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A writer says efforts to privatize MARTA fail to recognize that many of the transit system’s financial troubles stem from a funding structure that was doomed to fail. 5

Team registration is under way for the Bike to Work Challenge to promote clean air in Atlanta. The first 100 people to register will receive water bottles and wristbands. 7

Rave reviews are pouring in for Southwest DeKalb graduate Christina Burroughs’ debut book of poetry, released on Sept. 21. 9

Transit, privatization don’t fit

Cycling to work encouraged

‘Words cut, tear and scar’

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Lithonia pastor puts ‘face’ on West Nile virus in DeKalb By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

When Gentry Doxey came down with a fever on Aug. 17, he thought nothing of it. “I figured it was the flu and I would be over it in three days,” he said. After three days of a fever of 101 and 103, Doxey, a real estate broker Gentry Doxey and pastor of Agape Christian Family Church in Lithonia, thought he had better go to the doctor. Despite the prescription he got,

his symptoms worsened over the next seven days. “I had the fever and headaches,” he recalled. “My ribs were on fire. I couldn’t hold my head down. I had to sleep sitting up.” Back to the doctor he went, and this time his physician felt a nodule in his neck. Tests revealed that Doxey, 44, had several blood clots and embolism. He was hospitalized at DeKalb Medical, and blood tests run by the hospital confirmed that he had the West Nile virus. The Georgia Department of Public Health reconfirmed the diagnosis. Doxey, who came forward this week “to put a face” on West Nile in DeKalb

County, said most people have never seen a victim of West Nile virus. “It’s real. It’s here,” he said. “Hey, it happened to me.” Doxey said he was shocked at his diagnosis because he didn’t fit the profile that he thought of as a West Nile virus victim. “I used to think the elderly, babies, and someone who had traveled extensively,” he said. “I hadn’t left the state or been out of the country – how could I have contracted West Nile?” Doxey is the fourth DeKalb resident to be sickened by the virus this year. . Please see WEST NILE, page 7

Curbside Recycling Now Free DeKalb residents can sign up for free curbside recycling at www. dekalbrecycles. com. Wednesday is pick-up day for recyclables.

500 sign up in first 36 hours of fee’s elimination By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

Curbside residential recycling is now free of cost in DeKalb County, and county officials are expecting to double the number of residences that recycle within a year. The DeKalb Board of Commissioners voted Sept. 25 to abolish the $30 fee that residents had been required to pay since the program launched in 2005. Within 36 hours of the vote, county spokesman Burke Brennan said 500 new subscribers had signed up. “That’s huge for us,” he said. The free recycling program replaces the second garbage pickup day countywide. At a Sept. 26 kickoff of the free program at the Central Transfer Station in Decatur, commissioners hailed Wednesday as a great day in the county. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime,” said the board’s presiding officer, District 3 Commissioner Larry Johnson. District 6 Commissioner Kathie Gannon said it is now time for everyone to get in on recycling. Since 2005, the program has attracted 34,000, or 21 percent, of potential subscribers. Pioneers have recycled 57,000 tons of paper, cardboard, newspapers, junk mail, magazines, catalogs and phone books, plastic and glass bottles and jars, and aluminum and tin cans. Gannon, who founded the county’s Green Commission, said the total is the equivalent weight of 9,500 elephants. “A special thanks to the people who paid the fees. They paved the way.” Gannon said the county wants everyone to start recycling “from the far ends of District 3 to the far ends of District 4.”

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“This is good for the environment,” she said. “This is good for taxpayers. It helps control sanitation costs, reduces the amount of waste that goes to the Seminole Road Landfill, and creates more green jobs.”

to control overall sanitation costs. With the program now free to join, the county is hoping to have 64,000 residences, or 40 percent of the 160,000 residences where it picks up trash, subscribing within a year. Gannon says each household recycles 1,600 pounds a year and the county hopes to divert 54.4 tons of garbage a year from its Seminole Landfill in Ellenwood. DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis, who did not attend the kickoff, said that “dropping the recycling fee keeps the county moving in the direction of being clean, green, safe and thriving.” “We think that by removing the cost barrier and increasing education on how and source: www.dekalbrecycles.com what to recycle, our citizens will embrace Recycling, which is already available in it,” he said. Residents can sign up at www.dekalb all county buildings, parks, and recreation centers, generates about $600,000 in revenues recycles.com. annually for the county from the sale of recyclables. Gannon said those funds are used Please see RECYCLING, page 3

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“Haiti’s people are suffering horrific displacement; lack of sanitation and clean running water; and deadly diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.”

Broadway veteran appearing in Chicago, the musical in Atlanta Veteran Broadway actress Kecia Lewis Evans will be onstage Oct. 4-7 in Atlanta as part of the hit Broadway musical “Chicago” at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Evans, whose Broadway credits include “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Big River,” “The Gospel at Colonus,” “Dreamgirls” and “Shrek,” plays Kecia Lewis Evans matron “Mama” Morton in the musical set amid the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s. “Chicago” includes murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery. It tells the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids. “Chicago” opened to rave reviews on Nov. 14, 1996, The hit Broadway musical “Chicago” comes to the Cobb Energy and now has the distinction of being the longest-running Performing Arts Centre for an Oct. 4-7 engagement.

Golf tourney to benefit Haiti’s needy families Golfers will tee off for 18 holes on Oct. 8 for the first Golf “Fore” Haiti Tournament at Heritage Golf Links in Tucker. The tournament is hosted by former Ambassador Andrew Young and nonprofit GIANT Global to benefit the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake. It supports GIANT Global’s Rural Health Initiative that serves thousands of needy families in Bouneau, Maniche and Les Cayes. Donations also benefit the Haiti Sister Hospital Initiative Isaie Jeanty Maternity Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Global Initiative’s co-founder, Dr. Alawode Oladele, said poor Haitians face horrendous living conditions. “Times are extremely tough right now economically for everyone,” said Oladele, medical director for the DeKalb Board of Health’s tuberculosis program. “However, Haiti’s people are suffering horrific displacement; lack of sanitation and clean running water; deadly diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis

and HIV/AIDS; and lack of basic health care.” Oladele said the people are resilient despite the natural disasters. “We are asking metro Atlanta’s businesses, charitable groups and caring students to help us raise $150,000 to cover the cost of mobilizing volunteer medical personnel and sorely needed health and food resources to save the lives of Haiti’s women and children.” Early bird prices before Oct. 1 are $115 per person and $400 for a team of four. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the official tee time is at 10 a.m. A banquet and silent auction will take place at 5 p.m. Banquet tickets are $35. Sponsorships are available, and donations are taxdeductible. Heritage Golf Links is at 4445 Britt Road. For more information, visit www.gianthaiti.org or call 404291-8506.

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American musical and fourth longest-running production in Broadway history. It won six 1997 Tony Awards, including best musical revival, and the Grammy Award for best musical cast recording. The national tour is directed by Scott Faris and choreographed by Gary Chryst. It has become a worldwide phenomenon with productions in 24 countries and 11 languages since 1996. The Atlanta shows are scheduled for 8 p.m. on Oct. 4-6 with 2 p.m. matinees on Oct. 6-7. Tickets are $22 to $70 plus service charges and are available at all Ticketmaster outlet locations, Ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. The box office, located at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway in Atlanta, is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Group discounts for 15 or more are available by calling 770-916-2855. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is at 2800 Galleria Parkway. For more information, visit www.gas-southbroad wayseries.com or www.chicagothemusical.com.

DeKalb Dems celebrate new office on Glenwood The DeKalb Democratic Party is hosting an Oct. 6 grand opening celebration for its new party and campaign office on Glenwood Road in Decatur. Local, state and congressional Democrats will be present for the 3 to 6 p.m. celebration. Between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. there will a caravan and canvassing. Volunteers are needed to help with voter registration, canvassing, and phone banking weekdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The office is at 3203 Glenwood Road. To volunteer, contact Sandra Austin at Sandra_Austin1@hotmail.com.

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“Nothing is more fundamental … than the right to vote. We must reject any attempts to curb citizens’ access to the ballot.”

Rally pushes to boost voter turnout By Carla Parker

With the looming Oct. 9 deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 presidential and general elections, elected officials and voting rights advocates gathered at the state Capitol on Sept. 25 to focus attention on the need for citizens to vote despite attempts to make it difficult. The occasion was a National Voter Registration Day rally and news conference in Atlanta, and the message was In Atlanta and across the country, activists rallied on Sept. 25 to focus about an assault on voters’ rights. attention on the need for citizens to vote despite barriers. When it was his turn at the microphone, 5th District U.S. Rep. John Lewis said some House Resolution 542, the “For the People” Voter people are trying to take away the right to vote. Protection Initiative, focuses attention on suppression “People died for that right, people struggled for that efforts like restrictive voter ID laws, which the Congresright,” said Lewis, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther sional Black Caucus says could hinder up to 5 million King Jr. register people to vote in the 1960s. “And there Americans from registering or casting a ballot. are forces in America today, not just in the American At least 34 states have introduced laws that would South, but all across our land that are trying to make it require voters to show photo ID in order to vote, and at hard and difficult for people to register to vote.” least 12 states have introduced laws that would require Fourth District U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson said Ameri- proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate, to regcans’ constitutional right to vote is under attack. ister or to vote. This year, states that have passed voter “Sweeping new state voter laws – including an end suppression laws account for 171 electoral votes, or 63 to same-day registration, cuts to early voting and voter percent of the 270 needed to win the presidency. ID laws – create barriers for millions of voters,” he said. Atlanta’s “For the People” event was among dozens “Nothing is more fundamental in our democracy than held across the country at the same time by members the right to vote. We must reject any attempts to curb of the caucus. For more information, visit www.lawyers citizens’ access to the ballot.” committee.org/projects/voting_rights. Commissioners Larry Johnson, Kathie Gannon and Sharon Barnes Sutton with countyprovided blue bins at the launch of DeKalb’s free curbside recycling program.

Rape of baby’s father alleged A 33-year-old Stone Mountain woman who gave birth to a baby boy on Jan. 9 has been indicted on charges that she raped the 15-year-old father. A DeKalb County grand jury indicted Janelle Goforth on Sept. 25 on two counts of statutory rape for having sex with the teen. A police report said the two had sex at Goforth’s home in April 2011. DeKalb District AttorJanelle Goforth ney’s Office spokesman Erik Burton said Goforth and the boy met at the Kensington MARTA station. Goforth was arrested after the baby’s birth. Burton said the hospital notified the police about the birth. Goforth is out on bond and no arraignment date has been set.

Mother indicted in baby’s death A mother who allegedly fed her 4-month-old son a lethal amount of cough medicine was indicted on involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct charges by a DeKalb grand jury. The Sept. 25 indictment charges that Carlitha Yvette Hardy, 34, caused the death of Ha-hson Hardy on or about Nov. 26, 2010, by administering various medications in toxic amounts. Based on drugs found in the baby’s body, auCarlitha Hardy thorities said the woman may have given the child T:7.5” more than one type of cough medicine. Hardy is out on a $15,000 bond. No arraignment date has been set.

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They get a blue recycling bin for paper; a box of blue plastic bags for plastics, glass and cans; and literature with a list of items that can be recycled. Sanitation Services will deliver the bins and bags to subscribers’ homes. The box of plastic bags lasts for two years. Replacement boxes cost $15 each. Residents have to sort their recyclables, and set the bin and bag at curbside on Wednesdays. The county says recycling saves energy and natural resources. For example, recycling one soda can saves enough energy to run a computer for three hours. South and East DeKalb residents lag behind in recycling. In 2010, the bulk – 26,514 – of the county’s 30,452 subscribers came from North and Central DeKalb, recycling 22.5 million pounds. Johnson, whose district is entirely in South DeKalb, said the county will have to sell the benefits of recycling to South DeKalb residents. “Part of it was the fee, which is now gone,” he said. “But part of it is that a lot of people didn’t identify with the green movement.” He said that Keep DeKalb Beautiful has been asked to develop a marketing and education campaign and commissioners will host town hall meetings to explain its benefits and value. District 4 Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton said they will launch an aggressive marketing campaign. “We are committed to this and we are going to make it work,” she said.

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He divides the “makers” and the “takers.” … I’ll bet we all know takers who get every freebie the government has.

What’s worse: Voter apathy or voter suppression? By Viola Davis

There has been much discussion of the issue of voter suppression. While reading an article on the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference, the article stated that voter suppression was the major issue discussed with panelists such as political strategist Donna Brazile, activist and MSNBC TV host the Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). The National Urban League also claimed the voter suppression issue was one of their top priorities. I was fascinated that voter suppression took priority over jobs. I debated the issue with my family members focusing first on the issue of voter suppression, then voter apathy. I asked what’s worse: Voter apathy or voter suppression? I refused to debate whether voter suppression should take priority over jobs because jobs should be our top priority. period. With us in the middle of a recession (some say a depression), we are focusing on voter suppression. It’s hard to

“Let’s face some uncomfortable truths. Apathy is probably the greatest gift the public gives willingly to those who strive to control and suppress the vote.” Viola Davis, Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter

believe. Well, let’s first look at the definition of voter suppression and voter apathy. Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote. Voter suppression attempts to reduce the number of voters who might vote against the candidate or proposition advocated by the suppressors. Voter apathy is perceived apathy (lack of caring) among voters in an election. Voter apathy is often cited as a cause of low turnout. My brother said voter apathy is more dangerous than voter suppression because suppressors can’t succeed with passing laws to “suppress” the vote without apathy.

However, my mother said voter suppression was worse because changing the laws will stop the people from voting regardless if the people come out of their apathy. I must admit both opinions are good. I said apathy in agreement with my brother. One need only to look at the number of active voters compared to registered voters to realize what we are talking about. According to the 2012 primaries in DeKalb, 127,311 of 405,103, or 31.43 percent, of registered voters cast a ballot. This leaves over 68 percent of more than 277,000 of the electorate engaging in a personal act of “self-imposed” neglect. Why should we care? In the state of Georgia, the difference between the vote of Barack Obama and John

Let us diversify the kind of public school supply in state By Elrado Ramsey

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McCain was 204,792. In the Georgia gubernatorial election of 2010, Nathan Deal beat Roy Barnes by 258,821 votes. More people stayed home in DeKalb and refused to exercise their right to vote than the number of votes that caused the Republican candidate to beat the Democratic candidate. Do you see the power of the vote? Let’s face some uncomfortable truths. Apathy is probably the greatest gift the public gives willingly to those who strive to control and suppress the vote. It cost no money to implement and the rewards are many in the name of passing laws the suppressors are advocating. If you are unemployed or have a family members or friends who are unemployed, you need to vote. Your vote will decide what laws and policies will pass in the upcoming years. Viola Davis lives in Stone Mountain. She is co-founder of the Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter. Co-founder Ruby Bozeman Davis contributed to this article. Read more blogs at www .crossroadsnews.com/pages/blogs.

Dr. Eugene Walker’s charter school referendum column in the Sept. 22 issue of CrossRoadsNews is more of the same race-mongering disinformation that continues to color his opinions and confusing fear upon the parents and children he serves. Let us look at the reason to amend the Georgia Constitution to make way for the Georgia Charter Schools Commission. Article 8, Section V, Paragraph 1, of the Georgia Constitution makes public education a matter for local (counties and cities) control. However, you have been hearing, and it is true, that public education is failing miserably. CrossRoadsNews had to point out to Walker that last May, one in five DeKalb seniors did not graduate. He was clueless, but he wants to be the brain for everybody else about what is and is not a return to Jim Crow-styled “separate but equal.” Do not misunderstand his inexorable lust to hog local school power. Choose wisely; your child’s successful future may hang on the ratification of this amendment. Contrary to prevailing propa-

“This is not white people cutting out and taking public school dollars for the ride. State-commissioned charter schools is not resegregation.” Elrado Ramsey

ganda, the state is not taking over public education or local control of it. It is merely saying that, since students’ and society’s needs are changing, technology is changing, student diversity, background, ages, language, incomes are changing, and the very definition of an education is changing, let us diversify the kind of public school supply we have in Georgia. Yes, state-chartered schools would be public schools. This is not white people cutting out and taking public school dollars for the ride. State-commissioned charter schools is not resegregation. Under poor board participation and supervision like that of Walker’s and many like it all over America, the public school students of 18 industrialized nations such as Belgium, Poland, Korea and Japan can now run rings around our public school students. So, the Georgia

Assembly has decided that enough is enough and wants to have the state take more responsibility by allowing the formation of charter schools by nonprofit petitioners. With the right capital, the right specialization, the right planning, an understanding of how people learn and what we ought to be learning – just about anyone would be able to petition to form a charter school. It is a revolutionary idea whose time has come. The seven-member commission would be a governing board under the supervision of the Georgia Board of Education and in strong collaboration with the Department of Education. There are some outright misinformation in Walker’s piece. Contrary to the statement that “local residents would have no control over the commission,” local school boards, working through the

commission, could approve and sell anything from bus service, sports facilities usage, school buildings usage, to testing taking facilities usage to a neighboring state charter school. The law requires that the collaboration between the commission, the Board of Education, the Department of Education and the local school system be intense. Another misinformation is that “funding for the students that end up at the new state schools would follow the students.” This is the HB 797 speaking: “No deduction shall be made to any state funding which a local school system is otherwise authorized to receive pursuant to this chapter as a direct result or consequence of the enrollment in a state charter school of a specific student or students who reside in the geographical area of the local school system.” This means that the “$430 million tax shift” is a scaremonger’s hoax. The money is not going to leave the district, but state charters will be sharing in it for performance that can be no worse than that of which we now expect and receive from public schools. Elrado Ramsey lives in Lithonia.

There may be some truth to Romney remarks on ‘takers’ By Miriam Knox Robinson

According to news reports, the 47 percent he needs are the people with free Presidential candidate government services like food, housing Mitt Romney is being acand “you name it.” cused of insulting people He has been blamed for singling out on government assistance people who need government assistance. which he needs to get elected He divides the “makers” and the “takers.” as president of the United There may be some truth to his stateStates. Reportedly, he shared ments, so let’s not “throw Romney under a curious campaign strategy Miriam Robinson the bus yet.” of insulting the people he needs to get elected The need for government assistance to the highest office in the world. could be for the takers of all colors. Sure

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Who is responsible for the fact MARTA is continually in crisis? The answer is found in the transit system’s history.

The profit motive has no place in public transit By Paul McLennan

For many years now, there has been discussion at the state Legislature about privatizing MARTA. In recent weeks, it has intensified. In fact, Mike Jacobs, the chair of the MARTA legislative oversight committee MARTOC, has said that “privatizing some MARTA functions is essential.” Privatization is being presented as a necessary move because of MARTA’s Paul McLennan ongoing financial crisis. MARTA predicts a $33.29 million deficit in this year. Just as we saw with Grady Memorial Hospital or the proliferation of charter schools, seizing public services by private interests is the preferred choice of many politicians when dealing with financial problems of institutions. What does privatization mean? Essentially, it is the transfer of public assets and services owned and performed by government agencies to businesses and individuals from the private sector. Privatization results in replacing public participation and institutional responsibility with a profit motive. Private sector decision-making is private – the community has no rights to discuss and make policy. Instead of people governing, markets govern. Instead of service-providing, making money becomes the driving force. The people who suffer the most from this policy are those who have been traditionally marginalized from the seats of power – the poor, the working class, people of color (especially women), and those with disabilities. Who is responsible for the fact MARTA is continually in crisis? The answer is found in the transit system’s history. MARTA was a public system set up to fail because of its funding structure. Its operating budget depends on what it collects at the fare box and MARTA’s operating budget depends on what it collects at the fare box and the 1-cent sales tax the 1-cent sales tax that Fulton, DeKalb and that Fulton, DeKalb and the city of Atlanta agreed to levy in 1971 to create the system.

the city of Atlanta agreed to levy in 1971 in order to create the system. For racist reasons, Gwinnett and Clayton rejected the sales tax and refused to join. This meant a “metropolitan” system was reduced to serving just two counties. The other huge factor in this setup has been the fact that MARTA is the largest transit system in the country to receive no operating help from the state. Privatization has a proven track record of failure. For example, the privatization of the Atlanta water and sewer system in 1999 led to the city canceling its contract with United Water after four years of terrible service. MARTA brought back in-house its paratransit service in 1997 because of all the problems with the private contractor, Dave Transportation. In 2004, the British multinational, First Transit, began operating the CTRAN buses in Clayton County. Three years later, MARTA took over the service. The bottom line is that the profit motive has no place in public transit. There are some necessary services that a society provides that are not designed to make a profit – fire, police, libraries, schools, and mass transit. Other funding mechanisms, including state funding, must be found to restore MARTA to its rightful place at the core of any regional system that will be developed in the future. In order to correct the racist history that has had such influence on the lack of development and maintenance of MARTA, it will take a social movement led by those most affected – transitdependent riders and transit workers – to demand that MARTA remain in the hands of the people, not the profiteers. Let’s organize for a regional transit system that is just and equitable, democratic and well-funded, with universal design to facilitate the mobility of all. Only a public MARTA can achieve these goals. Paul McLennan is a member of the Atlanta Public Sector Alliance. He lives in Decatur.

FAMU’s argument in hazing death is in poor taste and lacks sensitivity By Arnold Butler

Florida A&M University has asked a judge to drop the Champion family’s civil lawsuit, arguing that Robert Champion, who died in a hazing incident, is to blame for his own death. This is by far the most asinine statement I have heard of late. It is not only in poor taste, but lacks sensitivity. Florida’s state law defines hazing as any cirRobert Champion cumstance in which a party purposely endangers the physical or mental health of a person by pressuring or coercing him/her to violate the law; forcing consumption of food, drugs or alcohol; committing physical abuse; or inducing mental stress through sleep deprivation or any activity that compromises dignity. FAMU attorneys, in an attempt to rid themselves of blame, stated that Robert

the organization. None “FAMU lawyers’ assertion that Robert of these reasons would permit a defendant to Champion is somehow responsible seek a lesser charge. for his own death is without merit. Also Florida’s policies The Champions have lost a son to a require any educational institution, public or senseless ritual.” private, where students Arnold Butler receive state aid to officially outline an anti-hazing policy that Champion should have refused to participate in the hazing and reported it to police or the explicitly forbids any activity defined as such. university. It comes as the school defends The school must prepare an official set of itself from a wrongful death lawsuit filed regulations and penalties and carry out such by Champion’s parents. FAMU has asked a penalties. Possible penalties include fines, suspension or dismissal and disbandment of judge to drop the civil lawsuit. However, their request to have the lawsuit offending organizations. These rules apply to dropped will be denied because it is contrary on and off campus hazing activities. Finally, anyone found guilty of hazing can to the hazing law of Florida. Florida’s hazing law states that it does face charges of a first-degree misdemeanor if not permit those accused of hazing to offer he/she intentionally commits any act upon certain types of defenses. Examples include another that poses a risk of physical injury the consent of the victim and the fact that the or death. In Florida, a first-degree misdemeanor activity was not officially sanctioned by the organization or required as part of entry into carries a fine up to $1,000 and a year in jail.

If hazing activities result in serious injury or death, the defendant can face charges of a third-degree felony, which carries a prison term up to five years and a fine of up to $5,000. FAMU lawyers’ assertion that Robert Champion is somehow responsible for his own death is without merit. The Champions have lost a son to a senseless ritual or socalled right of passage that was accepted by many as tradition. Whether Robert Champion agreed to be hazed or not … hazing is illegal and the school should be found totally liable. Numerous other laws were broken also. To say that one caused his own death when an illegal act is being committed is ludicrous. I can’t say I know how the Champions feel after the loss of a child, but as a parent I feel their pain. No parent should have to bury their child. I hope and pray that the Champions receive justice and compensation for their loss. Arnold Butler blogs on www.crossroads news.com/pages/blogs.

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“This study is very important to all of us who are committed to ensuring that MARTA’s financial house is in order and transforming this agency.”

MARTA’s economic model ‘unsustainable’ Property tax report,” Daniels said. MARTA will exhaust its reserves “This study is very important by fiscal 2018 if it does not rein in to all of us who are committed to costs, a draft report released by ensuring that MARTA’s financial auditing firm KPMG says. house is in order and transformThe 114-page report released ing this agency for the benefit of Sept. 24 focuses on cutting costs, customers who want, and need, improving efficiency and generthe essential transit services we ating revenues to reposition the provide.” agency for long-term fiscal sustainFrederick Daniels MARTA voluntarily underwent ability and growth. It said that the transit agency’s current the KPMG review as part of a compreheneconomic model, which requires it to cut ex- sive review of its internal management and penses by $25 million annually, is “unsustain- operations that began last fall. KPMG, one of the nation’s leading audit able” and that “fundamental changes” are needed to avoid cuts that adversely impact firms, was asked to assess the opportunities and challenges facing MARTA and make speoperations and service. Through fiscal 2021, MARTA, which does cific recommendations to address them. The draft report identified steps MARTA not get state funding, has a projected operatalready has taken to reduce costs and ening revenue shortfall of $248 million. Frederick L. Daniels Jr., chairman of the hance efficiency such as freezing employee MARTA board of directors, said the draft wages for five years, implementing unpaid report represents a critical step in preserving furloughs for non-union staff, laying off 400 the $6.4 billion infrastructure investment employees, and raising the cost of employees’ MARTA represents and maximizing its value medical premiums. It detailed 12 operational areas that could for the future. “I cannot overstate the importance of this be “sourced” by hiring third-party firms to

perform specific functions, internally or externally, including payroll, computer support, customer service, recruiting, cleaning services and Mobility for paratransit customers. Among its key findings: n MARTA is projected to exhaust its reserves by fiscal year 2018 and will fall below its mandated reserve levels by fiscal year 2016. n MARTA has an estimated $7.1 billion in unfunded capital needs through fiscal year 2021. n High rates of employee absenteeism cost MARTA about $11 million annually in additional benefits. n Successful strategies to reduce costs in health care, retirement, and absentee and workers compensation areas could save up to $50 million annually. n MARTA’s annual retirement costs are $22 million more than the national average in the public and private sectors. The draft report also details MARTA’s economic impact on the state and regional economy.

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Decatur tow co. pays to avoid jail DeKalb County has recouped more than $142,000 from operators of a Decatur used car dealership that withheld proceeds from impounded car auctions. Cymill Motors Inc., a towing and used car business on Covington Highway, and its owners, Cynthia Jarrett-Thorpe and Millern Prince Jarrett-Thorpe, were ar- Sherry Boston rested in August on charges that they failed to comply with their schedule of payments, a violation of the Georgia Abandoned Motor Vehicle Law. They paid DeKalb $142,349.25 in restitution in a pre-accusation agreement stemming from a nine-month investigation into whether the company had paid the county the appropriate proceeds from impounded vehicles sold at auction. DeKalb Solicitor General Sherry Boston said in a Sept. 21 statement that the two would have faced several hundred counts if they had not made the payment. She said she will drop charges against the couple. “I am very pleased to recover this money that rightfully belongs to DeKalb County,” Boston said. “In this economy and at any time, we will not allow funds to be taken illegally from DeKalb County and used for personal profit.” The investigation began in July 2011 after the DeKalb Magistrate Court clerk noticed an irregularity with a bill of sale from a lien on an impounded car. State law allows tow companies to sell vehicles abandoned for 30 days or more at public auction. The company is expected to file a lien on the vehicle with the Magistrate Court to recoup its costs for the removal, storage and auction of the vehicle. Within 30 days of the sale, it is required to provide the court a copy of the bill of sale and turn over any proceeds from the sale that exceed the lien amount. Violations of the statute is punishable up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine per violation. Investigators and lawyers from the Solicitor’s office combed through more than 150 boxes of documents from Cymill, the company’s computer hard drives, and public records. In the past two years, Cymill sold 336 vehicles – including a 2008 BMW, 2002 Cadillac Escalade, and a 1999 Lexus – at public auction. Profit over the lien for some was as high as $8,400. Investigators now are now examining the records of five towing contractors to determine if similar irregularities occurred.

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Through Sept. 26, the Georgia Department of Public Health says the state has had 44 confirmed cases and four deaths. In all of 2011, there were 22 confirmed cases and three deaths. Nationally through August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are 1,590 confirmed cases of West Nile virus and 66 deaths – the most since the mosquito-borne disease was first identified in 1999. In 2011, there were 712 confirmed cases and 43 deaths nationally. On Sept. 10, the DeKalb Board of Health announced that an 84-year-old Doraville man and a 63-year-old Central DeKalb woman were DeKalb’s first 2012 human victims of West Nile virus. It said both were recovering at home. The virus also was found in the blood of a 25-year-old Central DeKalb man who was donating blood. He was not ill and had no symptoms. Only 20 percent of people who become infected with West Nile virus exhibit symptoms. The fifth case was travel-related. Vickie Elisa, a DeKalb Board of Health spokesperson, said privacy laws prevents them from verifying whether Doxey had the virus, but she said a 44 year-old man was confirmed with virus. Doxey, who lives on Shadow Lake Drive in Lithonia, said his subdivision is located on a lake. “You can’t talk to me about emptying the birdbath,” he said. “I am surrounded by water.” He said he and his daughters Candace, 12, and Heavyn, 10, spent a lot of time outdoors, riding bikes and playing games in their yard. “There are so many mosquitoes here, everywhere you go, you are going to get bit,” he said. “It never entered my mind that I could get West Nile virus.” Doxey spent a week in the hospital and now is slowly regaining his strength. He is very aware that 46 people have died from West Nile virus in Texas. He considers himself lucky to be alive. He wants county residents to realize that the virus is local, too. “It’s here in DeKalb County,” Doxey said. “This is not a Southwest problem. It’s not a far away issue. It happened to me. It’s right here in our community.” As a man of God, Doxey, the pastor of 13 years, says he doesn’t preach fear but that he now has reverence for mosquitoes. “These things can hurt you,” he said. “Put your bug spray on. If you get sick or feel sick, go to the doctor.” Mild symptoms of an infection are fever, headache, body aches, nausea, vomiting and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a rash on the chest, stomach and back. These can last from a few days to several weeks.

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Bike to work to win prizes In October, DeKalb residents can take the Bike to Work Challenge to win prizes and help Atlanta’s air quality. Team registration is under way through Oct. 5 at www.atlbiketo work.org for the challenge, organized by the Clean Air Campaign, the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, the Atlanta Regional Commission’s RideSmart division, and local transportation management associations. Individuals can register throughout the program, which runs from Oct. 1 to Oct. 28. The first 100 people to register will receive Bike to Work Challenge water bottles and wristbands. Individuals and teams of two to five people will earn points throughout October by riding their bikes to work, participating in bike classes and events, and submitting photos in an online contest. Grand prizes include bike backpacks and $100 gift cards from REI. Participants also will be entered to win weekly random drawings for $75 REI gift cards. Bicycling is the world’s most popular form of transportation and offers numerous health benefits and significant cost savings. In metro Atlanta, an estimated 20,000 commute trips are made weekly on bikes, organizers say. Clean Air Campaign Executive Director Tedra Cheatham is urging cycling enthusiasts to participate. She said it is a challenge for commuters, whether they are experienced cyclists or not, to see how much they can improve their commute. “Many Atlantans have access to ride a bike into work, whether it’s a single ride or by connecting with transit, but many have never considered it,” Cheatham said. “This event offers the perfect motivation to try something new.” Registered participants will be able to log their bicycle commute trips online, track their progress and earn points to compete for prizes. Grand prizes will be awarded at the end to the top individuals

and teams. Teams will be required to have at least one new bicycle commuter on the roster. Rebecca Serna, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition executive director, said many bike commuters cite the influence of friends in getting started. “We’re encouraging employers, coworkers and neighbors to create teams to motivate each other and have some fun,” Serna said. “Biking to work is the perfect way for busy commuters to multitask, get fit and save money while contributing to cleaner air and safer communities.” For more information, materials and sup- Registration is under way for the Bike to Work port, visit www.atlbiketowork.org. Challenge, which runs through Oct. 28.

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Tuition hike at technical colleges Students who attend a technical college in Georgia will see their tuition increase $10 per credit hour starting next year. The state board that oversees the Technical College System of Georgia approved the system’s request for a tuition increase on Sept. 6. Students at the 25 TCSG colleges will pay $85 per credit hour beginning in spring 2013. Tuition for a full, 15-hour course load will cost $1,275 next semester, up $150. With the increase, students who enroll under the HOPE grant will pay $364 in outof-pocket tuition for a full semester, up from the $214 that they currently spend. In addition, the TCSG board approved a new $50 institutional fee beginning in spring 2013 and a $50 fee for online courses starting in fall 2013. Students will pay, on average, a total of $223 in fees starting in the spring.

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The total cost to attend a TCSG college full time for a semester next year will be just under $2,000, including expenses for books. The out-of-pocket cost for students who qualify for the HOPE grant will be about $1,086. TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson said a tuition and fee increase was made necessary by rising expenses to deliver programs and lower state appropriations. “A state technical college education remains an excellent value compared to the cost, yet we fully understand the impact that any additional expense has on our students,” Jackson said. “The colleges will do all that they can to provide sources of financial assistance to those who need it most.” For more information, visit www.tcsg. edu.

Texting maven for 25-book launch more than a million words Marie-Antoinette Burrell, this school year. author of “Terrance Texter: AdViolet Thompson, a teachventures in Mobile Phone Land,” er at the school, said teachers was expected to help Fairington hope to foster an enthusiasm Elementary School kick off its and love for reading through 25-Book campaign on Sept. 28. the initiative. Burrell, who is the owner “Ultimately, they will inof TalkText Mobile Messaging crease their vocabulary, writSolutions and marketing direcing proficiency and reading tor at GoTextTalk.com, is the founder of Texting Organization Marie-Antoinette Burrell fluency in addition to a host Against Distracted Driving, which seeks to of other literary skills,” she said. For the parade, students and teachers heighten awareness and provide education about the dangers of driving distracted, cell wore costumes depicting their favorite storybook characters as they marched phone risks, and social site dangers. The kickoff, which includes a parade through the school community to the from the school to Fairington Parkway, is beat of the Martin Luther King Jr. High encouraging students to read 25 books and Marching Lions.

SAT scores up for DeKalb schools DeKalb schools’ 2012 seniors posted a nine-point gain in SAT scores, earning an average combined score of 1343 for critical reading, writing and mathematics. The district-wide gains also included strong performances among African-American and Hispanic students in mathematics and writing. In the College Board’s annual SAT report released Sept. 24, DeKalb’s gain almost doubled the statewide five-point gain. For the 2011-2012 school year, 4,099 DeKalb students took the SAT in March, May, June, October, November and December of 2011 and January, March, May and June of 2012. The test is used by colleges to assess a student’s readiness for college. Five DeKalb schools – Chamblee High, DeKalb Early College, DeKalb School of the Arts, Dunwoody High and Lakeside High – exceeded the national and state combined average for critical reading, math and writing. Six schools – McNair (75 point gain), Redan (41 point gain), Cedar Grove (40

point gain), Tucker (35 point gain), Miller Grove (18 point gain) and Stone Mountain (21 point gain) – doubled the state’s gains for critical reading, math and writing. Twenty seniors at Elizabeth Andrews High had a combined 112-point gain for critical reading, math and writing. Hispanic students scored their highest in critical reading and writing in three years, adding at least 13 points in each, outperforming state and national gains. African-American students posted a six-point gain in mathematics, their biggest in four years, outperforming both the state and the nation. The overall gains of female test-takers exceeded those of the state and nation, and DeKalb’s male students scored at or above state and national levels in critical reading and mathematics. Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson said the gains are impressive and “shows how we can accomplish more if we keep our focus on educating children and implementing a new curriculum.”

Cash prizes for recycling competition DeKalb schools have until Oct. 9 to register and compete for cash prizes in Keep America Beautiful’s second annual RecycleBowl Competition. The Recycle-Bowl is a fun and friendly competition among grade schools in the United States to motivate young people to adopt sustainable behaviors. Public, private and charter schools are eligible. Schools are asked to collect plastic bottles, aluminum cans and mixed paper for recycling. Keep DeKalb Beautiful will supply recycling bins to participating schools and then calculate and transport their recyclables. Amber Weaver, the group’s director, said they hope to galvanize recycling in

elementary, middle and high schools across the county. “Recycling is the easiest and most effective thing that anyone can do to protect natural resources, conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions,” Weaver said. “Recycling also creates jobs and stimulates our economy.” Winners will be announced in February 2013. One winning school per state will receive a $1,000 prize, and the national winning school will receive a prize valued at $2,500. Schools can register online at www .recycle-bowl.org. The competition takes place from Oct. 15-Nov. 9. For more information, e-mail kdb@dekalb countyga.gov or call 404-371-2654.

Girl sentenced for taking gun to school A 16-year-old Columbia High student will spend a month in juvenile detention for bringing a gun to the Decatur school. The girl, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 in DeKalb Juvenile Court to charges of carrying a loaded 9 mm handgun to school and possession of a pistol or gun by a minor. Police said she was arrested on Sept. 17 after a fellow student tipped off the principal

that she was carrying the gun found in her purse. Erik Burton, a spokesman for the DeKalb District Attorney’s Office, said the teen was sentenced to 30 days in the DeKalb Juvenile Detention Center, nine to 12 months of probation, and 35 hours of community service. She will go before a Juvenile Court judge in January for a status hearing.

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Southwest DeKalb High Alum publishes book of poetry By Jennifer Ffrench Parker

the bills, but writing poetry is her first love. “It’s what allows me to be a poet,” she said. raving :i It’s a mere 12 years ago that ChrisLaurie Sheck, a fellow poet, by CM tina Burroughs was walking the halls calls Burroughs’ first Burrou Once of Southwest DeKalb High School in I wrote ghs collection “proSo tall a Decatur hustling to Miss Tricia Weeks’ vocative.” the fur poem large feet la row of r than English and literature class. rg a h “Saturated in would e as lakes. I air couldn’ ny man, ev t be to en Jes Then, as today, her passion was live, G titled it red, full of ellipses, us. us odzilla poetry and creative writing. in pare Personificatio led, slash marks, lacuThere nthesis n so it was blo She began writing poetry at age 10 s nae, brackets, and o it would in the streets od. Testicles kill. and said she was a voracious reader. all manner of typolike co lay n “In the summer my mom would graphical signaling, glad: D fetti post-pa rade. I ia take me to the library and I would this work bristles with after A na was c check out 10 books at a time,” she a Hopkins-like clashing pack c taeon’s own onsum s a li said. v of syllables and haunta ting e limb b y limb d him— She would read them within a ing,” she said. “In its li trailing cked, tendon . week and go back for more. challenging engagement s These days Burroughs is with the page as a visual I rode th the toast of the literary world, their fa e shoulder field, ‘The Vital System’ o c creating goosebumps down the last m es, none sp f my poem, submerges narrative while om e w necks of fans with her “precise, Tende ents in rid cific, all male anting to se never wholly abandoning it. ic r, one scream ulous langu volent, callin e calm and haunting” words. Words cut, tear and scar.” age— ed. No g love, a out t loudly I wore She writes under and French feminist writer, ffe red pa e n o u gh and ction, nor fir int, salv goes by the gender-neutral poet, playwright and phim too lat I want mouth. No aging neithe e CM Burroughs so readers . losopher Hélène Cixou said ed the t m was once was I r plated bre wouldn’t know the sex of Burroughs’ work is the reunion ast, tender ted—h . im, him the writer. of the self with its primeval , him, him, h “I don’t want them to identify worlds. im the writer as male or female and make judgments “CM Burroughs delves into about the work,” she said. the ultra-sensitive roots of being; On Sept. 21, her debut book of poetry – “The Vital Syswhere sufferings and desires take tem” – was published by Tupelo Press. The book’s official shape, she gathers each breath as yet unheard and leads it launch party takes place on Oct. 7 at the Writers Read NYC to speech,” she said. in the Gallery at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan. Her father, whose law practice is based in Lithonia, said Her parents, attorney Robert and LaVerene Burroughs his daughter found her poetic voice while pursuing an unof Lithonia, will be in the audience for the reading and book dergraduate degree in English and creative writing at Sweet signing. Briar College in Lynchburg, Va. Critics and fellow poets are already raving about the “I remember the day she said she wanted to be a poet and book, which Burroughs says focuses on the female body and not a lawyer,” he said. “It broke my heart.” being woman in the context of relationship and race. Like many parents, he had made all these plans for his “The essential question of the collection is how can one son, James, and for his daughter. use vulnerability as a position of power,” she said Thursday “Christina was to be the real estate lawyer,” he said. “Jim, from Chicago, where she now lives and teaches at Columbia the builder, and me, the finance guy.” College, where she is the Elma Stuckey Liberal Arts and SciHis daughter remembers the day well, too. It was in 2003, ences Emerging Poet-in-Residence. just as she was graduating from Sweet Briar. In its first week of release, “The Vital System” has sold “In college, I was under no stress,” she said. “When others dozens of copies, which makes Burroughs happy. were agonizing about what they were going to do. I knew I She said she enjoys being a college professor, which pays was going to law school at my father’s alma mater.”

When the epiphany came, she told her parents that she knew what success looked like because they had been models of what hard work and achievement look like, but that she wanted to pursue writing for a career. “They kept talking about law school for a good six years after that,” Burroughs said with a laugh. “They said poetry, you can do that on the side, as a side gig.” Robert Burroughs said his daughter inherited the gift of writing from her mother, who teaches reading in the Atlanta Public School System “and is a pretty writer.” When Christina’s work began appearing in magazines and journals like Ploughshares, Callaloo, jubilat, VOLT, Bat City Review, La Fovea, and Eleven Eleven, her parents had to learn to accept the language and imagery. Her dad said they sometimes wondered where was the sweet daughter they sent off to college. “Some of it made my dad blush,” Burroughs said. She went on to get a Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. At Columbia College in Chicago, she is only the fourth poet-in-residence for the position named for the author of “The Big Gate” and “The Collected Poems of Elma Stuckey,” who was born in Memphis and lived in Chicago for more than 40 years. The highly competitive position was created in 2008 to highlight poets from under-represented communities and to showcase diverse cultural, ethnic, theoretical, and national perspectives. She teaches two courses per semester in the English department and gives public readings of her work, but her father says she never describes herself as a college professor. “Writing is her single passion,” he said. “Her poetry is what she lives and breathes.” Burroughs won her first poetry award – a certificate and large candy bar – in the seventh grade at the then-Chapel Hill Junior High School. She got encouragement from the teacher, who read her poem to the class to her utter embarrassment. To students now walking the same halls she did, Burroughs said don’t waste time not pursuing your passion. “Sometimes you have to sacrifice going to the club or that ballgame,” she said. “It requires study and desire to arrive at that place.” She praises her mother for fostering her love of reading. “She took me to the library and made sure I could have a book in hand,” she said. “That kind of encouragement was invaluable.”

Thurmond to keynote NAACP banquet Former Georgia Commissioner of Labor Michael Thurmond will be the keynote speaker at the DeKalb NAACP annual Freedom Fund Awards Banquet on Oct. 27 and tickets are now on sale. The banquet’s 2012 theme is “NAACP: Your Power, Your Decision – Vote.” The annual Freedom Fund Awards Banquet is the DeKalb chapter’s major fund-raiser that finances the chapter’s yearlong Michael Thurmond operations. It recognizes community leaders and volunteers who have gone above and

beyond in their commitment to public service. Thurmond, who is also an author and college professor, is the first African-American elected to the Georgia General Assembly from Clarke County in 1986. He wrote “Freedom: Georgia’s Antislavery Heritage, 1733-1865,” which was awarded the Georgia Historical Society’s Lilla Hawes Award. This year’s master of ceremonies is Channel 2 Action News reporter Eric Phillips. Tickets are $75. The 7 p.m. banquet will be held at Courtyard by Marriott, 130 Clairemont Ave. in Decatur. For more information, contact Teresa Hardy at ageetah@ymail.com or call 404-241-8006.

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CrossRoadsNews

September 29, 2012

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CrossRoadsNews

Dekalb County’s

September 29, 2012

only Dealer! ForD linColn

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need Credit?

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Off MSRP

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2009 HoNda aCCord eX-L Loaded, Sunroof, Leather, Like New, STK#A2026 $15,995

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2009 merCedeS-BeNz C300W Leather, Sunroof, STK#A3081................... $21,995

2009 merCedeS-BeNz e350W Leather, Sunroof, Navigation, AMG Wheel Package, STK#A3077 $28,995

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2007 merCedeS-BeNz e350 Sunroof, Leather, Bluetooth, Navigation System, STK#A3091 $22,995

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2007 merCedeS-BeNz r500 Leather, Sunroof, 3rd Row Seating, STK#A3082 $22,995

Mustang

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STK#131504

Off MSRP!

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That’s Over

2008 LeXuS eS 350 STK#A3026 .................................................................. $21,995

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2007 BmW 530i Leather, Sunroof, Sporty, STK#A2093 ................................ $20,995

15,888 $ 4,800 STK#134500

2008 CadiLLaC CTS A Must See Clean, Luxury at its Best! STK#A2080 ....... $18,995

Prices plus tax, tag, and title. All offers with approved credit. Offers expire 9/30/2012.

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770.621.0200 www.MalcolmCunninghamFord.com

A Division of Malcolm Cunningham Ford

(7 70) 987-9000 I-20, Exit Wesley Chapel To Snapfinger Woods Drive

Sales Hours: Mon-Sat 9am-8pm • Closed Sunday

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2009 NiSSaN maXima Leather, Sunroof, STK#A3062................................. $20,995

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2007 iNfiNiTi m35 Leather, Navigation, Sunroof, STK#A3061 ...................... $18,995

2013 ForD MSRP $20,784 - $3396 Malcolm Cunningham Discount - $1500 Factory Rebate = Sale Price

49,995