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Dunwoody homeowners and businesses will pay more in city property taxes with the approval of a millage rate increase on July 11. The increase of 0.3 mills is the first in city history. Part of the estimated $1.1 million in new revenue will boost Dunwoody police compensation.

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By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody City Council approved the city’s first property tax increase in its 14-year history July 11 to help address a looming $2 million budget deficit.

The increase from 2.74 to 3.04 mills was approved by a 5-0 vote and is expected to generate about $1.1 million in

new revenue. The additional money will target operational expenses and help fund salary increases for city employees and police officers.

Dunwoody Human Resources Director Nicole Stojka said in a July 11 memo that salary increases will cost $398,000.

Police officer pay will increase 6 per-

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cent, along with an increase to the pay scale by 6 percent to maintain equity between new hires and existing officers. City employees will receive a 4 percent salary increase with a 6 percent increase in salary ranges. The additional pay is effective June 30 and will be reflected in the next pay cycle.

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DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody’s Stage Door Theatre will host a performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “August: Osage County” Aug. 17-28.

The play takes on heavy subjects and themes, focusing on addiction, trauma and recovery. Showrunners have partnered with Dunwoody-based Atlanta Recovery Place to raise funds with the performance to support addiction recovery treatment in the Dunwoody and greater Atlanta communities.

Kennesaw-based Greenlight Acting Studios partnered with The Living Room Theatre to bring a star-studded cast to the production. Audiences will recognize actors such as Alpha Trivette, Rebecca Coon, Drew Waters and Erin Bethea, who have acted in works such as “Breaking Bad,” “Ozark”

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Three men arrested for felony shoplifting DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested three men July 7 after they allegedly attempted to steal $850 in clothing from Macy’s at Perimeter Mall.

When police arrived, a loss prevention employee told them three men were taking the price tags off items and placing them in bags. Police located the men walking around the store and detained them without incident.

Police reviewed security camera footage which displayed one of the men “grabbing merchandise and putting it on the ground for the other two subjects to pick up,” according to the report. One of the men allegedly provided police a false name when asked to identify himself.

Police arrested the three, a 41-yearold from Albany, a 30-year-old from Jacksonville, Fla., and a 41-year-old from Douglasville, and charged them with felony shoplifting.

One of two suspects arrested for felony theft DUNWOODY, Ga. — A woman was arrested and a man successfully evaded police July 9 after the two allegedly attempted to steal more than $3,700 in merchandise from Macy’s in Perimeter Mall.

A loss prevention employee told police the suspects had taken luggage bags from the Macy’s and began stuffing them with children’s clothing.

When police arrived, one officer chased the male suspect in the parking deck, but he got away. Another officer took the woman into custody.

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Police arrested Toni Hendrix, 26, of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, and charged her with felony shoplifting.

Roswell man arrested for fleeing traffic stop DUNWOODY, Ga. — Police arrested a 22-year-old Roswell man after he allegedly fled from a traffic stop July 9.

Around 12:30 a.m., an officer noticed the man appeared to be asleep at a traffic light on Ashford Dunwoody Road in the lane to turn left onto Perimeter Center West. When the officer attempted a traffic stop, the driver put on his right turn signal as though he intended to stop and then rapidly changed lanes and cut off another driver, according to the report.

The officer did not chase the driver as he “sped off” down Perimeter Center West but notified Sandy Springs police where the suspect was apprehended some 20 minutes later.

Police found a container with marijuana in a bag the man had, according to the report.

The 22-year-old Roswell man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, driving while unlicensed, improper stopping, impeding traffic, attempting to elude law enforcement and reckless driving.

Police arrest driver who struck residence DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Dunwoody man allegedly drove his car into a house on Peeler Road around 4 a.m. July 9.

The man told police he had simply lost control of the vehicle, which caused him to strike the house.

Police arrested the 25-year-old Dunwoody man and charged him for having an open container of alcohol, reckless driving and improper lane usage.

Couple loses thousands in phony real estate deal JOHNS CREEK, Ga. –– A Johns Creek couple reported to police June 30 that they had been swindled out of $24,700 after investments made in a fake real estate property in Jasper.

It was reported to police that eight cash investments had been made toward the property – between April 14 and May 27 – a total of $24,700. The cash payments were an initial investment to flip the home and then make a $50,000 profit, but the victims learned too late it was fraud after being notified the real estate agent was not credible.

The victims stated the money invested in bitcoin by the real estate agent had been sent to Turkey.

Woman found dead at Alpharetta hotel ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Authorities say that the body of a 35-year-old woman was found at a hotel in Alpharetta over the weekend, prompting a death investigation by the Alpharetta Police Department.

According to Detective Lt. A. Splawn, the woman was found deceased by her boyfriend at the Comfort Inn on Windward Parkway in Alpharetta at about noon on July 10.

Splawn said that they have not discovered any evidence that the death is a result of foul play.

Investigators are awaiting an autopsy by the Fulton County Medical Examiners Office to determine the woman’s cause of death.

“We are still actively investigating the facts related to the victim and her personal circumstances,” he said.

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Bond referendum may have to wait until next year

By JEFFREY ALBERTSON newsroom@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Plans for a November bond referendum in Dunwoody appear to be on hold after two of three City Council members voted thumbs down at a Capital Prioritization Committee meeting July 15.

Signs of a delay were telegraphed a few days earlier when the full City Council discussed a lack of shovelready projects that could be included in the bond.

At that July 11 meeting, Mayor Lynn Deutsch said she thinks the city needs “more time to flesh out priorities.”

Councilman Tob Price agreed it could be a challenge.

“With a little bit of elbow grease we could get to a workable list in time to put something before the voters this fall,” he said.

That discussion spilled into last Friday’s meeting resulting in a consensus among the committee that a bond referendum in 2022 would not happen.

The committee, consisting of City Council members John Heneghan, Catherine Lautenbacher and Joe Seconder, voted 2-1 against providing a project list to the full city council.

Heneghan and Lautenbacher voted against providing the list.

Extensive discussion is expected at the next full council meeting on July 25.

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Increase: Continued from Page 1 homeowners have not paid any additional city property taxes, leaving the government hamstrung to meet a rising demand for amenities, especially park developments.

“There is no citizen of Dunwoody in a homesteaded property that has ever seen a city tax increase in any year since incorporation,” Assistant City Manager J. Jay Vinicki said. “If you were paying $251 in 2008, you are paying $251 today.”

Even with the increase, Dunwoody still has the lowest combined tax rate in DeKalb County, Vinicki said.

Some homeowners leverage a homestead exemption to lower their millage rate by one point. They may also take advantage of an assessed county property value freeze. Combining the reductions means some residents pay less than one mill in taxes.

City estimates show that with the tax

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Upgrades to Peachtree Middle School’s football field turf has been removed from the short list of items proposed for funding if the Dunwoody City Council places a bond question on the Nov. 8 ballot. The City Council is expected to discuss the fate of a bond referendum at its July 25 meeting. woody City Council has held public hearings to weigh the merits of a bond referendum – somewhere between $30 to $50 million – to expand parks, trails and infrastructure projects.

An approved bond referendum would be the first in city history.

The Capital Prioritization Committee was created following the April 25 council meeting and is tasked with narrowing down the list of unfunded city projects to be folded into a bond

referendum.

Over the past two months, a list of 95 projects was reduced to 17, then narrowed again to eight.

The July 15 meeting went line by line of the 17 projects and considered each. Several of the projects were either completed by the council or are not eligible to be included in a bond.

The city approved a $1 million match program on June 13 to fund expansions at the Dunwoody Nature

Center and the Spruill Arts Center.

At least two items on the proposed bond list of projects may be removed because the city does not own the property or responsibility rests with DeKalb County.

One project calls for upgrading the turf of the football field at Peachtree Middle School. Dunwoody has a 20year intergovernmental agreement with

rate increase homeowners will see a tax bump of between $33 and $69 a year for homes valued between $400,000 to $600,000.

For a newly purchased home valued at $500,000, the increase will be about $57 a year.

The city held three public hearings over the past two months to discuss increasing the millage rate, receiving a mix of public input.

“I am here to encourage you to go ahead and raise the millage rate,” former Dunwoody City Council member Robert Wittenstein said at the July 11 morning public hearing. “But I am also going to suggest something that you already know (that) the real crux of the problem here is the assessment freeze for residential properties.”

Wittenstein recommended the council contact the state Legislature to sunset the provision over the next five years.

Hazel Segall, a resident since 1994, said parks and recreation had enhanced her life and made Dunwoody a better place for visitors.

“I don’t like taxes being raised, however I do like what the City Council has done with the money,” Segall said. “I have been privy to see parks and recreation and how hard they work and what they’ve done.”

Another resident saw the increase as fruitful.

“I do believe you have to pay to play, and I enjoy all the amenities in Dunwoody,” longtime resident Sue Ellis said.

Opponents to the tax increase had their say, too.

“Taxes should not be raised in this record inflationary period,” 30-year resident Brent Allen said. “The city should be tightening its belt instead of adding to its wishlist.”

Resident Carrie Smith said her property value increased by $200,000 last year, and the city would receive more revenue as a result.

“I just think the taxes are too high, and you don’t need to raise the rates because you are hurting people, especially older people who are on fixed incomes,” Smith said. “I don’t know why you’d want to hurt your neighbors by doing that.”

City Councilman Tom Lambert said tremendous work had gone into considering the tax rate hike.

“This is something that has been on the table for years,” Lambert said. “We have put this off as long as we can and have tried to be sensitive to the situations of our families and homeowners in the city and not raise taxes at all if possible.”

Lambert said he paid less in city taxes for police, parks and paving than for weekly DeKalb County trash collection.

Mayor Lynn Deutsch stressed the difficult environment the city is in regarding police pay. The city has already been outflanked by 20 percent pay increases in Roswell and Alpharetta.

“If we want to have our own police department and to be competitive in recruiting, we have to be competitive, because salaries matter,” Deutsch said.

The mayor said the city must be transparent and cover the cost of services residents want.

“My job is to provide services today, but to build a community for the future,” Deutsch said.

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Elderly Roswell tenants live in limbo over forced relocation Tenants hit by housing shortage in North Fulton

By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda slept in his car, hotels, even a warehouse before calling 199 Grove Way home in December 2020.

He had been on the waiting list for an apartment at the complex for more than two years.

The building, formerly known as Pelfrey Pines, consists of 40 units built in the mid-1980s. It sits within a half-mile of Roswell City Hall.

The property is owned by the Roswell Housing Authority and is managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement. The Roswell agency owns 55 other incomebased housing units that require tenants to earn below 80 percent of the area median income.

In March, Dowda and his neighbors received notice the property had been condemned because of structural issues and they would need to find someplace else to live. Many of the residents have lived there for more than 20 years and are elderly and/or disabled. They have until the end of August to leave.

Dowda, 74, said he’s worried about his friends and himself. He is a retired attorney and served in the U.S. Air Force for two years. He lives alone in his apartment with his dog, Alfie.

“These are good folks here and they deserve better,” Dowda said. “A lot of people here, they don’t understand this [Voluntary Tenant Relocation Program].

They may or may not have the mental capacity to be involved in this. To them, this is their last place to live.”

About 20 tenants gathered at the housing complex’s Community Room July 6 to hear about RHA’s plans to help them relocate. But, Beth Brown, executive director of the Gainesville Housing Authority, said they have exhausted all their options in Roswell and Alpharetta, forcing them to look in Cumming, Atlanta or out of state.

“My heart breaks for where we are right now,” Brown said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen if you don’t jump on board and help us help you.”

A similar meeting took place in May, but because of the urgency and challenges they’ve faced in finding housing, a second meeting was arranged to meet with residents. The situation comes two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when a moratorium went into effect banning evictions for failure to pay rent.

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Vietnam War veteran Michael Dowda is one of 33 residents who live at 199 Grove Way and are being asked to relocate because their building has been deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell. They have until August to leave. have been redescent of building new apartments, saying the city already has its fair share in North Fulton. In May, the City Council approved a text amendment to the Unified Development Code banning the construction of new standalone apartments.

History of issues

Margaret Fancher, 75, said she has a friend who’s been living at the apartment complex for 20 years.

While the pair have known each other for nearly six decades, Fancher said her friend can’t move to Athens to live with her, because it would take about four hours to get her to her doctor’s appointments in Roswell and back.

“This is a mess,” Fancher said. “It’s a giant mess. … When you look at the building itself, her doors don’t shut anymore. There are cracks. The air conditioner compressor runs all the time.

They won’t fix anything, and they’re not going to salvage any of this. I feel sorry for everybody. This is the worst time of the year to move, too.”

Another resident, who is blind, said her sisters live close by and visit her as needed, but her main concern is that she will lose access to public transportation if she moves. She’s lived in her apartment since 2001.

This isn’t the first time residents have raised concerns either.

In 2017, a mother said she and her family had been forced to sleep outside in a tent because of mold inside their

apartment. Neighbors said they had repeatedly asked management to work on the problem but to no avail.

Brown told Appen Media after the meeting she became aware of the building’s structural issues soon after she joined GHA in 2012. Around that time, they hired an engineering company to assess the building. Then, in 2021, GHA applied for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program, but the application was denied. The program provides tax incentives on new construction and substantial rehabilitation on existing properties with an eye toward the underprivileged.

From there, Brown said the City of Roswell inspected the building, rendered it unsafe and condemned it. Brown said GHA has since been working with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, to relocate the 33 tenants. Out of the 33, Brown said 20 are still in need of housing.

“This was a very proactive approach from the housing authority’s perspective,” Brown said. “We’re the one that initiated all the engineering studies, we reached out to HUD, we reached out to the city, we’ve just been taking this very proactively in order to make sure the residents are living in a safe and stable community. Unfortunately, things beyond our control have led us down the path that we are right now.”

Landlords wary of vouchers

Brown said HUD hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support.

A staff member is on-site every weekday to answer questions and help with their Tenant Protection Vouchers, which do expire but can be extended under extenuating circumstances.

The vouchers, which were issued by the Marietta Housing Authority, are good for the rest of the tenant’s life and can be used anywhere in the country as long as he or she remains compliant with the program requirements.

The problem tenants are facing, Brown said, is that Georgia is not covered under the Income Protection program, meaning landlords do not have to accept vouchers and can set income requirements.

“We’re trying everything we can do,” Brown said. “We’re working and trying to convince landlords to take vouchers, but we cannot make something that doesn’t exist, and we cannot force a landlord to take a voucher. So, we’re just going to continue to work with them.”

LaToya Ellis, tenant relocation coordinator with the Leumas Group, told tenants at the July 6 meeting that they can receive up to $1,600 to pay for transportation costs to scope out potential apartments, application fees, background checks and moving expenses, plus the security deposit.

In a typical project, Ellis said tenants would be asked to move voluntarily or face eviction procedures. While that may not be the case with this project,

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Areas around the building are being held up by metal supports. The City of Roswell has inspected it and rendered it unsafe.

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Ellis said this is a new path the housing authority is pursuing by bringing in the Leumas Group.

Ellis told tenants she understands many of them have roots in the community.

“I know you’re familiar with the area, but because of where we are right now, this is, unfortunately, the reality,” Ellis said.

Brown said housing authorities redevelop their properties all the time, because their housing stock across the country is typically between 50 and 80 years old. But, she said, this is the first time in her career that a building has been deemed structurally unsound.

“I’ve relocated hundreds of people,” Brown said. “I know how stressful it is.

I know how challenging this is. I know

that your housing security is the most important thing in your life.”

GHA is working on a replacement plan for HUD to redevelop and bring the building up to code. The project is expected to take several years, and when completed, the tenants will be given the opportunity to come back.

“It would not only replace our existing housing but add additional affordable units to the mix as well,” Brown said. “… We’re working with the Department of Community Affairs, Roswell’s city government and other nonprofits to help us come up with the best plan, but as you can imagine, construction costs and the economy right now have had a major impact on the ability to build affordable housing.”

Brown encourages any owner or landlord who wants to work with GHA and is willing to take a voucher to email her at bbrown@gainesvillehousing.org, or call 770-536-1294, Ext. 205.

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ROSWELL, Ga. — The family of a 23-year-old Roswell woman fatally shot on July 6 is raising funds to help pay for her funeral expenses and support her two children.

As of July 13, the family had raised more than $20,000 out of their $50,000 goal. The GoFundMe page states any excess funds will go toward Johana Samantha ‘Samy’ Cabrales-Hernandez’s 2-yearold daughter and 7-month-old son.

Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo told Appen Media on July 11 officers are still searching for Cabrales-Hernandez’s boyfriend. Fabien Malik Perry, 27, is accused of fatally shooting CabralesHernandez inside their home on the 100 block of Old Ferry Way just after midnight on July 6.

Police have since expanded their search outside the state, but Lupo said there are no additional public updates on the case at this time.

“We continue to actively seek Perry’s apprehension,” Lupo said. “We have been in contact with our federal part-

ners, along with local and state contacts toward those ends.”

Cabrales-Hernandez’s sister, Miriam Cabrales Jaimes, describes the incident on GoFundMe as a “senseless act of violence.”

“We are kindly asking for your help and cooperation in raising funds for Samy’s funeral expenses,” Jaimes wrote.

“Any funds that are left over from her funeral expenses will be used to help support her babies.”

To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/ help-for-samys-funeral-expenses.

Perry is described as a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing approximately 165 pounds.

Anyone with information about the incident or Perry’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be shared through Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or online at StopCrimeATL.org.

Anyone experiencing domestic violence or concerned that a friend or family member might be experiencing domestic violence can call 1-800-3342836 to speak with an advocate. To find

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about the Roswell Housing Authority. But it wasn’t written, he said. Instead, we focused on the current situation — where we are, not how we got here.

Part of Mayor Wilson’s goal, I think, was to point out that his administration inherited the problem. He walked into a situation that instilled genuine, dire concern for the safety of his residents, and he acted on it. I commend him for it.

But I push back on his other point. Michael Dowda’s story did need to be told. In fact, I think it’s the only one that really matters.

A small part of what we do in local news is investigative journalism. We spend money on FOIA requests and PACER access. Reporters comb through budgets, monitor indictments and read countless police reports. We compile hundreds of excel documents to find patterns in municipal data. We’ll even take a city to court if we think they’re breaking the law.

“Watchdog journalism” is important. Some newspapers even use it to drive subscription campaigns. But it’s not all there is.

The reality is that most of our stories are from, and about, the community. Your valedictorians, Rotary Club meetings and back-to-school drives. Within our pages, you’ll find columns about the area’s history, photos from Fourth of July events and reports of teacher burnout. We try and profile a local business every week – picked by the newsroom, away from the sales department, I might add.

Those are the stories that relay the face of a community and what it’s like to live there.

As Michael Dowda stood at the podium in Roswell City Hall, his face conveyed much to me. He looked right at the City Council and Mayor Wilson, as they insisted they inherited the problem. Investigate the Roswell Housing Authority, they said. That’s the real story.

“I was homeless for almost four years,” Dowda said.

The Vietnam War veteran had slept in cars, warehouses and hotels until a spot opened at Grove Way. “I will not be homeless again. I’ll soon get my home in heaven. But we’ve got to solve this problem.”

I truly share Michael Dowda’s optimism that this mayor and council, city staff and “especially the residents, other citizens of Roswell,” will find a solution.

Optimistic, yes, but it will take work.

Since the story has come out, we have heard a lot of folks calling for a fix. Senators, representatives and other elected officials have expressed concern. Community and nonprofit leaders say they are willing to lend a hand. But there is still no clear resolution.

Part of local news is calling out wrongdoing. It’s an important part of this story, and as Mayor Wilson said, there is no shortage of it. How did we get here? How did this property get to be in such bad shape? Why is the move being handled this way? To say nothing of the larger questions of this issue. What’s going on with housing in Metro Atlanta, or around the country? Why are we treating our elderly, our veterans, our vulnerable populations so poorly?

Those are all questions we need to ask. But we can’t lose sight of the real story.

On Aug. 28, Michael Dowda and his neighbors must leave their homes and they don’t have anywhere to go.

That’s the story we must tell. We must also work together, as a community, to find a solution. Chamian, Pat and I want to hear from anyone who wants to help.

Developers, Rabbis, officials, therapists, soccer coaches.

If you have an idea, let us know. If you don’t have one, but you still want to help, let us know that too.

If you’re a property owner or landlord willing to take a Tenant Protection Voucher, contact Beth Brown at the Gainesville Housing Authority: 770-536-1294, Ext. 205, bbrown@gainesvillehousing.org.

Two things make me optimistic; I know people in this community will want to help, and there absolutely must be a solution. I refuse to concede these residents are destined to be without a place to sleep.

In talking with folks over the past week, I have remarked that this is the most important work we’ve done in local news. I’m beginning to think it’s the only story that matters at all.

The only story that really matters Last week, a resident called our managing editor and said he was worried about his future. He lives in an affordable housing complex that was shut down, and now he and his neighbors weren’t sure where to go.

Pat Fox took that call from Michael Dowda and knew exactly what to do. He typed out the information and sent it to Chamian Cruz, our CARL APPEN Roswell reporter.

Director of Content & DevelopA few days later, we published ment a story about Dowda and the 32 carl@appenmedia.com other residents of 199 Grove Way, an apartment complex owned by the Roswell Housing Authority. The building is 40 years old, sits within a half-mile of City Hall and is in such disrepair that the city has ordered it unsafe for occupancy. As it turns out, this isn’t new information. For reasons that remain unclear, the property is operated by the Gainesville Housing Authority, and a GHA representative says she became aware of the building’s structural issues 10 years ago when she joined the agency.

The apartments are reserved for lower-income residents. Many of the tenants have lived there for 20 years and are elderly or disabled.

Now, they must all find a new place to live. They aren’t having much luck. Georgia does not require landlords to accept vouchers, and not many are willing to do it. As a result, 20 of the 33 Grove Way residents still have no place to go.

Chamian attended a community meeting, interviewed tenants and spoke with housing administrators. She walked through the complex with Dowda, experiencing firsthand the condition of the building and its units.

Then, she wrote about it.

Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson took a few minutes out of Monday’s City Council meeting to address Chamian and the Alpharetta-Roswell Herald. He said there was a story that should be told, “a fantastic expose to be written,”

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Bethea also serves as one of the co-producers for the upcoming rendition of “August: Osage County.” She said the idea of putting on a show amid the continued prevalence of COVID-19 was daunting, but that the pandemic just made the play’s themes more relevant than ever.

“One of the central themes of ‘August: Osage County’ is isolation and how isolation breeds mental health issues and addiction issues,” Bethea said. “It kind of felt like there may not have been a more opportune, interesting time in history to tackle a play with a subject like this.

It’s about family trauma and isolation and what we’ve all kind of lived with in the last few years.”

Co-producer and actress Michelle Neil said the themes hit home for her because she is a recovered alcoholic. It felt important for her to partner with a local recovery organization to let the audience know that support is available for those struggling with addiction — and luckily, the showrunners found Atlanta Recovery Place less than half a mile from the theater.

Cody Davis, director of business development for

the drug rehab organization, also said the timing of the partnership is opportune. He said mental health and substance abuse are topics within the national interest at the moment, and the Georgia Legislature recently passed a bill aimed at improving access to mental health care.

“It couldn’t have been better timing,” Davis said. “The fact that they’re doing this in a local theater right down the street from our facility, it just made sense.”

Atlanta Recovery Place focuses on treating individuals who suffer from substance abuse. Its treatment programs aim to uncover the underlying causes of substance abuse, such as trauma and mental health disorders, and help patients overcome them. The organization does not limit who can receive care there, and Davis said about half of its patients are Dunwoody locals.

Though “August: Osage County” was adapted into a film in 2013, Bethea said the audience will have a much different experience seeing the live show. She said the play is far more humorous and light-hearted than its adaptation, despite its dark themes. She said the feeling of gathering in-person with a community to see the play only feeds into its positivity.

“There’s tons of healing that happens through laughter,” Bethea said. “You know, when people are gathered in a room together and they’re enjoying something, even if they’re squirming in their seats a little bit while they’re

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THE INVESTMENT COACH

Oil, inflation, green dreams and political punditry John McCain said, “Whoever controls oil controls much more than oil.”

Barack Obama observed, “Our enemies are fully aware that they can use oil as a against LEWIS J. WALKER, CFP weapon America. And if we don’t take this threat as seriously as the bombs they build or the guns they buy, we will be fighting the War on Terror with one hand tied behind our back.”

The decade of the 1970s was characterized by rising oil consumption in America while domestic production declined, leading to increased dependence on foreign producers. In October 1973 an oil crisis ensued when members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) led by Saudi Arabia initiated an oil embargo aimed at nations that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War, America included.

An aide to President Richard Nixon declared the action “an energy Pearl Harbor” as panicked motorists waited in long gas lines, fist fights broke out at the pumps, supplies were limited, and prices rose, aggravating inflation.

Nixon’s successor, President Gerald Ford, declared, “We must proceed with our own energy development. Exploitation of domestic petroleum and natural gas po-

tentialities, along with nuclear, solar, geothermal, and non-fossil fuels is vital. We will never again permit any foreign nation to have Uncle Sam over a barrel of oil.”

Here we are, decades later, relearning lessons of history midst an inflationary surge replete with soaring energy prices.

We can blame Putin, supply chain bottlenecks, big corporations, etc., but the root cause of inflation is the interplay between supply, demand and the money supply.

Milton Friedman (1912-2006) was a lauded American economist, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Friedman famously declared, “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.”

In response to the COVID-19 induced shutdowns, the Federal Reserve Bank vastly expanded the money supply while holding interest rates near zero, and as COVID relief funds flowed to consumers and various entities. In May, 2020, CNBC reported, “The U.S. savings rate hits record 33 percent as coronavirus causes Americans to stockpile cash, curb spending.”

In December, 2020, a nurse in New York became the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Jan. 20, 2021. As we made progress against the virus, and the economy began to open up, demand for goods and services

exploded, midst record deficit spending by the government and spending by stir-crazy consumers flush with cash.

With supply chain disruptions and labor shortages, we see the result of “too much money chasing too few goods and services,” galloping inflation.

After taking office with climate change concerns pushed aggressively by activists, President Biden introduced “The Biden Plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice,” what some have criticized as a “Green New Deal Light.” A clean energy transition is inevitable as fossil fuels will not last forever. However, in the here and now, reality bites! Clean energy can meet only a fraction of our power needs. America and our allies do not want to depend on Putin’s Russia to supply oil and gas. In a twist of history, President Biden is asking the Saudis to ramp up production, and we’re even talking with the dictator that runs Venezuela. Expect to see pressure to further develop America’s fossil fuel reserves, including coal, natural gas, and oil, benefiting the “energy sector.”

If a “red wave” envelops Congress, look for changes in domestic fossil fuel energy policy as an “inflation fighting strategy,” even as we continue to move toward nuclear and clean energy options and breakthroughs, all eventualities with investment implications.

People may see green when they think about the climate but they also see red given prices at the pump and in the gro-

cery store, inflation made worse by a supply chain powered by increasingly costly fossil fuels. They’ll see sweat-induced red when air conditioners shut down during heat wave brownouts. Looking at reality as this is written in the early weeks of summer replete with 100-degree plus days in Hotlanta, expect inflation to be far from transitory, but a challenge for some time to come. The peak?

Who knows? When will the stock market bottom? Who knows? Rosy Scenario left town awhile back and her near term return flight has been canceled.

The Fed will continue to raise interest rates, consumers will cut back more than they have currently, demand will slow.

Plan on a recession. If we dodge one, or if it’s a mild pullback, so much the better.

Keep reasonable levels of cash reserves, and if possible, dollar-cost-average into solid, dividend paying stocks. You can’t market time a bottom, but in the long run, steady investing will make you look like a genius.

Lewis Walker, CFP®, is a life centered financial planning strategist with Capital Insight Group; 770-441-3553; lewis@lewwalker.com. Securities & advisory services offered through The Strategic Financial Alliance, Inc. (SFA). Lewis is a registered representative and investment adviser representative of SFA, otherwise unaffiliated with Capital Insight Group. He’s a Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and Certified Exit Planning Advisor.

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Are you ready to relax with a good book?

I may write every day, but I read every night. Check out my recent reads. If you want intriguing and comfortable, go for the books that are parts of the series I return to over and KATHY over. If you want disMANOS PENN turbing and unsettling, then pick up the standalone novel. To each his own.

“The Dinner” by Herman Koch This is not a book for the faint of heart. It’s about families, relationships and bad decisions. I was riveted as those decisions and their consequences unfolded and shocked at the ending. It

is a disturbing tale. Two brothers and their spouses meet for dinner, and what led to the dinner is revealed through flashbacks. The brothers’ relationship is fraught with jealousy that has intensified through the years, but that is merely an underlying theme in a plot that focuses on recent happenings. I was engrossed in the tale, but this is not a book I want to revisit. The mark of a good book can be that its story stays with you, that it is haunting. In that regard, this was an excellent book. I’ll say no more, lest I spoil it for you. Just know that I had to read several lighthearted mysteries to get this saga out of my mind – to cleanse my palate, so to speak.

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other” by Jodi Taylor One of my newsletter subscribers recommended The Chronicles of St. Mary’s to me last year, and this is the first in the series. I am now officially addicted and have read the first five books.

I am trying to pace myself and read other books in between! What does that tell you?

St. Mary’s is an organization loosely connected to a university in England – think something like Oxford. Their mission is to travel in time to document historical events, sometimes to check for accuracy in the historical record and sometimes to set the record straight.

Max and Leon are the characters I root for, though I find myself completely engaged in the friendships, the professional competition, and yes, the nefari-

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I haven’t been this hooked on a series since Harry Potter, but this is so much more than a fantasy world, with its depiction of historical events and people. It is set sometime in the ’70s, maybe ’80s, which I figured out only from musical references like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” The dialogue is exceptionally witty. I sometimes find myself reading a sentence and not laughing until a sentence or two later, as the underlying wit creeps up on me! I strongly recommend you give it a try!!

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Bond: Continued from Page 3 the DeKalb County School District concerning the football field and has made improvements to lighting and a storage facility, but it does not own the field.

Converting the turf would likely be outside the scope of a bond referendum because it would require changes to the agreement with the school district.

Updates to the Brook Run Park Veterans Memorial is another item expected to be removed. The memorial was constructed by DeKalb County.

Talks are ongoing between the city and county about improvements.

Discussions about delaying a bond issuance follows the council approving a 0.3 percent millage rate increase on July 11. The increase from 2.74 to 3.04

mills is the maximum allowed by city charter.

Time is running out for a November bond referendum.

The council would have to set the bond amount, specify how the money would be directed and pass a resolution at least 90 days prior to the Nov. 8 general election date.

If voters approve a bond referendum, they would also be voting in support of an additional millage rate increase.

“Having just raised the tax rate for all citizens, I am very reluctant to do it again for these back of the envelope ideas that have not been completely flushed out,” Councilman John Heneghan said in a blog post.

“Maybe next year as far as I am concerned, but I am only one vote,” he wrote.

In Memoriam

Carolyn Stroefer Short December 3, 1962 - July 4, 2022

Carolyn Stroefer Short, 59, of Atlanta, passed away on July 4, 2022 from complications of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Carole was born in Mansfield, Ohio, daughter of the late Donald William Stroefer and Marjorie Baehr Stroefer. Her family moved to Atlanta when she was five years old. Carole was the loving wife of 35 years to husband Steve Short, and adoring mother to son Austin William Short, and daughter Mary Anne Short Sylvester (husband Colin Sylvester). Carole was diagnosed with leukemia in March 2020. Not knowing what the future would hold, her wish at that point was to live long enough to experience the birth of a first grandchild.

That wish came true with the birth of Charlotte Carolyn Sylvester, on May 10, 2022. Carole was able to experience the joys of being a grandmother for almost 2 months and doted on Baby Charlotte.

Carole fought her battle with leukemia for almost 2.5 years but did it with amazing strength and grace and she truly was an inspiration to all who knew her.

Carole’s focus in life was first God, and then her family and many friends.

Carole did not know a stranger. Her smile lit up every room. Carole and Steve met in college. When Steve took Carole home to meet his parents for the first time, he asked his parents afterward what they

thought of her. His mom’s reply was, “She certainly is a whippersnapper!” Carole always lived life with an incredible zest and enthusiasm. In addition to being an amazing wife and mom, Carole loved residential real estate and had a long career with Coldwell Banker, and later Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s. Carole’s favorite things in life were spending time with her family, selling houses and serving her clients, relaxing in the mountains or at the beach, gardening, decorating and re-decorating, renovating houses and turning them into beautiful homes, talking on the phone and spending time with her friends, playing with her beloved dog Colby, and dancing to Earth, Wind and Fire. She will be dearly missed but we know we will one day be with her again.

Carole is also survived by her much loved sister Betsy Powell (husband Larry Powell), and many nieces and nephews and extended family A memorial will be held on July 25 2022, at 11:00 am at Dunwoody United Methodist Church, Dunwoody, Georgia. The family welcomes all who knew Carole to join them to celebrate a life well lived. Those wishing to make contributions in Carole’s memory are asked to donate to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, or to a charity of your choice.

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THE CITY OF DUNWOODY, GEORGIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Dunwoody Mayor and City Council will meet on Monday, August 8, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Dunwoody City Hall, which is located at 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338, for the purpose of due process of the following: Text amendments to the Code of the City of Dunwoody for Chapter 27 to create material standards for residential driveways and related purposes.

The City of Dunwoody Planning Commission will meet on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Dunwoody City Hall, which is located at 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338, for the purpose of due process of the following: RZ 22-02 & SLUP 22-02: The applicant, Grubb Properties, seeks to amend the conditions of zoning, associated with case RZ 18-02 and SLUP 18-02, at 41, 47, & 53 Perimeter Center E, zoned PC-2c. Additionally, the applicant seeks a Special Land Use Permit to allow a rental multi-unit building and requests relief from Sec. 27-98.

The City of Dunwoody Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council of Chambers of Dunwoody City Hall, located at 4800 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, Georgia 30338, for the purpose of due process of the following: ZBA 22-12, 5222 Davantry Drive: Variance from Sec. 27-58 to allow encroachment into the front setback for a carport addition.

ZBA 22-13, 1493 Valley View Road: Variance from Sec. 27-58 to allow encroachment into the rear setback for a home addition.

Should you have any questions or comments, or would like to view the application and supporting materials, please contact the City of Dunwoody Community Development Department at 678-382-6800. Members of the public are encouraged to call or schedule a meeting with the staff in advance of the Public Hearing if they have questions or are unfamiliar with the process. The staff is available to answer questions, discuss the decision-making process, and receive comments and concerns.

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By REBECCA GRAPEVINE Capitol Beat ATLANTA — Georgia’s new mental health parity law went into effect July 1.

Under the state’s new law, Georgia health insurers must cover mental health treatment at the same level they cover physical ailments “Parity kicks in immediately,” Rep. Todd Jones, R-South Forsyth, said about the new law.

Jones, along with Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, co-sponsored the omnibus bill in the State House earlier this year.

“Georgia families hopefully have a greater opportunity to receive treatment they’re entitled to,” Oliver said. “Folks that have not been getting adequate treatment: new funding is coming, new attention is coming.”

Oliver – along with several other mental health advocates – pointed out that Georgians can report suspected parity violations to the state Insurance Commission. Reports of violations from residents would be key to ensuring the law is enforced, Oliver said.

Georgia’s new mental health law sends the message that “mental health matters and is just as important as your physical health,” Kim Jones, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Georgia, said.

Jones said that, under the parity law, a health insurer that offers out-of-network coverage for urgent medical services must also cover out-of-network urgent mental health and substance abuse treatment.

The Georgia insurance department will soon hire a new mental health parity officer to help oversee the law, said Weston Burleson, director of communications for the agency.

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about how health insurers perform on mental health parity, Burleson added.

The mental health law also sets up a new MATCH (Multi-Agency Treatment for Children) team.

The team will start meeting soon and look carefully at the problem of Georgia children in state custody who lack stable placements, Oliver said.

“The issue of emergency placement for these children needs a lot of attention,” Oliver said, noting that some of these children are staying in hotels or offices.

The new law also helps set up mental health co-responder programs, Oliver said, with funds provided by the FY 2023 budget.

Co-responder programs pair mental health professionals with law enforcement officers to help respond to mental health and substance use crises. The programs often provide follow-up services as well.

Later this year, the state will solicit proposals from communities that want to set up assisted outpatient treatment programs. The new mental health law provides for five such programs on a “pilot” basis.

In these programs, courts – working with community mental health and law enforcement agencies – can require people to get treatment for mental health and substance use disorders.

Meanwhile, Georgia’s Mental Health Commission is planning another round of recommendations and sub-committees are meeting monthly, Oliver said.

The commission is keeping a close eye on the progress of the new law’s provisions.

“There’s a lot of work going to make sure that our oversight creates a successful implementation,” Oliver said.

This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.

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