Mathias Anderson Likely to Become Seventh District County Commission Appointee

March 24, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The county commission Monday night during its regular monthly meeting is expected to fill a vacancy on the commission from the seventh district and the person likely to be appointed is Mathias Anderson.

Anderson is the only person to step forward who has expressed an interest in the position.

During Thursday night’s committee of the whole meeting of the county commission, Anderson introduced himself and asked to be considered to serve on the commission as an appointee until the August 1, 2024 DeKalb County General Election.

“My name is Mathias Anderson and I live in District 7. I was selected on Saturday, March 16 to be on the ballot in August for the (vacant) commissioner seat for District 7. I have lived here for about 8 years and have been involved as I can be between kids sports and schools, etc. I try to help out where I can. I saw where there was an empty seat for my district and I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to help out and contribute. I work for Nissan. I am a senior analyst for the claims risk department so a lot of my job is budgeting dollars, figuring out where money is going and where it has to go and where to get the money for those expenditures. I think I would really enjoy helping out and hopefully be a benefit to everyone in the county as well,” said Anderson.

A Republican, Anderson was nominated by the DeKalb County GOP on Saturday, March 16 by caucus to be the party’s nominee in the August election to serve out the remaining two years of former commissioner Tim Reynolds’ unexpired term. Reynolds stepped down from the commission last month.

March 23, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

Should the county post a speed limit on Evins Mill Road?

During Thursday night’s committee of the whole meeting of the county commission 3rd district commissioner Tony Luna said he was asked to present a request for a posted speed limit on Evins Mill Road because several dogs have been hit by motorists there within the last month in the same area. The issue may be discussed at Monday night’s monthly county commission meeting.

“On Evins Mill Road from Highway 70 five dogs have been killed within the last 30 days. One had been on a leash. I have had multiple requests from the public wanting to know if we could put up a 45 mile per hour speed limit there,” said Commissioner Luna.

Deb Young, who lives on Evins Mill Road and is among neighbors who have recently had a dog run over and killed, said motorists travel much too fast on that road and she would like to see a posted speed limit there, perhaps even as low as 35 or 40, because its not only a safety concern for animals but children and adults as well.

“You wouldn’t believe how fast they drive on that road. We live in the third house on the left (from Highway 70) and they are flying by the time they get to our house and going down to the stop sign (to Highway 70) its just insane. I don’t see how they stop in time. What gets me is that they don’t even stop (after hitting a dog). They don’t even care. There are kids that play in their front yard and the bus stop is right in front of our house and they don’t even slow down for it and if they are going so fast that they don’t even want to stop after hitting a dog, what are they going to do if they hit a child,” said Young.

Under state law, the speed limit on any county road is 55 miles per hour unless the county designates a reduced speed limit posting.

The law states that “The legislative body of any county, except the legislative bodies of any counties having a commission form of government, has the power to prescribe such lower speed limits as it may deem appropriate on any road being maintained by the county and shall erect appropriate signs and traffic signals. In those counties having a commission form of government, the board of commissioners has the power prescribed in this section”.

Some say while posted speed limits can be a deterrent to speeding, enforcement is difficult.

March 23, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A Friday afternoon fire destroyed a single wide trailer home at 196 James Place in the Lakeview Mountain Estates area off Cookeville Highway.

In a prepared statement, Captain Brian Williams of the DeKalb County Fire Department said “on Friday, March 22 the DeKalb County Fire Department responded to 196 James Place for a structure fire. Upon arrival, fire crews observed a single-wide trailer that was almost fully involved. Fire crews took an aggressive attack and got a quick knockdown of the fire and kept the blaze from spreading to nearby properties. The home is a total loss. The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time. The renter Scottie Eaton was not at home at the time of the fire. The owner of the property is Mark (Pokey) Pedigo.

In addition to the responding county fire stations, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, and DeKalb EMS were on also on the scene.

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