Morrow GA Citizens for Better Government

07/05/2023

This page is NOT going to be used by lawbreakers to make ridiculous attacks on OUR Morrow law enforcement officers! If you post one of the 2 videos that are currently on social media supporting panhandling, loitering, or defying the authority of law enforcement, your post will be deleted and you will be blocked!

07/14/2022

Thanks a lot lampl! Give our police and fire personnel fair pay and fill all the vacancies. Hire a real Police Chief and City Manager! Stop trying to re-do your $21 million DISASTER at Old Town! Mayor DeTar gave you a clean slate to rebuild the financial mess you left the city in from that nightmare. And WHERE is our Code Enforcement and Public Works! Better yet, just step down and let us elect a REAL mayor NOW before you wreck this city any worse!

Update:
At approximately 7:15pm, Morrow Police officers responded to reports of a person shot at Southlake Mall: 1000 Southlake Parkway. Arriving officers located the victim in the parking lot of the mall, outside the food court.

Investigators believe the incident began inside the mall when two men robbed the victim of his car keys. The offenders then ran into the parking lot and attempted to hijack the victim’s vehicle. A friend of the victim was inside the vehicle at that time. The victim confronted the suspects and attempted to prevent them from hijacking his vehicle. A fight ensued and both the offenders and the victim fired their guns at each other. The victim was shot and injured. His injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

The scene has been investigated and the area has re-opened.

Anyone who witnessed this incident is asked to contact Morrow Police by calling 770-961-4006. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 404-577-TIPS or texting 274637. Tips leading to an arrest are eligible for a reward!

Original post:
Public Information Alert: Morrow Police are investigating a shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Southlake Mall. One person has been transported to an area hospital. The preliminary investigation indicates that this was a robbery attempt. It is believed that both the suspect and victim fired guns during the incident. The shooter is not believed to still be in the area, and this is NOT an “active shooter” incident. Officers will be investigating the crime scene for the next several hours; please use alternate routes.

Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

06/14/2022

06/14/2022

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06/04/2022

I wonder if it will ever occur to any of the public that this entire place was a death trap! None of these bldgs was a home at this point, they were all intended to be commercial businesses. None of the bldgs were ever finished to “code”. Rebuilding would at least mean the area would be rebuilt to code for commercial use and not a collection of fire hazards.
That is IF we watch lampl and baker like hawks while they spend the city taxpayer’s money on this commercial real estate developer’s stubborn dream. lampl is supposed to be the Mayor of Morrow, not a self-serving real estate developer!
This is lampl’s baby! He cost the city $21 million the first time he built it and it’s NEVER cleared a single dollar in profit, never has been fully operational. Thank goodness none of it was occupied. It should be clear to everybody that it was a death trap.
The tiny city of Morrow, GA shouldn’t be involved with developing real estate! Especially not in an area that is dying to begin with. The Mall itself is barely hanging on, why would anybody think this little developement on it’s perimeter could thrive. They couldn’t even fill the little shop front spaces there in all the time it was operational. The Bridge is built on property that doesn’t belong to the city. The retaining pond is Interstate runoff, NOT a spring feed pond! And nobody knows what’s buried there, it was the dump area from when the mall was built. There is NO space for a parking lot. lampl depends on the Mall to provide the parking area, to which the mall owners have never agreed. lampl always refused to pay common area fees due to the Mall, making the city’s relationship with the Mall adversarial.
Clear the entire site of the bldgs that are left there, that are also not to code. Make it a city park or a business incubator area. Leave the RE development to commercial interests and not the taxpayers!

01/03/2022

12/29/2021

This is who lampl plans to hire to be your new City Manager, Morrow!

Jeff Baker stepped down as Morrow’s police chief late Thursday afternoon, half a week before he was scheduled to meet with the town’s city manager, to possibly receive a termination

11/07/2021

Okay im sorry but this is absolutely ridiculous. Why is it necessary to have 5 furniture stores within walking distance (less than half a mile) of each other? There are at least 10 furniture stores within a 3 mile radius. Why? This isn't a good look for Morrow. Im all about competitive commerce but this isn't it. It's great that the spaces aren't empty but truthfully, with the way things are changing, some of these spaces could be used for other businesses. More sustainable ones. There isn't enough business in Morrow to support this many furniture/mattress stores. If they go under, the spaces will be empty again. Kinda seems like we should have kept the ordinance limiting the number of the same type of store allowed in one area. Unless the city is trying to rebrand Morrow as the furniture district of the state? 🤷🏼‍♀️