Dunwoody Town Hall

Mayor Denis Shortal conducted a town hall meeting 9/16/16 and covered all major issues very well. The meeting was well attended. Feelings ran high in reaction to the City Council vote to tear down the theater at Brook Run Park

The City Council had just voted 6 to 1 to begin demolition.  Mayor Shortal was the one No vote on this issue.  This was the issue of the evening as Danny Ross and other proponents of saving the theater made their case.  But they were preaching to the choir. 

This was a good example of when members of the Dunwoody leadership clique disagreed. The segment of the leadership who prevailed were those who want everything “new” and “expensive”. The “big spenders” are not a large group, but 6 Councilmembers voted with the “big spenders” on this issue. 

This theater was a good candidate for historic preservation and we have a solid group in the Dunwoody Preservation Trust.  The City Council vote to demolish the building now was probably a mistake.  I think the theater could have been restored as a “historic theater”.  I also think that most Dunwoody voters would have voted to delay the tear-down.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader