Representative Mike Jacobs

It’s a beautiful day to cast your ballot.

TODAY is the runoff election for Mayor and City Council of the City of Brookhaven. Your regular polling place will be open until 7:00 p.m.

Don’t miss this opportunity to get our new city started on the right foot.

Click here to see the sample ballot for the election.

Please click here to see a map of the four Brookhaven City Council districts. There are runoffs for Mayor and Districts 1, 3 and 4. District 2 was the only district to elect a councilmember by more than 50% of the vote in the November election, avoiding a runoff.

Click these links for the Brookhaven Reporter’s Q&A with the candidates:

Mayor and Council District 1

Council Districts 3 and 4

See you at the polls!

Shame on Sandy Murray.

I’ve been in public service eight years and have seen some pretty crazy things in that time, but nothing that sank quite this low.

Today a canvasser for Sandy Murray approached me and my wife in our driveway. He handed us an orange flyer that said the following: “J. Max Davis is a serial tax delinquent. He paid his taxes late in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012.”

I looked up this claim in the real estate deed and lien indexes of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA). Here is what I found:

The tax liens DO NOT belong to J. Max Davis, the candidate for Mayor of Brookhaven. The tax liens belong to his deceased father’s estate. J. Max and his father happen to share a name.

I then called J. Max Davis, the mayoral candidate, and asked him about it.

J. Max Davis, the mayoral candidate, is not the administrator of his father’s estate. J. Max Davis, the mayoral candidate, is not responsible for the estate in any way whatsoever.

All of the tax liens happened because DeKalb County was sending tax notices to the wrong address for the estate. DeKalb has continued to send the notices to the wrong address year after year, despite having been notified of the problem.

Finally, all of the liens were marked “cancelled” when the mistake was pointed out and the estate’s property taxes were paid.

False smears are what desperate candidates do at the end of a losing campaign.

Sandy Murray did something similar at the end of her 2010 campaign for State Representative (click for more information), flyering and e-mailing a “Hail Mary” false attack, although it didn’t stoop nearly this low.

Attacking an opponent for the non-transgressions of his deceased father’s estate is beyond the pale.

Please consider forwarding this e-mail to your neighbors. They need to be aware before they vote on Tuesday, December 4.

For Brookhaven residents, there is a very important election that will occur on Tuesday, December 4. This is the date of the runoff for the first Mayor and City Council of the new City of Brookhaven. Don’t miss this opportunity to get our new city started on the right foot.

Click here to see the sample ballot for the election.

There are three ways you can vote:

1. On Tuesday, December 4, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at your regular polling location.

2. Today through Friday, November 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day, at the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office, 4380 Memorial Drive, near I-285 across from the DeKalb County Jail.

3. Request an absentee ballot. Click here for the absentee ballot request form that you will need to complete. This form must be mailed so that it is received in the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office no later than Friday, November 30. They will mail you an absentee ballot. Then, your ballot must be returned via mail or in person so that it is received in the DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections Office no later than Tuesday, December 4, at 7:00 p.m. Here is the address for mailing your absentee ballot application and subsequently your ballot:

DeKalb County Voter Registration & Elections
4380 Memorial Drive, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30032

Please click here to see a map of the four Brookhaven City Council districts. There are runoffs for Mayor and Districts 1, 3 and 4. District 2 was the only district to elect a councilmember by more than 50% of the vote in the November election, avoiding a runoff. Congratulations to Councilman-elect Jim Eyre on his victory.

This is a friendly reminder that TODAY is your last day to vote in the General Election.

Your regular polling location will be open until 7:00 p.m.

Click here to see the DeKalb County sample ballot and click here for the Fulton County ballot, or click here to retrieve a sample ballot from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website that is specific to your polling place.

For those voting in the City of Brookhaven’s first-ever city election, the Brookhaven Reporter has put together a voter’s guide in each city council race, complete with video introductions of the candidates: Mayor, City Council District 1, City Council District 2, City Council District 3 and City Council District 4 (click to view each race).

Each Brookhaven voter will be choosing their mayor and one city council member.

See you at the polls!

Early voting continues Monday, October 29, through Friday, November 2, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day.

One of the early voting locations in DeKalb County is very close to our community at the Chamblee Civic Center, 3540 Broad Street, in Downtown Chamblee near the train tracks. Sandy Springs voters can vote at the North Fulton Government Annex located at 7741 Roswell Road.

Please consider voting early to avoid long lines on Election Day.

Click here to see the DeKalb County sample ballot and click here for the Fulton County ballot, or click here to retrieve a sample ballot from the Georgia Secretary of State’s website that is specific to your polling place.

I also want to talk with you briefly about one of the candidates to become Brookhaven’s first mayor.

I was one of the founders of a neighborhood association known as the Ashford Alliance Community Association. Sandy Murray, a candidate for mayor, claims to be the current president of the organization.

The problem is that, in her tenure as president, the organization has gone from holding semi-regular meetings to holding no meetings whatsoever. Essentially, the Ashford Alliance has withered into nothing.

Furthermore, one of its final meetings was an alarmist “emergency meeting” called by Ms. Murray in September 2011 to discuss a “roundabout project” at Ashford Dunwoody and Johnson Ferry Roads. Click here to see the meeting notice.

This roundabout project never existed. Ms. Murray abruptly canceled the meeting when I pointed this out to the public (click for information).

Below is a photograph of Ms. Murray that a constituent sent to me. It was taken outside the Montgomery Elementary polling station during the July 31 cityhood referendum. Although Ms. Murray now claims to be “100% in favor” of the City of Brookhaven, it’s a fact that she was one of leaders of the campaign to ensure its defeat.

In my opinion, there are other worthwhile candidates for mayor who merit your consideration. The choice of who serves as the first mayor of a brand new city is a critical decision.