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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City Hall bribery fallout lands in Atlanta mayoral race
In the wake of three guilty pleas related to allegations of crooked contracting at City Hall and an FBI raid on a city contractor, mayoral candidate Peter Aman stepped up to a microphone in his own office and became the latest in a crowded pack of mayoral hopefuls to take a jab at City Hall — and each other — on ethics.
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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 […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Nick Hess
Atlanta City Council District 4 would be Nick Hess’ first elected office. He’s worked with an all-volunteer homelessness nonprofit called The Mad Housers for about 20 years, and has been running it for about 15, while also juggling work and family. The group is perhaps best known for constructing in basic temporary shelters for homeless […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Mr. Adassa
Some comments have been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Atlanta City Council District 4 would be the first elected office for Mr. Adassa, who just goes by one name. He wants to make city government more lean and efficient. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district? A: It’s complex … […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: District 7
By Maggie Lee Candidates for a Buckhead-area Atlanta City Council seat say their concerns for the district are traffic, development and infrastructure. Incumbent City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001 and now chairs its Finance Committee; he says traffic is the No. 1 district concern for him. Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Howard Shook
Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: Traffic congestion. Well I represent Buckhead. Kind of, “enough said.” I don’t know if you’re fated to have to go through there. Let me put it this way, [Councilwoman] Yolanda Adrean and I, […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Rebecca King
Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca King’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: For our district, it is development … development that impedes quality of life and first responders’ response time. These seem to be tough things with infrastructure. Basic infrastructure is our issue here as […]
