DeKalb tax commissioner candidate forum scheduled

The three candidates for DeKalb County tax commissioner will appear at a forum on May 16. Interim tax commissioner Irvin Johnson, former DeKalb County commissioner Stan Watson, and Susannah Scott, daughter of a previous DeKalb tax commissioner, are running for the office. According to CrossRoadsNews, a sponsor of the forum, the event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at New Life at 3592 Flat Shoals Road. The tax commissioner position needs to be filled because Claudia Lawson retired at the end of 2015. A countywide special election will occur on May 24.