Dunwoody Crier — December 12, 2019

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McBath hosts town hall aimed at veterans’ issues By CARSON COOK carson@appenmediagroup.com

Families enjoy winter fun at Brook Run Park on Dec. 7.

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City’s Brook Run Park stages winter wonderland DUNWOODY, Ga. —Dunwoody’s Brook Run Park was transformed Dec. 7 with ice skating, food trucks, live music and a movie for the holidays. “We hope this will be the start of a new Dunwoody tradition,” said Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Supervisor Rachel Waldron. “We look forward to showcasing Dunwoody’s largest park, Brook Run, in a new and special way.” Brook Run Park is at 4770 N. Peachtree Road in Dunwoody. For more city events, visit dunwoodyga.gov. — Carson Cook 1 6 01 6 0Ro 6 Ro c h ec lhle l lCeo C u rotu,rDt ,uDn uwo n wo o d y, o d Gy,e G o rg e oirg a i3a03 3 03 3 83 8

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath put the focus on veterans at an intimate town hall Dec. 2. A little over 50 people, at least a third of them veterans, attended the event, which McBath’s office said is her fifth town hall since her election last year. After McBath spoke and took questions from the audience, there was a resources fair with organizations that serve veterans. McBath said she hosted the town hall to hear stories firsthand and learn how to better help her veteran constituents. “Even though you are my constituents, you are my family,” McBath said. “It is my job, my responsibility to care for you, represent you and value as if you were my own family.” McBath’s talk focused on poor levels of service at Atlanta’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center; veteran suicide, especially suicide by firearms, and veteran access to healthcare, especially for women veterans. McBath found a personal connection to each of these concerns. McBath said she comes from a military family, with her father, oldest brother, nephew and cousin all serving in some capacity. She compared her brother’s “glowing” review of the VA center in San Diego with her visit to the Atlanta facility. In 2018, the Atlanta facility was one of nine in the country to receive a onestar rating from the federal VA. Reports have found it is understaffed and its

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U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath speaks at a veterans-focused town hall Dec. 2 at Lakeside High School in DeKalb County.

staff undertrained. In September, a Vietnam Air Force Veteran staying in the facility was found covered in ants with hundreds of bites. “The stories I have heard about the lack of care, the lack of services provided has greatly disturbed and greatly concerned me, because for anyone who has had the strength and fortitude to put on a uniform and serve in our military services deserves so, so much more from America and so, so much more from the state of Georgia,” McBath said. McBath said she is working to get answers from the medical center and praised Sen. Johnny Isakson for his work to improve the facility. “I hope to be able to build upon the foundations he’s already laid on your behalf,” she said. In 2017, there were 194 veteran

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