalb County Charter Review Commission
Resident of DeKalb since 1985
Former member and chair, DeKalb County Board of Ethics
Member, Leadership DeKalb
– Board of Directors for four years
Board Member, Citizens of Victoria Estates (COVE)
Member, Civic Association Network (CAN)
Member, Blueprint to Restore DeKalb
Recipient of the 2015 Justice Robert Benham Community Service Award from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism and the State Bar of Georgia.
Resident of DeKalb County since 1970
Member, DeKalb County Charter Review Commission
Member, Leadership DeKalb
Member, Columbia Valley Community Association
Member, Restore DeKalb (Communications Chair)
Chair, Concerned Citizens in Opposition to Greenhaven – Advocating for an effective DeKalb County Government
Resident of DeKalb County since 1978
Education Program, Leadership DeKalb
President, Citizens of Victoria Estates (COVE), the civic association for Victoria Estates
Member, Blueprint DeKalb, sector leader for establishing the office of the independent internal auditor
Emory University Ambassador
Advisory Council, CHRIS 180
Resident of DeKalb County since 1992 and previously for 4 years
President 2017-18, Fall Festival Chair 2015-16, LaVista Park Civic Association
Executive Committee 2016-17, Board Member 2011-17, Leadership DeKalb
Coalition Member, DeKalb NAACP/DeKalb Remembrance Project
Member, DeKalb History Center
Member, Informed Georgians for Justice
Volunteer, Toco Hills Community Alliance
DeKalb Citizens Advocacy Council is proud to have support from members of the Blueprints to Redefine DeKalb Leadership Team (Blueprints I), citizens who researched best practices, drafted recommendations, and worked with legislators to achieve unanimous passage of the revised DeKalb County Code of Ethics and the new Office of Independent Internal Auditor, both of which were approved by 92% of voters in a 2015 referendum.