Surrounded by members of her family, Dunwoody city officials and DeKalb County officials, Nancy Jester was sworn in Dec. 8 as a new member of the DeKalb County Commission. Jester won a runoff election on Dec. 2 to claim the District 1 commission seat vacated by the resignation of long-time Commissioner Elaine Boyer. Boyer resigned before admitting to federal charges involving the misuse of county funds and is to be sentenced after the first of the year.

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Nancy Jester will provide the clean break and fresh start that DeKalb County so
desperately needs.–Tom Reilly