Some comments have been condensed or lightly edited for brevity or clarity. Atlanta City Council wouldn’t be Anthony Johnson’s first elected office. He briefly served in the Alabama state Legislature. Campaign website Q: What is your No. 1 concern for your district specifically (as opposed to the city as a whole?) A: My No. 1 […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Debra F. Harris
Some answers have been lightly edited for clarity. Atlanta City Council would be Debra F. Harris’ first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 11? A: My concern for District 11 is the current infrastructure, mainly streets and sidewalk improvements and cleaning of our city of Atlanta [road and driveway] […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Harold Hardnett
Harold Hardnett, reached via phone, was asked to participate in Saporta Report’s Q and A, but did not respond to a subsequent email by an Oct. 6 deadline. Campaign website Back to Atlanta City Council District 11 candidate profiles
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 10
Parts of northwest and southwest Atlanta will get a new City Council member in an upcoming election. The candidates say some of their biggest concerns are blighted properties, quality of life, public safety, jobs and homelessness.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Andrea Boone
Andrea Boone is a City Hall veteran, as Kasim Reed’s Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services; and before that, a top aide to Councilman C.T. Martin. She spoke to the Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: At the top of my list for […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Beverly Rice
Beverly Rice is an educator who is also board chair of Quest Communities Development Organization, a nonprofit that develops supportive housing. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: When I look into the eyes of hungry children who are living in poverty […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Kenny Hill
After he retired from Home Depot, Kenny Hill and his wife founded the Launchpad Foundation to provide housing, life skills and career training to the homeless. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your number one concern for your district specifically? A: Great question but not a simple answer. If I […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 9
Parts of northwest Atlanta from Underwood Hills to outside the Perimeter will get a new City Council member in this year’s election. Among the candidates, a major concern is the split between District 9’s haves and have-nots.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Dustin Hillis
Atlanta City Council would be Dustin Hillis’ first elected office. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: The number one overarching concern for District 9, just like the city as a whole, is the level of inequity present. There is an obvious […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: William Harrison
Some responses have been condensed or lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Atlanta City Council would be William Harrison’s first elected office. He’s a member and former chair of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board, which investigates allegations of police misconduct. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically (as opposed to […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Duwon Robinson
Update Oct. 17: Since this story originally ran, Duwon Robinson has been definitively disqualified from having his name appear on printed ballots. Answers have been condensed and edited for brevity and clarity. Note: Duwon Robinson has been disqualified from having his name appear on printed ballots, but he says he is going to appeal that […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Jason Dozier
Atlanta City Council would be Jason Dozier’s first elected office. He served in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011, where he coordinated special operations missions among numerous U.S. and Afghan forces. He said that work is a testimonial to his belief in the power of collaboration and communication. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign […]
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Atlanta City Council Candidate Q and A: District 4
The race for Atlanta City Council District 4 has attracted more candidates than any other contest in the city. Nine folks want to represent an area that runs from Oakland City through Ashview Heights, Atlanta University Center and Downtown.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Shawn Walton
Atlanta City Council would be Shawn Walton’s first elected office. Reached by phone, Walton acknowledged Saporta Report’s inquiry, but did not reply to the emailed questionnaire by an end of September deadline. Campaign website Return to Atlanta City Council District 4 candidate profiles
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Dan Burroughs
Atlanta City Council District 4 would be the first elected office for Dan Burroughs, a bartender whose side jobs have included church guitarist and rideshare driver. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your number one concern for your district specifically? A: My No. 1 concern for District 4 is maintaining […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 8
Part of Buckhead will get a new City Council member this year, and the two folks running for the northwest Atlanta seat have public safety and traffic on their minds.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: J.P. Matzigkeit
J.P. Matzigkeit is CFO of Wahoo Fitness,an Atlanta tech fitness company. Atlanta City Council would be his first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 8 specifically — as opposed to the city as a whole? A: I have been meeting with lots of people throughout the district since I […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q & A: Anna Tillman
Atlanta City Council would be Anna Tillman’s first elected office. She’s a geologist who has worked in the private sector for 30 years, including 20 years with the Shell Corporation. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? As I speak with homeowners, taxpayers […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: DeBorah “Sister” Williams
DeBorah “Sister” Williams is a community activist who has previously run for Atlanta City Council, which would be her first elected office. Reached by phone, she said she did not want to participate in a Q and A, but described herself as a hard worker who gets things done. Campaign website Return to Atlanta City […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Cleta Winslow
Cleta Winslow was first elected to Atlanta City Council in 1993. She’s now on the Public Safety Committee, the Community Development/Human Services Committee and the Committee on Council. Winslow declined an interview request made in person by the Saporta Report, saying that media have gotten things wrong about her so she does not talk to […]
