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Franklin back on Lithonia council

By April Hunt
March 25, 2014

Al T. Franklin, a former city councilman in Lithonia, won the city’s recent special election to return to the board.

Franklin won the March 18 special election with 30 votes, or 51 percent of those cast. He takes his seat on the six-member council on April 7.

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