Chief Cedric to Resign?

Strong rumor is Chief Cedric is going to flee DeKalb for the greener pastures of Rochester New York.  The mayor of Rochester will make her announcement next week.

Getting while the getting is good?

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Empty Promises

Lee May promised a 3% bonus for all public safety.

Doesn't seem that's going to work out so well. So instead, it's being proposed that only a certain few get a bonus.

Ripe for corruption.

Do As He Says, Not As He Does

Debt Gets Deeper For Public Pensions. Including Ours.

DeKalb once again is in the forefront. But this time it's titled "DeKalb Offers a Pretty Typical Case of How Public Pensions Got Into Trouble."

And you wonder way the county still refuses to publish the minutes or our pension hearings?

Click here to read the depressing news.

You've Spoken, They LIstened. New Patches For All!

DeKalb County Seeks Investment Consultant for DC Plans

Keep an eye on Lee May's bank account. Let's hope he doesn't follow in the footsteps of Vernon and Burrell.

By Rob Kozlowski

"DeKalb County, Decatur, Ga., is searching for an investment consultant for its $130 million 457 plan and potential new 401(a) plan, according to an RFP posted on the county's website.

The county is seeking an investment consultant for ongoing services to the two plans, and also to conduct a search for a record keeper for the two plans. County spokesman Burke Brennan could not provide information on an incumbent consultant by press time.

The 457 plan's current record keepers are GEBCorp, ICMA-RC and Nationwide Financial. Whether the firms will be invited to rebid and when an RFP would be issued could not be learned by press time.

Mr. Brennan said the county board of commissioners will soon vote on closing the $1.2 billion DeKalb Employees Retirement Plan to new hires and establishing the new 401(a) plan.

Proposals for the investment consultant search were due at 3 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17. A timetable for a decision has yet to be determined.

The RFP is available on the county's website.

A phone call to Gwen Brown-Patterson, the county's interim chief financial officer, was referred to Mr. Brennan".

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So The Chief Wants to Restore Trust

So the chief wants to restore trust huh? The AJC article makes it sound as if Chief Cedric is responsible for thug drug dealers posing as police officers. That responsibility lays with the hiring practices and low hiring standards put into place before his arrival.

But what Chief Cedric is responsible for, is allowing a officer in command, who lied to a grand jury investigating the corruption of Burrell Ellis, to remain employed and to remain in a command position.

Former Deputy Chief Lane-Woodward, now captain, lied to a special grand jury. A criminal offense. A felony offense. And Chief Cedric honestly thinks the public, let alone honest police officers can trust him?

We're not fooled. Burrell hired him to do his dirty work, and he's doing it.

Read the AJC article here.

Can Lee May Save DeKalb County?

Lee May has promised a push in hiring police officers. He has promised one time pay bonuses.

At the same time, we are losing officers at an astonishing rate. In September alone, we have lost over 25 officers!

With the bad economic news that the county is still struggling and running a deficit, can he save the county?

It seems everybody wants to secede from the county. To mention just a few; Oak Grove, Stone Crest, Tucker, Lakeside, South DeKalb and Druid Hills. They all site lack of services and police protection. They say they can do it better.

How can Lee May keep them from fleeing? How can he keep running the county with deficits? He need look at Fulton County and beyond to Detroit to see the future if he can't stem the tide.

All We Need Is Swagger!

Swagger: to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner; especially : to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence

Really Chief? Swagger? We can't remember when we ever had Swagger. And you want to restore it? Couldn't you have used a better word?

Maybe swagger is the problem.

Read for yourself here.

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Washington Navy Yard Shooter Aaron Alexis Has Arrest Record In DeKalb

What a freaking surprise.