Mayoral race sees barbs fly in DeKalb

By DAVID THOMAS - dthomas@shwamedia.com

Created: Saturday, March 9, 2013 5:30 a.m. CDT

DeKALB – Two of DeKalb’s mayoral candidates traded barbs on whether funds the City Council committed to spur economic development within the city have been misspent.

A vocal critic of economic incentives, 1st Ward Alderman David Jacobson said his two-year stint on the City Council had shown him how DeKalb has wasted money on projects that he believes have had no discernible benefit.

Jennifer Groce, the former director of Re:New DeKalb, an organization that received a lot of those funds, shot back at Jacobson’s assertion.

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