Fresh Loaf

To add a dash of high school cheer to my esteemed colleague’s post yesterday about the DeKalb County Commission’s vote to approve a TAD at Briarcliff and North Druid Hills roads, I wanted to add a little on-the-ground detail. Yes, DeKalb Commission meetings are usually filled with heart-stopping moments, thanks be to the CEO and his showmanship. But even he was upstaged yesterday.

First, I ask you to harken back to the early days of the debate over whether DeKalb residents wanted a $1 billion Sembler Co. minitropolis built at the busy intersection mentioned above. There were allegations of misconduct, but one that stood out — perhaps for the obvious reasons — involved Commissioner Elaine Boyer and a $20,000 donation made by Sembler to Lakeside High’s Vikings Booster Club. Boyer’s daughters attend Lakeside and are members of the cheerleading squad that the Vikings Booster Club “boosts.”

And yesterday, before the commission meeting got underway, I — along with the rest of those in attendance in Maloof Auditorium — was granted a rah-rah performance by the Lakeside cheerleaders. Filled with chants, cheers and yells. CEO Jones got to meet them in the hallway before the meeting. The girls “loved his [purple] tie.”

That is all.

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