OCTOBER 14 - 27, 2016 • VOL. 8 — NO. 21
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► Developers want new road to avoid Buford Highway ‘stigma’ PAGE 2 ► Study: Monorails ‘not viable’ for Brookhaven PAGE 3
A chili day
Meet local candidates for Legislature VOTERS GUIDE | P14-16
Task Force begins tackling city’s affordable housing issues BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net
David Schaefer loses sleep worrying about affordable housing in Brookhaven and the surrounding areas. As director of Policy and Advocacy at the Latin American Association based in Brookhaven, Schaefer is chair of the city’s brand new volunteer 13-member Affordable Housing Task Force. The task force held its first meeting at City Hall Oct. 6. “I care about our people. We’re citizens See TASK on page 13
Lori Kallensee shares a taste of chili with her 18-month-old daughter, Olivia, during Brookhaven’s Fifth Annual Chili Cookoff. The event was held Oct. 8 at Brokhaven Park. To see more photos from the cookoff, turn to page 17.
OUT & ABOUT Where to find a good Halloween scare
“Both candidates performed as expected [in te recent presidential debates]. Hillary continues to prove she thinks she’s above the law and Trump wastes opportunities to do her in by saying dumb things. --31-year-old woman
I thought the VP debate has been the most affecting one.
PHIL MOSIER
“They honestly made me sick. I realized I can’t support either candidate. They are more interested in smearing the other person…than they are with actually helping America. They just keep hitting on points their political consultants tell them will most damage the other candidate. They both seem very fake to me. --28-year-old man
--30-year-old man
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Andrea Goss and the 2016 national touring cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s CABARET. Photo by Joan Marcus
For more thoughts on the presidential election see COMMENTARY Page 12
DIVINELY, DANGEROUSLY
DECADENT.” BEN BRANTLEY
MARTA station redevelopment proposal goes to City Council on Oct. 25 BY DYANA BAGBY dyanabagby@reporternewspapers.net Brookhaven City Council finally will get a chance to look at and discuss plans for the contentious proposed massive redevelopment of land around the Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA station on Peachtree Road. Developers proposing a mixed-use development that includes apartments, restaurants, retail, an office building, See MARTA on page 20
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