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New judge hopes to reform county recorders court

DeKalb County Recorders Court Chief Judge Nelly Withers took over the ailing court in January. She’s in the process of clearing roughly 500,000 backlogged traffic tickets and reforming the court’s antiquated and confusing processes. Photo by Jonathan Cribbs
To look at a recent report by Nelly Withers to the state bar is to see a recorders court in turmoil. The first half of the report, a Power Point presentation, is essentially slide after slide of alarming statistics – the growing backlog of outstand...

Board passes budget, spares residents tax hike

Teachers, parents, county employees and concerned DeKalb residents filled the room and spilled into the lobby while awaiting the decision on the 2010 school budget. Photo by Travis Hudgons
The DeKalb County Board of Education this month cut $104 million from next year’s budget while sparing residents a tax increase that had been pushed by several members. At the end of a contentious debate peppered with racial and partisan politics, ...