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Olivia Langell, left, and Caroline Seelke, members of the “Gators,” The Branches Club swim team, ready themselves for action against the Chastain Park Athletic Club’s “Tidal Waves” on June 4, at The Branches Club pool in Dunwoody. More photos on page 30.

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The ethics battles continue among Dunwoody city officials. The Dunwoody Board of Ethics on June 12 found City Councilwoman Adrian Bonser had violated the city’s ethics code by sending “discourteous” messages during an email exchange with a constituent. The board voted to recommend that Dunwoody City Council publicly reprimand Bonser. “I think there was a technical breach of the ethics code as to courtesy,” Ethics Board Chairman Steven Blaske said. “We are trying to hold our public servants to the highest possible standard, and courtesy was in the code.”

A planned hotel development on Ashford Dunwoody Road has won approval from the Dunwoody Planning Commission. Again. The commissioners on June 11 voted 3-0, with Chairman Bill Grossman abstaining and three commissioners absent, to approve the Sterling Point development, which proposes a hotel, a restaurant, and shops on 11.53 acres at the corner of Ashford Dunwoody and Perimeter Center North. The commission first approved the development on April 23, but Dunwoody City Council last month sent the proposal back to

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BY MELISSA WEINMAN AND JOE EARLE Dunwoody city officials may collect more tax revenue than expected and Rising values they’re not sure what do to about it. The value of all taxable property in In 2013, Dunwoody Dunwoody is rising this year. is seeing an increase If the city continues the 2.74-mill in the total value tax rate it has levied since the city’s start, the city will collect about $211,000 of taxable property more in taxes in 2013 than 2012, the within its borders, city said. compared to last year. At a public hearing June 12, members of Dunwoody City Council were Here’s how the city’s gross divided on how to handle the extra tax values have changed money. over the past ﬁve years: Councilman Doug Thompson proposed a tax cut to 2.68 mills. 2009: $3.02 billion “I think it’s time we started thinking about lowering the millage,” Thomp2010: $3.07 billion son said. 2011: $2.84 billion But Councilman Denis Shortal argued the city had many paving and 2012: $2.70 billion sidewalk projects that needed the money. 2013: $2.73 billion “We’ve got so many capital requireSource: city of Dunwoody ments,” Shortal said. “I think the prudent thing to do is stick right where we are and fix the things we’ve got.” And Councilwoman Lynn Deutsch counseled caution, saying she expected the gross digest has declined from $3 many Dunwoody billion in 2009, the homeowncity said in its noers would aptice. peal their higher The city has held tax assessments, its tax rate at 2.74 which could remills since 2009. sult in a decline Taxes are deterin tax revenue. mined by multi“Given this plying the millage is the first time times the assessed we’ve had an invalue of a property. crease, it may not If the council stick,” Deutsch holds the tax rate for said. 2013 at 2.74 mills, The council the city receives a has no experience total of about $5.9 handling a tax million in revenue, windfall created up about $211,000 “I think it’s time we by a rise in assessover 2012, the city started thinking about ments. reported. City Finance The city held its lowering the millage.” Director Chris first public hearPike said Duning on the proposed – DOUG THOMPSON woody’s tax ditax rate on June 12. COUNCILMAN gest – the toAdditional heartal value of ings are set for June taxable property 25 at 6 p.m. and 7 in the city – has p.m. The hearings dropped in previwill be held at Dunous years. woody City Hall, 41 Perimeter Center In 2013, the gross digest rises to East. $2.73 billion, up from $2.70 billion in Dunwoody City Council is sched2012, according to a notice of property uled to vote on the final 2013 tax rate tax increase published by the city. But on June 25.

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A plan to allow the city of DunCity Councilman Terry Nall, a strong woody to finance a fire department is supporter of the proposed fire departproducing heat as some residents conment -- attended the charter commissider the proposal a back-door city tax sion’s June 5 meeting. increase without the required public The commission’s decisions are not vote. binding. The five commissioners, ex“To give us, up here, the ability to pected to continue meeting periodiraise [fire] taxes 20 percent, I don’t cally into September, are reviewing the agree with that,” Dunwoody City city’s charter to see whether any changCouncilman Denny Shortal said dures should be made to improve city oping the council’s erations. June 10 meetThey will report ing. “We need to any recommenkeep a close eye on dations to state that.” legislators, who The debate has then will considintensified in reer whether to prescent weeks as the ent the proposals Dunwoody Charto the Legislature, ter Commission, which would have an appointed to approve any group reviewing changes to the the city’s charter, charter. agreed during its During the June 5 meeting to June 5 meeting, ask state lawmakseveral residents ers to allow the spoke against alcity to take over lowing the council the tax millage resto raise the fire tax idents now pay for millage without a “To give us, up here, the fire protection, if public vote. the city ever starts They argued ability to raise [ﬁre] taxes its own fire departthe city charter 20 percent, I don’t agree ment. now prohibits any with that. We need to keep The commistax increase above sion voted 3-2 to a close eye on that.” a tax cap of 3.04 allow Dunwoody mills without a City Council to – DENNY SHORTAL public vote. The increase the fire city’s now imposes DUNWOODY CITY COUNCILMAN millage by up to 2.74 mills. 20 percent with“I am not opout a public vote posed to the city in order to cover looking into takcosts of a new fire department. Coming on services such as fire, library and mission Chairman Max Lehmann schools, but I am opposed to their doand Commissioner Rick Otness voted ing so without voter approval of 50 peragainst the proposal. cent plus one,” resident Merry CarmiSome Dunwoody city officials prochael told the commissioners. posed that the city join other nearby “This commission has eliminated cities and create a new fire department that right. I want the right to choose in north DeKalb County. The multiwith my vote which of these services I city department, they argue, would want to take on. I don’t want it dictatprovide better service to residents in ed to me.” the north DeKalb cities than the presResident Jeanette Smith argued ent DeKalb County department. that “taking things away from DeKalb City officials believe they could start County, that’s a slippery slope.” a new multi-city department using “How long is the county going to let funds raised by the current DeKalb fire us cherry pick [which services we protax millage imposed in the area. vide]?” she asked. “You keep poking at Charter Commissioner Robert Witthe big bear and the bear is going to tenstein, a former city councilman, said eat you.” the 20 percent increase would apply Charter Commissioner Beverly only to the fire tax, not other millages. Wingate said the city should be able to And City Manager Warren Hutmacher move quickly if it starts a fire departsaid the city would have to have voter ment. approval to collect more than 120 per“I don’t think we’re doing something cent of the 3.29 mills the county now terrible to our citizens by doing this,” collects for fire services. she said. “I’m very concerned about About a dozen residents -- includthe fire department and I’m concerned ing Dunwoody Mayor Mike Davis and about the delivery of county services.” DUN

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CBS Outdoor contracts with MARTA to advertize on system bus shelters, Lenny Felgin, a city attorney, told council members. MARTA shares revenue with communities where the shelters are placed, Felgin said, and Dunwoody’s share is about $28,000 a year. There are a dozen shelters in Dunwoody that bear advertising, he said. But some council members seemed to think the advertising didn’t fit in on Dunwoody’s streets. “What I’m hearing is we really don’t want the ads. We want the shelters,” Councilman Denny Shortal said. Felgin said that if the council barred the advertising, the city might have to pay CBS Outdoor for its lost revenues from use of the space. MARTA’s contract with CBS extends through 2022, he said.

‘Dunwoody at Dusk’ launches June 21 at Park Place The new “Dunwoody at Dusk” summer evening entertainment series kicks off June 21 at Park Place Shopping Center. The program, sponsored by the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce and the Dunwoody Convention and Visitors Bureau, offers music, food and special promotions from retailers in the shopping center. The events are intended to attract residents to check out shopping areas and stores at various locations around the city, chamber officials have said. DUN

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Ethics panel: Bonser sent ‘discourteous’ email CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 then I would like to be called ‘Dr. BonsBlaske said that while the emails er’ in our council meetings, and if counfrom the constituent, Stephen Chipka, cil members don’t do that, I guess that’s were also discourteous, the board is only not just discourteous, that’s disrespecttasked with judging Bonser’s emails. ful,” said Bonser, who is a dentist. “We need to treat all citizens with “[Chipka] accused me of being courtesy, irrespective of whether they are threatening and abusive in one email, courteous to us,” Blaske said. and I got charged for being ‘discourteBonser said the email in quesous’ in another email he didn’t comtion was one of more than 100 mesplain about. That doesn’t make sense.” sages from Chipka. She said she was The recommendation for a repriresponding to an email in which he mand was one of several Keaton prethreatened to try to have her medical sented to the ethics board to consider. license revoked. Alternative suggestions were for Two days earlier, during the June Bonser to be encouraged to write a let10 City Council meeting, Bonser pubter of apology to Chipka, that she takes licly announced she was filing ethics an educational course about handling complaints against threatening situaLenny Felgin, a city tions, and that her attorney, and against city email privileges city ethics Hearing be revoked. The ethOfficer Jennifer Keics board is an adaton over the hanvisory board which dling of the commakes recommendaplaint against her. tions to the council. Speaking to her Dunwoody city fellow council memofficials have been bers and members fighting over the of the public during city’s ethics rules for the portion of the years. meeting set aside for Earlier this year, council comments, the council rewrote “There’s a loss of Bonser accused the city’s ethics proMayor Mike Davis credibility in this city …. cedures after comof orchestrating efplaints by Bonser and The members of the city forts against her. Davis took months ethics board are being “This process is to decide under the abused by the mayor and city’s original rules. all for the amusement of the may- council. It needs to stop.” Davis accused or and his acolytes,” Bonser of improperBonser said. “There’s ly disclosing infor– ADRIAN BONSER a loss of credibility mation from a closed in this city … The meeting about the members of the city city redevelopment ethics board are being abused by the project known as Project Renaissance. mayor and council. It needs to stop.” Bonser accused other council members Davis declined to comment on of holding improper closed meetings. Bonser’s claims, as did Felgin. Both complaints eventually were disBonser claimed at the council missed. meeting that the ethics board had not “This is all about a game they’re playallowed her to sufficiently present her ing where they are trying to have me defense to the charges against her by have the first ethical charge stick in the Chipka. “They’ve not even providing city of Dunwoody,” Bonser said after the [all] my evidence to the Board of EthJune 10 meeting. ics,” Bonser said. “The more they do this, the more After the ethics board decision, Bonthey get caught in their own traps. I’m ser said she was confused by the rultired of the games. It’s too much. All I ing. She said she felt it would “open up want is for everything to be as fair as a whole new can of worms for Dunpossible. The field needs to be level. The woody.” ethics ordinance is not supposed to be a “If courtesy is now the new standard, ‘gotcha.’”

Dunwoody Government Calendar The Dunwoody City Council usually meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Dunwoody City Hall located at 41 Perimeter Center East Suite No. 103. For a complete and up to date schedule of Dunwoody City meetings, visit http://www.dunwoodyga.gov/Residents/Calendar.aspx

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City Currents articles are prepared by the city of Dunwoody and published each month by the Dunwoody Reporter as a community service. They are intended to offer insight into the workings of Dunwoody city government. This installment focuses on the city’s Parks and Recreation Department.

Parks are vital for a city’s healthy lifestyle As a city, we have an obligation to NOTE** improve and appropriately manageThese Illustrator**IMPORTANT color swatches should only be used the resources of our community to when printing CMYK (Process) colors. help promote a healthy, safePlease and refer sus-to the Dunwoody Brand Style Guide for proper use of this mark. tainable quality of life for residents. With more than 165 acres of public park space in Dunwoody, our parks system is a critical part of upholding our obligation to our community. Public parks are oftentimes viewed as places for relaxation and retrospection. While this is certainly true for Brent Walker the city of Dunwoody, we must also understand access to parks, trails, City of Dunwoody parks and open spaces and recreational facilrecreation manager ities offer seniors, adults and children a place to play, be active and participate in a physically active and healthy lifestyle. the parks and the nurturing guidance The role parks play in our comover environmental improvements munity can only be successfully upand impacts. held through expert consideration to Green space, multi-use trails, paboth the health of the natural envivilions, playgrounds and dog parks ronment and the health of the citiare Dunwoody park amenities which zens. are designed and Consider that maintained for the Georgia ranks secfuture health of our ond in the nation for community. No sinchildhood obesity, acgle amenity or park cording to recent data can fulfill all the from the U.S. Centers needs of all particfor Disease Control ipants, but by proand Prevention. Obeviding for more opsity is caused primarily by poor diet portunities for physical activity and and lack of physical activity. Considexercise, as well as relaxation and reter also that in DeKalb County, aprospection, we are helping to improve proximately 13 percent of students in the future health of our seniors, chilpublic schools are obese. dren, adults and environment. While chronic diseases such as The city and its elected officials heart disease, diabetes and obesity oversee our public spaces by presentare the leading causes of death and ing future-oriented policy and endisability in the U.S., they are also vironmental changes that promote among the most preventable. Adopthealthier lifestyles to help encourage ing healthy behaviors can help preand reduce the risk of chronic diseasvent or control the dangerous effects es such as obesity, diabetes, stroke, of these chronic diseases. and cancer. The Dunwoody Parks and RecParks are about access, recreationreation department is committed to al opportunities and the professional benefiting the public’s health. By cremanagement and preservation of the ating public places which promote natural environment. At the same active, outdoor opportunities, the time, our parks department must city is part of the solution for obesity serve as a steward for healthy living and chronic disease prevention. and a beneficial quality of life. Parks play an important role in By continuing to work closethe community. The management, ly with the community, the Dunmaintenance and planning for each woody Parks and Recreation departof the city parks is something which ment can create a vision and guiding must be done with an eye toward the plan for the city’s future investment future. The city’s stewardship over in its parks and its citizens. We welits parks directly relates to the future come your input and feedback. You health of our public spaces as well as can reach us via email at parks@dunour public participants. woodyga.gov. Strategic parks and recreation With an eye toward creating a management is more than keeping healthier and more active public, we the parks clean and trees healthy. It can together form a public park sysinvolves striking a balance between tem which can directly impact our the future health of citizens who use quality of life.

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“I’m opposed to the strip clubs. It just seems like a lot of unnecessary things happen around that environment. We’d like to keep it as far away from our family as possible.”

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“It’s a hard question to answer. Strip clubs will exist no matter where you are. If you move them out of the city of Atlanta, they will move somewhere else and the city will lose the revenue. They’re going to exist somewhere, but where are they going to go?”

Dana Major-Wilson

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“It sounds like a good thing to me. Generally speaking, you want to live in a neighborhood that is much more community oriented. I don’t think strip clubs really promote that.”

Sandy Mencher

Editor’s note: Several local city governments recently have debated or taken action against strip clubs and other adult entertainment businesses. We asked Brookhaven Mayor J. Max Davis, lawyer Aubrey Villines, who represents clubs in Brookhaven and Atlanta, and residents of Reporter Newspapers communities whether the cities were doing the right thing. See related article on pages 10 and 11.

We wouldn’t make a deal Brookhaven has spent the past six months filling potholes, repairing sidewalks, hiring police commanders and issuing permits. We’ve passed a budget, started live-streaming video of City Council meetings and made it much easier to do business in the city. This is just the beginning. Before the end of the summer, we will have Brookhaven police officers patrolling city streets, have identified a location inside Brookhaven for a city hall and have our comprehensive plan launched. Typically, these aren’t the things I’m asked about at the grocery store or on the Little League field. It’s easy to overlook all of the work involved with building a new city, particularly when many of the headlines are focused on just one of the many ordinances we have adopted J. MAX to make Brookhaven a better community for all residents. DAVIS Even though I am an attorney, the sexually-oriented business ordinance was not something with which I was familiar or which I exGUEST COLUMN pected would be an issue. Like many of the other ordinances we have passed, we modeled our ordinance after those that have been enacted in other communities. In fact, our ordinance mirrors ordinances adopted in Doraville, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, DeKalb County, Fulton County and other governments around the metro region. This is the same ordinance that has been upheld by many courts. Just to be clear, Brookhaven adopted this ordinance using the same litmus test we use for every action we take – to protect the health, safety and welfare of Brookhaven’s residents and businesses. It is important to understand that the reason Brookhaven is being sued is not because it adopted adult business regulations – DeKalb County currently has similar regulations. Rather, Brookhaven is being sued because our City Council refused to take money from this industry in exchange for letting the industry ignore these laws. Although DeKalb County struck such a deal with the sexually-oriented business industry, it is a faulty precedent that Brookhaven should not follow. Future businesses would naturally expect and likely be entitled to a similar deal. Imagine the outcry that would erupt if one day this summer a sign popped up by Cambridge Square or on Dresden Drive advertising a new adult business opening. Residents of our neighboring cities, communities and courts across the country have found that these types of establishments bring a host of negative secondary effects, such as drug dealing, crime, prostitution and adverse impacts on surrounding properties. As erotic dancing is protected under “free speech” and cannot be banned, communities surrounding Brookhaven, including DeKalb County, have enacted and successfully defended ordinances to limit these negative secondary effects. These adult businesses are now looking for a place to go and it is our duty to make sure our neighborhoods are equally protected with similar ordinances. We are working hard to build a better Brookhaven. The city inherited many problems from DeKalb County, but maintaining the status quo, or cutting deals that allow the law to be ignored in exchange for money, is not the way to accomplish this goal. It is only common sense that the city may consider temporarily halting enforcement of its sexually-oriented business ordinance pending the outcome of litigation. But this is entirely different from entering a agreement that pays the city money in exchange for letting a business ignore the law. In this transition period, we have been sued because we did not cut such a deal. I am confident that our sexually-oriented business ordinance will be upheld, but for situations like this, we have and will continue to maintain insurance coverage. The next time you see me in the grocery store or at the Little League fields, please stop and let me tell you about all of the good work we are doing in Brookhaven. This ordinance – like every action we take – is intended to make a better Brookhaven for not just my family, but everyone who lives and works in our city. J. Max Davis is the mayor of Brookhaven.

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“I’d rather not have strip clubs in the neighborhood. I feel like they can exist. I just don’t want them in my neighborhood. ”

“I have feelings on both sides of the issue. I guess that on one hand, I respect the city’s right to try and improve the neighborhoods ... but on the other hand, I respect the business owners’ rights to operate as long as they comply with the law.”

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Pink Pony beneﬁts community The Pink Pony is an adult entertainment establishment that has existed legally and peacefully in DeKalb County since 1991. It is located at the southern tip of what is now the city of Brookhaven. During the process of establishing the city of Brookhaven, the Pink Pony was constantly assured by many of the Brookhaven “players” that they did not want to do anything to harm the Pink Pony. In fact, Brookhaven chose to include the Pink Pony in its new city because it would be a source of revenue. Without the anticipated revenue from the Pink Pony, the city of Brookhaven would be in the red. auBrey Unfortunately, Brookhaven now believes it does not villineS need the $455,000 the Pink Pony pays in licenses, taxes and fees to DeKalb County. The city of Brookhaven now Guest CoLuMn has the option of limiting services to its citizens or raising taxes to project a balanced budget. The purpose of this column is not to debate Pink Pony’s constitutional or legal right to exist. My intent is simply a discussion of the community benefits of the Pink Pony. The city of Brookhaven has passed ordinances that will put the Pink Pony out of business no later than 2014. The Pink Pony has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of DeKalb County setting forth its constitutional and legal arguments. Fighting this lawsuit is an unnecessary expense to a city that must get its budget under control. The Pink Pony has existed at its current location for 22 years without legal problems or criminal activity. It is surrounded by a creek and other local businesses, and is not on a major highway. The current location of the Pink Pony is optimal for all parties, including those who worry about the effects of adult entertainment. In 22 years, the club has not had any problems with DeKalb County, nor has it had any issues with the ATF, Department of Revenue, or other governmental entities. The Pink Pony brings approximately 300,000 people annually through its doors. Those 300,000 patrons frequent the restaurants, gas stations, drug stores, grocery stores, car washes, cleaners and other businesses in Brookhaven. The revenue that is spent in Brookhaven by Pink Pony employees and patrons is probably incalculable, but definitely exceeds that $455,000 the Pink Pony currently pays to DeKalb County – money that should be going to Brookhaven. If the Pink Pony is put out of business by Brookhaven, the impact to local businesses will be devastating. Why has Brookhaven City Council chosen to pass ordinances that by 2014 will put the Pink Pony out of business? There has not been an outcry of constituents demanding that the club must go. There has not been a sudden crime wave associated with the club. The city’s resources are better directed to the delivery of services to residents and to the decrease of taxes. The $455,000 in taxes and fees that the Pink Pony wants to pay to Brookhaven, and the money spent by its employees and patrons in the city, can be used to provide much-needed services and to lower taxes. Even the City Council should understand that decreasing revenues result in fewer services or higher taxes. The Pink Pony has operated under a court settlement agreement with DeKalb County for years. That agreement grandfathered in the Pink Pony and, since 1991, has successfully kept other adult entertainment establishments from opening in the area. The DeKalb settlement says it is binding and assigned to any future cities that may come into existence. Brookhaven City Council only needs to accept the fact that it is bound by the agreement, and continue grandfathering the Pink Pony in. Brookhaven will have more revenue for services and the Pink Pony will continue, unnoticed by most citizens, if the city simply honors this legally-binding agreement. Aubrey Villines is a lawyer who represents the Pink Pony and other adult entertainment businesses.

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Local governments do battle with adult businesses By MeLissa WeinMan anD CoLLin KeLLey Local politicians have spent a lot of Attorneys and politicians can’t pintime talking about strip clubs lately. point a single factor that has led to the Atlanta City Council is the latest recent interest in measures that would metro area government to go to battle alter or ultimately shutter adult-orientover adult businesses. ed businesses, such as strip clubs and An Atlanta councilman proposed head shops. an unsuccessEach case is ful measure that slightly different. would have disBut many govplaced the adult ernment officials businesses along claim adult-orientCheshire Bridge ed businesses bring Road. The new crime and noise, city of Brookhavand lower suren and the city of rounding property Doraville are headvalues. The busied to court after ness owners arbeing sued by strip gue that they have clubs for adoptproperty rights photos by MELIssA WEINMAN ing regulations the and First AmendBrookhaven City Council hired clubs say would ment protection Attorney Scott Bergthold to destroy their busifor their businesshelp rewrite the city’s adult nesses. es. business regulations. And Sandy Sandy Springs’ Springs has been City Attorney in litigation for the better part of a deWendell Willard said though the city cade with strip clubs located within its has been in litigation with strip clubs borders for six years, officials feel like it has been What’s going on? worth the cost and effort.

“I think what you look at is community standards of what citizens say they’re looking for in the safety and protection of their community. And the council listened to their citizens,” Willard said. “We recognize that [combining] nude dance clubs with serving alcohol does bring about sometimes criminal elements, and that’s what we’re trying to protect against. We think the outcome will be supportive of the effort that’s been put forth.” Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan’s highprofile campaign to shut down adult-oriented busiThe Onyx Club sign on Cheshire Bridge Road. nesses along Cheshire Bridge Road ultimately failed after a 9-6 council serection to relocate just about anywhere vote on June 3. in the city. The majority of council members Atlanta’s Senior Assistant City Attorobjected to the measure because had ney Jeff Haymore said that only two of it passed, Atlanta’s zoning code would the city’s 12 council districts offered no have allowed businesses such as the compatible zoning available for adultOnyx club, Kong’s Body Shop and Inoriented businesses.

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Community friendly zoning review board. “There are other methods of spurring redevelopment in neglected commercial corridors that don’t rely on legislation that opponents can’t wait to get into a courtroom,” Shook said in an email. “I look forward to supporting a pragmatic, legallysound plan that reflects a consensus among the appropriate property owners and other stakeholders.” Councilwoman Felicia Moore, who represents another portion of Buckhead, also voted against the measure. “As a council member who is very supportive of community initiatives, this vote was one of the most difficult that I have faced while on council. In the end, like Mr. Wan, I had to be supportive of the constituents that I represent in that at least 80 percent of the arThe Pink Pony strip club is eas in which these busilocated in Brookhaven. nesses could relocate were in District 9,” Moore said. “Except for [Districts] 5 and 10, Begner said in Atlanta’s case, the there is at least one piece of property in measure appeared to be a response to a each district that meets the minimum group of residents and business owners legal requirements for an adult busiin the area who wanted to get rid of the ness,” Haymore said. adult businesses. Under the city’s zoning code, adult “The people who wanted this to hapbusinesses are allowed in both light and pen were primarily some neighbors and heavy industrialized areas and three some developers, but not all,” Begner commercial districts. In all instances, said. “This is a common theme.” the adult business would have to be a In Brookhaven, the City Council minimum of 500 feet away from a resisupported a sexually-oriented businessdential district and 1,000 feet away from es ordinance that will ban nude dancing a church, park or school. and the sale of alcohol in the same venHad Wan’s proposals been apue. proved, seven identified businesses along The ordinance, adopted shortly afCheshire Bridge would have been forced ter Brookhaven incorporated, promptto vacate Cheshire Bridge Road by 2018. ed the city’s only strip club - the Pink Wan described his legislation as Pony - to sue. “critical” to residential neighborhoods City Attorney Bill Riley declined to around Cheshire Bridge and other busicomment on the litigation, as did Attornesses on the street that he alleged had ney Scott Bergthold, who helped draft been intimidated to not speak out in fathe ordinance. vor of the ordinance. “There is a 14 perThe city released the following statecent vacancy rate along Cheshire Bridge ment from the city attorney’s office: and declining property values,” Wan “Cities across Georgia and the nation said. have ordinances regulating the locaAttorney Alan Begner, who repretion and operation of sexually-orientsents four of the adult businesses on ed businesses to prevent the negative Cheshire Bridge Road, said Georgia has effects associated with these types of esstrong zoning laws that afford property tablishments, such as crime and adverse owners many rights. impacts on nearby properties. “You know, under the law, if you put “These negative effects have been reca business out of business, if you amorognized in numerous land use studies tize them out like Atlanta wanted to, and crime reports, as well as in judicial you don’t shut them down. You have to decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court, find other locations for them to operate federal appeals court and the Georgia at and recoup the costs of them movSupreme Court.” ing,” Begner said. The city’s statement went on to say Councilman Howard Shook, who that Brookhaven’s ordinance was modrepresents a portion of Buckhead on the eled after those that have already been council, said he voted against the meaupheld in court, and are similar to laws sure because it would likely result in a on the books in DeKalb and Fulton lawsuit. He pointed out that the plan counties, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek was also panned by the neighborhood-

and Doraville. regulations for strip clubs so soon after “The residents and businesses of the city’s incorporation. The Pink Pony, Brookhaven should have the same prohe said, is in a commercial area at the tections as those prosouthern tip of the vided in surroundcity and away from ing communities,” sensitive uses like the statement said. schools or churches. “Brookhaven will Begner said in defend its ordinancBrookhaven’s case, es, which are dethere doesn’t appear signed to protect to be any outcry public safety, health from citizens about and welfare, and the Pink Pony. further the city’s “The ‘why’ is Pink Pony attorney Aubrey goal of ensuring most peculiar in Villines offers Brookhaven City that Brookhaven is Brookhaven and an excellent comCouncil a check for $25,000, Doraville,” Begner munity in which to said. “It’s one thing the quarterly licensing fee the live.” to open a club near club now pays DeKalb County. Begner, who a church and anger also represents the owners of the Pink residents. It’s another to put a club out Pony, said he doesn’t understand why of business and not pay them for it when Brookhaven decided to prioritize new almost no one cares.”

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Each of Woodward Elementawhen he learned that many of the chilry School’s students was able to leave dren at the school didn’t have books to school for the year with a book to take read at home. home and read over the summer, largely “We wanted to feel useful and that’s due to the efforts of two men from the the way we could do this since there was nearby Hillsdale neighborhood. a need,” Saunders said. Kristin Gokce said when she asked Gokce, a Woodward parent who volher neighbors for unteers at the school, help collecting used said many of the stuDo you know an organization or books for the school, dents at the school individual making a difference Jim Saunders and come from Spanishin our community? Email Ray Redmond took speaking families. editor@reporternewspapers.net the call seriously. For them, learning to Over the course read can be especially of several months, challenging because the two would bring boxes of books for English is not their first language. Gokce to deliver to the school, eventualAnother obstacle for some of the stuly donating more than 400 books. dents is they don’t have access to books “They were like the little guardian anto read at home, Gokce said. gels. It was incredible,” Gokce said. “A lot of them don’t have the opporSaunders used credits he had built up tunity to have someone read to them. from an online paperback book-trading A lot of them miss out on that,” Gokce club to get about 300 children’s books. said. “They’re facing many barriers just He would keep an eye out for children’s to get out of the gate.” books on a book-trading website, espeSaunders and Redmond said they’ve cially books about Disney characters, enjoyed collecting books for the school, animals or history, he said. which is only a few blocks from the “It takes a while to get these books in neighborhood they’ve called home for because they’re mailed from all over the more than 20 years. country. When they do have them, they “It was a lot of fun for us and kept us will send them out. I’ll be getting, 30, busy,” Saunders said. “It was a fun, lit40 books a week,” Saunders said. tle project.” Then, Saunders and Redmond went And they said they plan to keep colshopping to find even more used books. lecting books next school year. “Ray and I went out to Goodwill “We may inquire over there at Cross and St. Vincent de Paul and other thrift Keys High School,” Saunders said. shops and got another 100 books,” “They are in need of books, too. We Saunders said. could probably get a number of books Saunders said he wanted to help for teenagers.”

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Officials at Georgia Shakespeare are working to remake their venerable theater company. Less than two years ago, Georgia Shakespeare had to put out a call for emergency help. The company said it needed to raise $500,000 in just a few months or it would close. Donors rallied and Georgia Shakespeare was able to keep going. But the crisis forced the Brookhavenbased theater group to take a hard look at itself. “We needed a change,” artistic director and Georgia Shakespeare co-founder Richard Garner said recently. This year, as Georgia Shakespeare opens its summer/fall season on the campus of Oglethorpe University June 21 with a revival of the play “Metamorphoses,” company officials are rethinking their business, and hope to bolster the company’s finances by broadening its operations. “Going into this year, not just theater groups, but any nonprofit arts group I know has been saying, ‘We’ve got to reinvent the model,’” Garner said. Georgia Shakespeare has entered into partnerships with theater groups at col-

leges in Gainesville and Kennesaw, and plans to add performances with those to expand its season. “We definitely have taken a look at our business model and looked at it from all different angles,” said Jennifer Bauer-Lyons, director of company initiatives. “We have this great relationship with Oglethorpe, but we … have to think, ‘How can we get outside the walls of [Oglethorpe’s] Conant Performing Arts Center?’” She describes the 2013 season as part of a major transition for the theater company that was founded more than a quarter century ago. “I think from the campaign in 2011, through 2012, those years have been transitional, transformational, for us all,” Bauer-Lyons said. “We’re right in the middle of it.” One immediate change is obvious. Georgia Shakespeare is presenting fewer plays this year. In the past, the company staged as many as six or seven shows in a season,

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Above, Chris Kayser, standing, and Joe Knezevich, front, practice handto-hand combat during a rehearsal of ‘Metamorphoses.’ Below, front to back, Barrett Doyle, Joe Knezevich and Travis Smith, with Park Krausen, right, go over a scene.

“Mighty Myths & Legends,” a children’s play, in July; and Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in October. “The 2013 season is a smaller season. That was by design,” Bauer-Lyons said. “It wasn’t really about saving money. We needed the time to reinvent our business model.” “This is kind of rock bottom as far as the quantity of work,” Garner said. The idea was to create time to plan, he said. “We needed to pull back, to slow the train down,” Garner said. Over the next couple of years, Georgia Shakespeare officials say, the theater company will change. Through new partnerships with Kennesaw State University and with the Gainesville Theatre Alliance, which includes Brenau University and the University of North Georgia, Georgia Shakespeare plans to develop new shows in those cities. Eventually, Bauer-Lyons said, Georgia Shakespeare will have bases in four north metro Atlanta counties – at Oglethorpe in DeKalb, at Piedmont Park’s “Shake In the Park” in Fulton, Gainesville in Hall and Kennesaw in Cobb. “We’re expanding our geographic footprint, but we’re also focusing on one product at a time,” BauerLyons said. “It’s expanding who we work with and how we work with them.” Georgia Shakespeare says the new alliances will allow it “to co-develop new artistic works and to integrate the company’s artistic productions into the academic programming of its partners.” “We are working together on something rather than trying to go it alone,” Bauer-

Actress records show’s metamorphoses Music, movement and the importance of a good cup of coffee to a theater production are just some of the subjects that actress Carolyn Cook has explored as she blogs about her experiences in the Georgia shakespeare production of “Metamorphoses.” Cook, who says she plays “all the old women” in the show, in which actors take multiple parts, plans to keep her blog – Lifelong Metamorphoses, found at lifelongmetamorphoses.wordpress.com – going throughout the run of the play and perhaps longer. she said she hopes the blog will give members of the audience a sense of what goes into preparing a play for a performance. “I just feel like theater is a communal experience,” she said. “the audience comes to the theater and they have a group experience, but I don’t think they realize how much they inﬂuence what we do. I just want to open a door and say, ‘you’re welcome. Let me show you around.’”

Lyons said. Georgia Shakespeare also is expanding its college internship program, Bauer-Lyon said. This summer, the company has 22 interns working in all phases of programming, from acting to building sets, and from box-office sales to marketing, she said. This summer, even the choice of the main play Georgia Shakespeare is producing was figured in to the company’s transition. “Metamorphoses,” originally staged in 2006 and 2007, had been one of the theater group’s most popular plays. “When we did it, it was the most powerful and important piece of theater we had done,” Garner said. He said he had to tell his house-cleaning crews to wait longer after the end of the show to start cleaning the theater. Some patrons just sat in their seat, thinking about what they had seen, for 10 to 15 minutes, he said. “It’s a really

Georgia Shakespeare’s 2013 season at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University “Metamorphoses” by Mary Zimmerman, June 21-July 21. “Mighty Myths & Legends” adapted by richard Garner and Allen o’reilly, July 2-20. “hamlet” by William shakespeare, oct. 3-27. season tickets cost from $40 to $100. For more information: 404-504-1473.

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Organ Festival Wednesday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. – Join others for the 19th season of the Atlanta Summer organ Festival, at four area churches. Concerts are one hour in length, and conclude with a dessert reception. Suggested donation of $15 at the door. Casual dress. The Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta, 30305, welcomes Jack Mitchener, associate professor of organ, Mercer University, Macon. For more information, contact Timothy Gunter at 404-365-1050 or via email: tgunter@stphilipscathedral.org. www.stphilipscathedral.org.

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Rhythm & Brews concert series welcomes “von Grey,” an Atlanta-based, classically trained, indie-folk band, consisting of four sisters, ages 12-18. $5 for ages 21 and up; $2 for ages 13-20; free for ages 12 and under. Blankets, picnics and coolers are welcome. Pets and smoking are not allowed. On the Sandy Springs Society Entertainment Lawn at Heritage Green, 6110 Bluestone Rd., Sandy Springs, 30328. Visit: www. heritagesandysprings.org for additional details.

Patriotic Concert Sunday, June 30, 4 p.m. – Kick off the Fourth of

July holiday week by joining Dunwoody United Methodist Church for a “Salute to America” concert and picnic in the sanctuary. The Chancel Choir and a brass ensemble perform Randall Thompson’s “Testament of Freedom,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Salute to the Armed Forces.” The Wandering Shepherds will also perform. Meals by The Varsity available for $10. Desserts provided by the church. Rain or shine. Visit: www.dunwoodyumc.org or call 770-394-0675, x 106 for more details or to register and pay for the picnic. 1548 Mt. Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, 30338.

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Wednesday, June 19, 10-11:45 a.m. – Learn about forensic science and criminology with help from the Georgia State University’s Science Department. For middle and high school youth. Free and open to the public. Additional class, 12-1:45 p.m. Registration required. Sandy Springs Branch Library, in the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Email: marlan. brinkley@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130 to sign up or with questions.

Lymphedema Wednesday, June 19, 12-2 p.m. – Join Janie

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Japanese Art Wednesday, June 19, 7-8 p.m. – Daniel Tilford, collections manager at Oglethorpe University’s Museum of Art, discusses a chronological study of western collectors of Japanese art, beginning in the mid-19th century. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Jiki to Hanga: Japanese Porcelain and Prints.” $5 general admission; free for OUMA members and children under 12. 4484 Peachtree Rd., Third Floor, Weltner Library, Brookhaven, 30319. To learn more, visit: museum.oglethorpe. edu or call 404-364-8555.

Dig Into Rocks Thursday, June 20, 10:30-11:15 a.m. –

“Rock out” with Bill Waggener, president of the Georgia Mineral Society. Hands-on examination of rock specimens. Free and open to the public. Session 1, at 10:30 a.m., for ages 5-7; session 2, from 12:30-1:15 p.m., for ages 8-12. Registration required by calling 404-814-3500, starting June 1. Email: comments@ co.fulton.ga.us for further details. Buckhead Branch Library, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

10:30-11:30 a.m. – Librarian Shannon Duffy helps kids identify minerals, fossils and rocks from the Tellus Museum’s Rockin’ Rollers Outreach Program. Free. For preschool and elementary youth. Additional class, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. For questions or to register, email: leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov or call 404-303-6130.

Make Comics Friday, June 21, 1-3 p.m. – Kyle Puttkammer,

creator of “Galaxy Man,” teaches teens about making their own comics, from finding inspiration, to marketing their final products. Learn how important art, geometric shapes, angles and lines are to producing art. Free and open to the public. For ages 12-18. Registration required by emailing: ouida.mccarther@fultoncountyga.gov or calling 404-8143500. Buckhead Branch Library, in the large Meeting Room, 269 Buckhead Ave., NE, Atlanta, 30305.

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ZooMobile Tuesday, June 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – The

Sandy Springs Branch Library and Zoo Atlanta’s ZooMobile present “Wild Features!” Youngsters compare animal and human body parts, and discover how people use senses just like animals. Free and open to the community. Suggested audiences: toddler, preschool, elementary, middle school. Additional class, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Space is limited; registration required and started June 1. Children may sign up for only one session. In the Meeting Room, 395 Mount Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, 30328. Contact leah.germon@fultoncountyga.gov with questions or to reserve a spot, or call 404-303-6130.

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From left, Davis Academy student Neta Gal, art teacher Rebecca Ganz, Rabbi Micah Lapidus, student Mitchell Bohrer, student Halle Busby, middle school Principal Jamie Kudlats, and students Emily Binderow and Adam Spector, all played key roles in developing the music CD.

“Our own community has such amaztar with doves pouring out, inspired by ing resources within it, and we brought the song “Halleluyah.” “I think I did the everyone in,” said Fran Putney, the birds flying out of the guitar because the school’s director of communications. “We sound of the guitar makes you calm and just brought their talents in and everyone relaxed,” Gal said. was really excited about the project.” “So many of the things that [students] Only one nongained are intangiDavis talent was ble. Especially when brought in to the you compare them project, local music to test scores and producer Will Robgrades,” Kudlats ertson, who set up a said. “Those things recording studio in tend to define what the middle school schools should be, and who Lapidus but contribute ofsaid has become ten very little to part of the school’s who we want stufamily. Lapidus, dents to be.” Robertson and Lapidus agrees. Kudlats arranged all “We are a school the music, and stucommunity that is dents were invitall about helping ed to audition for kids find their voic“We are a school spots as vocalists. es,” he said. community that is all Art teacher ReOver the course becca Ganz had her of the two-year about helping kids students listen to project, the faculﬁnd their voices.” Blessing songs and ty at Davis guidcreate artwork ined a lot of students spired by the mutoward finding a – Micah laPiDuS sic to serve as the alunique voice both School raBBi bum’s art. individually and in “This was a difthe context of the ferent kind of projJewish community. ect for students this Their debut age where they are music video for responding symbolically to music and “Kol Yisrael” is an example of that dualmetaphorically to music,” Ganz said. ity. The words of the sing-a-long trans“For them it was a totally different way to late to “All Israel is responsible for one think about art.” another.” The song starts with the single Seventh grader Emily Binderow creatvoice of Lapidus and by the end features ed a brilliant colorful swirl for “Be a Blessover a thousand members of the Davis ing.” Seventh grader Adam Spector sheepcommunity. ishly admits that he was bummed to get “When we find the thing that is the the song “With All My Heart” for his unique expression of our identity as a project, but after a couple of listens he got community and then bring all of the talcomfortable with the song and created a ented people to the process, all of a sudmosaic heart. den the community is the most powerful Eighth grader Neta Gal painted a guiforce in the world,” Lapidus said.

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Planning commission backs hotel development a second time CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

the planning commission for a second vote after ethics questions were raised following the first vote. The questions centered around campaign contributions by the law firm representing the developer to Commissioner Bob Dallas during his unsuccessful run for mayor, and around participation by Grossman, secretary and former president of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association, and other former DHA officers now on the planning commission. The DHA in April opposed the project because of its access to Ashford Dunwoody, one of the city’s busiest streets. But after the developers negotiated with DHA representatives and agreed to allow only right turns into the property from Ashford Dunwoody, the association changed its position. The new design also includes full access to the property from Perimeter Center North. DHA president Stacey Harris attended the June 11 planning commission meeting to express the group’s support for the new plan. “We think this is a fabulous compromise,” she told the commission. “It’s good.” Dallas and Commissioners Kirk Anders and Paul Player did not attend the June 11 meeting. Commissioners Don Converse, Tom Dwyer and Renate

Herod voted to approve the zoning for Sterling Point. In a letter apologizing to the city and dated May 7, lawyer Kathy Zickert said she, her firm and Hotel Equities Group LLC, contributed to Dallas’ mayoral campaign and that “it was entirely an oversight” the contributions weren’t disclosed. She wrote that she did not realize the city’s campaign disclosure forms applied to Planning Commissioners as well as to City Council members. “I am not aware of any other jurisdiction in this state which requires such disclosures vis-à-vis anyone other than an elected person,” she wrote. In May, Dallas said he did not think the contributions constituted a conflict of interCITY OF DUNWOODY est, any more than contribuThe Dunwoody Planning Commission once again approved development tions from a lawyer to a judiof 11.53 acres at the corner of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Perimeter cial candidate should keep the Center North. The parcel will include a hotel, a restaurant and judge from ruling on a case inshops. To see a larger version, go to ReporterNewspapers.net. volving the lawyer. But he said he planned to ask the city’s Ethof its ethics rules eliminated the Ethapproval. It is likely to be taken up later ics Board for advice on the question. ics Board’s advisory role. “The board’s this month, with a final council vote in After the June 11 vote, Dwyer asked current role is as a jury on ethics comJuly, city officials said. A group of zonwhy Dallas’ questions had not been anplaints,” he said. ing variations is to be considered by the swered. Lenny Felgin, one of the city’s Consideration of the Sterling Point Board of Zoning Appeals in August, city attorneys, said the city’s recent rewrite project now returns to the council for officials said.

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BURGLA RY  1700 block of Corners Court – A burglary to a residence, without using forced entry, was reported on May 24.  2300 block of Dunwoody Crossing – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on May 28.  4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on May 30.  100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on May 31.  4400 block of Village Drive – A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 6.  300 block of Pe-

rimeter Center North

 1600 block of Mount Vernon Road – A larceny was reported on May 24.  5100 block of Corners Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 24.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 24.  I-285

EB Expressway/Peachtree-Dunwoody Off Ramp – Theft by receiving stolen

property was reported on May 24.

 I-285 EB Expressway – Theft by receiving stolen property was reported on May 24.

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– A burglary to a residence, using forced entry, was reported on June 6.

A U TO THE FT  4600 block of Peachtree Place Parkway – Theft of an auto was reported on May 24.  2300 block of Peachford Road – Theft of an auto was reported on May 24.  2300 block of Dunwoody Crossing – Theft of an auto was reported on May 28.  4800 block of Twin Lakes Trail– Theft of an auto was reported on June 4.

T HEF T/ L A RC EN Y  5200 block of Wyntercreek Circle – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

1st block of  Perimeter Center East – A larceny was reported on May 24.

1st block of  Perimeter Center

East – A larceny was reported on May 24.

 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 24.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 25.  400 block of Perimeter Center Terrace – A larceny from a building was reported on May 25.  4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny from a building was reported on May 25.  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on May 26.  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 26.

 5200 block of Wyntercreek Circle – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 26.

 5200 block of Forest Springs Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

 100 block of Perimeter Center West – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 26.

 5500 block of Mount Vernon Way – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

 100 block of Perimeter Center West – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 26.

 1600 block of Manhasset Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

 1200 block of Hammond Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 26.

 5200 block of Vernon Lake Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

 4500 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on May 27.

 5200 block of Lakesprings Drive – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 24.

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Police Blotter CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 27.

Shoplifting was reported on May 30.

 4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 28.

 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 30.

 1200 block of Ashford Crossing – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 31.

 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 30.

 100 block of Perimeter Center West – A larceny from a building was reported on June 1.

 100 block of Perimeter Center West – Shoplifting was reported on May 28.  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 28.  4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on May 28.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on May 28.  4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 28.  4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – A larceny was reported on May 28.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 28.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 29.  1500 block of Cedarhurst Drive – A larceny was reported on May 30.  4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road –

 4700 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 30.

 4000 block of Dunwoody Park – A larceny was reported on May 30.  1200 block of Ashford Crossing – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 30.

 1400 block of Dunwoody Village Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 31.

 4300 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on June 1.  300 block of Perimeter Center North – A larceny was reported on June 1.

 300 block of Perimeter Center North – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 31.  300 block of Perimeter Center North – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on May 31.

 4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 31.  200 block of Perimeter Center Parkway – A larceny from a building was reported on May 31.  4600 block of Andalusia Trail – A larceny was reported on May 31.  4400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Shoplifting was reported on May 31.

 4700 block of N. Peachtree Road – Larceny of ar-

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 100 block of Perimeter Center Place – A larceny was reported on June 5.  1000 block of Crown Pointe Parkway – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 5.

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 1400 block of Vernon Ridge Close – Larceny of articles from a vehicle was reported on June 4.

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 5400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on June 3.

 4000 block of Dunwoody Park – Credit card fraud was reported on June 4.  1600 block of Mount Vernon Road – A worthless check was reported on June 4.

 4400 block of Ashford Dunwoody Road – Simple assault was reported on June 5.

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 1100 block of Winding Branch Circle –Arson was reported on May 24.

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 5400 block of Roberts Drive – Disorderly conduct was reported on May 24.

 1st block of Perimeter Center East – Family battery/simple battery was reported on May 25.

 4500 block of Barclay Drive – An animal complaint was reported on May 25.

 2300 block of Kings Point Drive – Simple assault/battery was reported on May 25.

 1900 block of Cotillion Drive/Dunwoody Park South – Kidnapping of an adult was re-

 100 block of Perimeter Center West – Assault through intimidation was reported on May 27.  1800 block of Withmere Way – Family battery/simple battery was reported on May 27.  5400 block of Chamblee Dunwoody Road – Simple assault/battery was reported on May 30.  6700 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard – Simple assault/battery was report-

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