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Councilmember lives outside Lithonia city limits

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Lithonia councilwoman Shameka Reynolds lives outside the city limits. Lithonia councilwoman Shameka Reynolds lives outside the city limits.
LITHONIA, Ga. -

She's a council member who lives outside the city limits and pays no city property tax.

Lithonia councilwoman Shameka Reynolds agrees that it doesn't look good. She tells FOX 5 I-Team reporter Randy Travis that it's a controversy she wants resolved too.

Councilwoman Reynolds grew up in Lithonia. Her family runs the only funeral home in town. Yet the official map on file with the county suggests she should not have qualified to run for office. So why is she still there?

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