By Megan Matteucci
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County News
July 22, 2010
Urged by voter feedback, legislators again will consider changing DeKalb County’s government leadership from its elected CEO to a professional county manager.
More than 16,600 Republican voters -- 80 percent of the voters in Tuesday’s Republican primary -- said the county should alter the format at the top. The DeKalb Republican Party placed the inquiry as part of an eight-question straw poll on the ballot.
On Wednesday, state Rep. Howard Mosby (D-Atlanta), chairman of the DeKalb delegation, said legislators will convene next month to discuss possible changes to the county’s Organizational Act, which is similar to a charter.
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