Tidbits: News Submitted by Our Readers

One of the things that makes The Decatur Blur work is the faithful comments and submissions from our readers. Sometimes they pitch story ideas. Sometimes they share a different point of view. And sometimes they're downright pissed. But more than anything, they demonstrate one indisputable truth: It takes all kinds to make a community. Here's the latest:

Blur Reader Not Amused
Jokes about foreign accents are unacceptable, declared a Decatur Blur visitor last week. Whores, junkies, NIMBYs, city officials and drug store managers apparently remain fair game.










Emory Village Proponents
Hold Out for Slow Death
Fearing that evolution could lead to long-term viability, passionate members of the Druid Hills Civic Association have stepped up their fight to pretend the past four decades never happened. When informed of the village redevelopment scuffle, a long deceased Frederick Olmsted replied, "Jeeez. If I thought things should stay the same forever, that place would still be a damn forest."





Public/Private Partnership Helps
Expedite Inevitable Death of Tree
In a moving display of cooperation between public and private entities, a developer at 5th and Oakview together with Decatur's impotent residential tree ordinance have successfully expedited Mother Nature’s agonizingly slow aging process, shortening a signature tree's remaining years to as little as two. “When people work together,” said a spokesperson, “it's amazing what you can accomplish.”