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New House Governmental Affairs Committee

The Georgia General Assembly’s House Governmental Affairs Committee considers cityhood bills before they are considered by the entire House.  With the new legislative session recently starting, there are new members of this committee.  These are the representatives that you need

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Link to “DeKalb Strong” Website

At a meeting last Thursday night at Young Israel, interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May declared that unincorporated DeKalb IS an option for our area.  It is true that if LaVista Park was left out of LaVista Hills and City

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Lost Dog with Collar Hanging out on LaVista Rd

Some of our neighbors on LaVista Rd have been feeding for a lost and skittish dog that has been hanging out around the power lines on LaVista for a few days.  He has a collar.   If you know of anyone

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Cityhood / Annexation Info Sessions – 1st up – Atlanta

Happy New Year!  Hope all enjoyed a safe and fun holiday season.  As most of you probably know, the subcommittee of the Georgia House Governmental Affairs committee did finalize the border between the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker.  Both

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Update from LaVista Hills

On December 19th, the Georgia House Governmental Affairs subcommittee voted 3-1 to approve a map that “sets in stone” the border between the proposed cities of LaVista Hills and Tucker.  THE BORDER BETWEEN LAVISTA HILLS AND THE AREA PROPOSED TO

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Comments Field from 2nd Survey

It is good to see all the comments on Leaf Talk and individual Face Book pages regarding the cityhood / annexation issues.  About half of survey respondents added a comment at the end of their reply and I thought it

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Results of Second Survey Posted Dec 19

To follow is the transmittal letter that will be used in forwarding the survey results to the LaVista Hills organizers and the Together In Atlanta organizers as well as to our governmental officials.  The letter provides some analysis of  and commentary on the

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2nd Survey is now on Leaf Talk

Some LaVista Park Residents may not be on our Constant Contact email list.  And some that are may have missed the email blast with the link to the survey.  To make the survey available to as many LaVista Park homeowners

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Special Edition of LVPCA Newsletter Dec 2014

If  have done this right, the link below will open an electronic copy of the recently distributed Special Edition of LVPCA’s Neighborhood News.  The issue deals exclusively with cityhood / annexation issues.  A “hard copy” was hung on every LaVista

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Letter in Support of LaVista Hills

To follow is an open letter to the neighborhood written by LaVista Park resident Michael Lappin.  We appreciate Michael’s time, effort and interest a well as his permission to post his letter to Leaf Talk. Neighbors, I am writing to

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