Monday, April 16, 2012

Memo to CEO Burrell Ellis - New Message for "One DeKalb"

Memo (click to read full text)

To:       CEO Burrell Ellis
From:    Viola Davis
CC:       Unhappy Taxpayer & Voter, Get The Cell Out - Atlanta Chapter, Concerned Citizens of South DeKalb, Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment, DeKalb NAACP, NoBriarlakeTower.org, Briarcliff Heights Community Action Group, NoCellTowerFund.com, and all appropriate parties
Date:    4/3/2012
Re:       Quality Life For DeKalb – No Cell Tower On School Grounds

Quality Life For DeKalb – No Cell Tower On School Grounds

Viola Davis
One DeKalb Lives restore neighborhoods and build hope. One DeKalb Works create jobs and also build hope. These are two DeKalb logos on the front page of the county website.  However, One DeKalb has a “new message."

We are proud to join the basic message of One DeKalb to say that parents and homeowners from North and South DeKalb have sent a unified message that we do not want cell towers on school grounds and request CEO Burrell Ellis deny any applications for construction of cell towers on school grounds.

We are contacting CEO Ellis to move the One DeKalb political logo and slogan into a public issue action plan. North and South DeKalb have united to send a clear message that we do not want cell phone towers on school grounds especially within residential neighborhoods. We have collectively petitioned our elected officials to pass laws to protect our children, protect our neighborhoods, and protect our overall quality of life.

Parents and homeowners throughout DeKalb County take pride in the following facts:
·        The entire Board of Commissioners has taken a position on cell towers on DeKalb school properties to not ignore its ordinances unless it has been proven in court.

·        Rep. Karla Drenner introduced HB1128, entitled “Prudent Avoidance”, and received the support of 16 out of 18 signatures from the DeKalb Delegation.  DeKalb County has not seen this level of unity before in the history of any given issue and look forward to our CEO joining this history making venture.  We request CEO Burrell Ellis join the DeKalb Board of Commissioners to uphold our local zoning law. We ask CEO Burrell Ellis to prove One DeKalb is more than a political slogan by joining the Board of Commissioners to send a message to T-Mobile that DeKalb deserves a high quality of life and that quality starts and ends with upholding our local laws and ordinances.  

Time to Take Action:  Please write, email and/or phone CEO Burrell Ellis and request he join the Board of Commissioners and DeKalb Delegation to send T-Mobile a message that “it is the policy of DeKalb County to prohibit cell towers on single-family residentially-zones properties” and “this zoning ordinance was established to ensure the safety of county residents and to protect property values of single-family homes” as quoted from Crossroads Newspaper.

Contact CEO Burrell Ellis:
·       CEO Burrell Ellis
Chief Executive Officer
DeKalb County Government
330 W. Ponce de Leon Avenue, 6th Floor
Decatur, GA 30030
·        Email: schedulingceoellis@dekalbcountyga.gov
·        Or ceo@dekalbcountyga.gov

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