ATL mayoral doings: Arson, water meter lids, and a Facebook video from Andrew Young
Many things doing on the Atlanta mayoral front today:
Councilwoman Mary Norwood has called a 4 p.m. press conference at the Summerville home of Mattie Jackson, destroyed in 2008 by a fire that authorities determined was a matter of arson. Don’t know what the topic will be. A look at AJC archives indicates the response time by firefighters was four minutes.
The Atlanta water department has taken umbrage at a Norwood TV ad, in which the mayoral candidate says the city purchased 150,000 water meter lids that don’t fit. Commissioner Robert Hunter, who oversees the Department of Watershed Management, today declared the charge “absolutely untrue.”
Okay, maybe “absolutely” was the wrong word. This from the a press release:
DWM is replacing and upgrading approximately 150,000 meters. However, the number of meters reported with lids which do not fit properly represents significantly less than 1% of the meters.
Presently there are 994 open work orders to replace meter lids, not 150,000 as Ms. Norwood claims. The AMR program is an innovative program which streamlines and automates the meter reading process, eliminates the need for manual reading, and provides a more efficient and accurate bill for the customer.
This morning, we told you that former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young has made the plunge into social media. He’s a quick learner. A few hours later, his office passed on this video endorsement of Norwood rival Kasim Reed, which is to be posted shortly on his page.
Young lent his voice to a radio ad early in the campaign. The note from Young’s office:
This video and a second one that will follow in a few days are the work of Ambassador Young himself and have not been shown to or approved by the Reed campaign itself. Obviously, he feels strongly about the election.
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tet
November 17th, 2009
1:16 pm
Let’s go Kasim!! Great video!
Midtown for Mary Norwood
November 17th, 2009
1:20 pm
Another fine example why Mary Norwood should be the change for this City. The political machine that has taken advantage of the poor in this City for over 30 years should come to an end. Shake it up – time for change! Mary Norwood all the way!
lyer
November 17th, 2009
1:20 pm
Norwood lying about something again..this is who you want as Mayor? A good thing Kasim Reed is pouncing her in the polls.
Angus
November 17th, 2009
1:28 pm
Key word – “reported”.
Of the three or four intown neighborhoods I frequent, I’d guess 70% do not fit.
Should we all call today to report them?
AtlantasFuture
November 17th, 2009
1:30 pm
Andrew Young is a crook. Why anyone would want his endorsement just plays to the same old same old Atlanta politics. Give me a break with your ‘reporting’.
There's still hope for ATL
November 17th, 2009
1:37 pm
I thought AJC wasn’t endorsing candidates. Mr. Galloway can hardly contain his glee that another has been is endorsing Reed. P.S. Mr. Galloway, your bias is showing.
Raquel Morris
November 17th, 2009
1:39 pm
Mayor Franklin needs to tell her employees to stay out of the Mayor’s race. It is inappropriate, distasteful and illegal for Rob Hunter, Jim Glass or anyone else to use their official positions to benefit Shirley’s protege.
Oh Intown Writer...
November 17th, 2009
1:43 pm
Those new meter covers are flimsy, they don’t fit often times, and they are very easy to break.
Anyone who trusts anything that comes out of Watershed is either feeding at the City graft trough or hasn’t been paying attention for the past 8-12 yrs.
The Late Maynord Jackson
November 17th, 2009
2:04 pm
When you write the rules Jackson friends and family always win…
The legal dispute began in 2002 when the city awarded the contract to Clear Channel Airports of Georgia and its minority partner, Barbara Fouch, a close friend of the late Mayor Maynard Jackson
http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/city-officials-win-ruling-199816.html
Mary
November 17th, 2009
2:12 pm
How cute…Mary Norwood is pointing out city mishaps, all of which she had a hand in. Did Mrs. Norwood forget that she’s been on the City Council for 8 years?
Patricia
November 17th, 2009
2:19 pm
Kasim Reed is coming on very strong. Mary Norwood’s campaign seems to have lost life. I was surprised that she was nowhere to be found last week for about 3 days and when the media did catch up with her, she slammed the door in their faces. Not very mayoral. I don’t think she has what it takes to be a strong mayoral intellectually or emotionally.
The machine candidate
November 17th, 2009
2:19 pm
The more Reed supporters tout endorsements, the more they unwillingly make the best selling point for Norwood. Reed is the POLITICAL MACHINE candidate, and Norwood is the people’s candidate.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
2:21 pm
Wow the true is coming Mary Norwood Ad are false and lies,
I heard Mary Norwood is running scared now and her polls are droping
Well dont blame Shirley Franklin your candidate Mary Norwood said it rite out of her mouth. Norwood is Franklin friend so if your candidate mess up just face it she not ready to be mayor……..Norwood lies on her Ad
Andy Young, I Don't Fix Sewers and Intrastructure
November 17th, 2009
2:24 pm
So Reed the tax cheat gets an endorsement from one of the mayors that neglected the cities crumbling sewer system. We don’t need another pass the buck Mayor.
WAKE UP ATLANTA!
Old Georgia
November 17th, 2009
2:28 pm
A competent, educated, white mayor is the only one who can solve this city’s problems. Mary Norwood for Mayor!
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
2:33 pm
Norwood is a lying person who is trying to get black people votes and I dont trust her. Norwood you been in city hall for 8yrs you act like you dont know what going on. Norwood is running scare. Norwood did another Blooper. Where is Zee bradford to her rescue
Jim Galloway bias
November 17th, 2009
2:39 pm
Why isn’t Jim Galloway reporting, as other media outlets have done, on Kasim Reed’s work, in the mecca of the civil rights movement no less, in defending a company Cracker Barrel, in its discriminatory practices?
You can argue just how much Reed should be defined as a candidate by this. Maybe a little, maybe a lot, maybe somewhere in between. But for Galloway, who seems to have covered ever other nuance in this campaign as the self proclaimed Political Insider, to ignore this important story, including the details of how Knight and Holland have erased Reed’s work from their website, shows an unconscionable bias.
Roekest
November 17th, 2009
2:41 pm
It’s funny how the Reed supporters have horrible grammar. But then again, a recent poll did say most of his support comes from low-income and poorly educated residents. Says a lot, IMO……
Teela
November 17th, 2009
2:45 pm
The Reed squad is alive and still illiterate here.
Andy Young is an ass. Who can forget the Lee Morris/Eaves debacle he had his hand in?
I won’t.
Go Mary. And my water meter cover doesn’t fit, the glass is broken and my water bills are screwed up. 4 months now and they tell us to pay the monthly bill until they get it figured out.
However, the monthly bill is 3 times what it should be.
Four More Years with Reed as competent as the Atlanta Water Department.
yeah…right.
Jackalope
November 17th, 2009
2:48 pm
Norwoods polls AREN’T dropping.
She has been at 46% since the final poll before the election.
She ended up at 46% on election day.
The latest poll shows her at 46%
And all of that with the entire 30 year machine rallying behind Reed, endorsements by Franklin, Martin, Barnes, Black clergy, the involvement of the GA Democratic party…..
REED HAS THROWN THE KITCHEN SINK AT NORWOOD AND SHE HASN’T MOVED AT ALL.
This will be a turn out election, and Norwood is going to shock the world.
Commonalities
November 17th, 2009
2:51 pm
What do the majority of Reed’s endorsers have in common? They have all had questions raised about their ethics and integrity. Barnes, Borders, and Young are all part of the political machine.
Maybe Atlanta would do better with someone outside the machine for a change.
AH
November 17th, 2009
2:58 pm
Report your broken meters to City of Atl. public works – 404 658 7220
(NOTE TO AJC: this is a valid number check instead of removing post)
PS Rob Hunter is full of it on this. I have been complaining for years and reporting these covers broken, along with leaking fire hydrants, and general leaks. Rarely do the problems ever get fixed so I end up having to call over and over.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:01 pm
Teela look who talking Norwood been in city hall for 8 yrs why didnt you complain to your friend Norwood that your water meter lid did not fit. Norwood is running scare and by the way guess who working for Norwood your friend Zee Bradford worked for Bill Campbell that what you call a political machine. Ha Ha Ha the true is to be told about Norwood me and my friends are going to cast our early vote tomorrow for Kashim Reed.
Angus
November 17th, 2009
3:06 pm
I was just kidding about calling and reporting.
COA government waste and negligence is only made up for with tax increases.
Do not call – we are already taxed enough.
Besides, they’ll just replace it with another one that doesn’t fit (true story, a buddy of mine is on the third one because folks run over it and it breaks – all three, the exact same, wrong size).
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:08 pm
Ha Ha Ha >>>>>>>>>>>> Early vote for Kashim Reed
Looking at Mary Norwood running scare she did another blooper
Teela tell your friend Norwood dont mess up at 4pm on the press conference I am going to laugh if she mess up so hard my neighbor would hear.
AH
November 17th, 2009
3:10 pm
I’m not kidding about calling. I’ve called on entire streets that had broken covers and guess what has happend……… nothing. They are still broken. I’ve spoken with people at watershed pointing out that while we still have the clowns who installed them here working we need to get them to fix the covers now. Their answer is that after all the work is done they will go back and check for broken covers. And by that time the company that did the work will be gone.
downtrodden
November 17th, 2009
3:12 pm
Reed is looking more and more like a machine than a candidate for the people remember being mayor is about serving the people not just the elites but the welfare of all poeple in atlanta
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:13 pm
Well AH why did you call Norwood she been in city hall for 8yrs she always shows up in the black area why she not showing up in your area.
This goes for Teela your friend eating fried chicken with black folks.
checkers
November 17th, 2009
3:13 pm
The fact remains Norwood has not moved in a poll in months. She’s gaining no momentum. Kasim Reed has moved from 4% to 49% in no time, nothing about his campaign shows any sign of weakness. Kasim Reed will be Mayor.
Glenn Thomas
November 17th, 2009
3:20 pm
It’s ashame what Atlanta is portrayed as in the media and around the country; when I was in graduate school, Atlanta was a policy case of how “not” to run a city. I am disheartened by the lack of awareness we have in this city. As city hall continues to bleed us dry, the blogs, media, and other outlets continue to antagonize hatred with talk of color, economic status and which side of town someone lives on…
We MUST wake up; I could care less who you vote for…but vote for someone based on your moral and ethical beliefs. It’s time for Atlanta to get out of this black mecca or buckhead identity…ths is our city, and if WE want to get the best out of city hall, WE must be our best and treat each other with the due and proper respect each of us deserves, regardless of who we support.
AH
November 17th, 2009
3:26 pm
I didn’t call Norwood because I don’t want her showing up trying to fix the covers. I called the city’s designated phone number to report these issues. I want the correct person to show up and fix the covers. People who call there reps. expecting them to come on out and fix the problem are idiots. You call you rep when the city departments fail to do their job and believe me I’ve made that call too.
Angus
November 17th, 2009
3:28 pm
AH – in all seriousness – the new meters are indeed a colossal mistake on the part of DWM (amazingly, Norwood’s ad is the first time I’ve heard it brought up) and they should be replaced.
Quick made-up math: 100,000 x ($50 parts + $50 labor) = $10 million thrown in the trash because someone couldn’t read a tape measure (just a guess, of course, I don’t know what really happened).
On the other hand, my plumber told me not to call DWM unless it breaks. Quick synopsis – the funky pentagon lock nut means that you cannot access part of your plumbing – if the cover doesn’t fit, the lock doesn’t work.
Matt
November 17th, 2009
3:29 pm
@Mary Norwood mess up (AKA PoliticOracle?) You sure are working hard today. Scared your candidate is losing ground?
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:30 pm
That Amazing why Norwood staying in one spot no where to go and Norwood need to fire her campaign manager because she not gaining nothing but a headache from her campaign staff.
Jackalope
November 17th, 2009
3:34 pm
If “mary norwood mess up” is the average Kasim voter, Norwood already has this thing wrapped up.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:35 pm
Matt think I am Aka Politic Oracle you are very funny and your candidate is running scare look at Norwood runs to Zee Bradford for bad advice.
AH
November 17th, 2009
3:53 pm
The reason I call is because when the cover is completely broken and falls into the box it creates a 2 foot hole. There is also a street light problem in the city. So as you walk at night on the city side walk, that doesn’t have a street light, and you step into a 2 foot deep whole that the city should have fixed you get to break your leg sue the city. Even though the city pissed away millions of dollars to create the problem the potential law suits will be greater than the cost to fix the covers.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
3:58 pm
So AH why didnt you call Norwood she can fix anything I would have wrote a letter to your friend Norwood to get her out there to fix does she work for the people of Atlanta. Norwood supporters are backwards they have a excuse for everything. Norwood been in office for 8yrs nothing have been done since she been city hall
Matt
November 17th, 2009
4:04 pm
I’ve called about several missing or mis-fitted with no response. I’ve called about issues with an inflated bill that turned out to be a mis-read on the readers part (took over 10 hours to work that one out). The fact is this City has issues. The existing administration ignores or passes the buck. A vote for Kasim Reed would be a continuation of the same inept, defunct, clown/circus operation we have in place now. We deserve a chance at change and my vote is for Mary Norwood.
AH
November 17th, 2009
4:08 pm
WHAT??? are you retarded ‘Mary Norwood mess up’ or judging from you grammar are you located outside of the US perhaps some in some 3rd world internet cafe?
The problem was created when the contractor failed to properly install covers and the ones that they did install were of substandard quality. The Watershed dept. doesn’t want to push to get the problem fixed, they don’t even want to own up that there is a problem. All of the city depts. report to the Mayors office and completely ignore city council. Norwood isn’t going to show up in her buick, get a cover out of her trunk and replace the broken cover. I also don’t expect Reed to do this. But who ever becomes Mayor they need to fix Mr. Hunter and either he will get these problems fixed or get a new job.
@Matt
November 17th, 2009
4:23 pm
Why in the hell would I get on this comment thread and use bad English to make my point. Matt, it is quite obvious that your candidate’s campaign is losing steam and you can play this “low turnout will benefit Mary game all you want”, but I’ve warned you all that Reed is backed by a group that has faired well when it comes to run-offs. I implore you to research the elections from 1981, 1989, 1993 and 1997. The establishment candidate in each of these years won the election.
My biggest qualm with Norwood supporters is, that you all seem hell-bent on getting this woman elected because she is not attached to the establishment. No matter how weak she has been in her current post and all the bad policies that she’s supported, you want to give her a promotion. It makes you seem one of two things; ignorant or prejudiced and with the way these comments are flowing, its starting to seem like the latter.
@Matt
November 17th, 2009
4:25 pm
By the way, I don’t post under the PoliticOracle handle anymore. I guess the Norwood staffers and supporters couldn’t handle the substance that I put out and they decided to jack my handle. I’ve been on here enough for my voice to be recognized. I wrote Reed a check last night and i’m considering getting out to canvas for Reed soon.
@AH
November 17th, 2009
4:27 pm
Do you know Justin Wiedeman? If you don’t, you sure sound a lot like he does.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:27 pm
Thats why your write to your city council which is Mary Norwood and tell her the problem but I see she showing up in the black neighborhood in her buick to get votes why she didnt put your neighborhood on her commercial since you have issue with the lights on your street I dumb you can be I see who win Dec 1 when you leave Atlanta.
Teela
November 17th, 2009
4:37 pm
This lovely poster “Mary Norwood mess up” is about the common mentality of a lot of employees in the city of Atlanta. Short on intelligence, and even shorter on literacy.
Someone give this poor poster a Hope Scholarship, please!!!
And of course, he-she….speaks so eloquently for Reed. Typical of a lot of people I have heard supporting him. Well, not those slick elites he will continue the ATM machine for, but you understand.
And, though this poster probably DOES call his-her council person to FIX the plumbing, roof, etc….it’s more of the same mentality that makes for the general confusion.
Instead of contacting the proper departments and waiting…waiting….waiting….these people want someone (that they probably didn’t vote for….if at all) to do it for them.
I live in SW Atlanta, illiterate poster…..and Mary is a hell of a lot more responsive than your fat bottomed Reed. In fact, Reed acts like he’s scared of the black community.
Sigh….guess it’s a class issue for him…
Should have seen his discomfort this summer in our meeting. Well, he did come to ONE meeting and this will probably be the sum total of his interest here.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:37 pm
Political Oracle wow Mary Norwood supporters are after you they are using your name on the blog…But dont worry about these prejudice or ignorant supporters of Norwood. We are coming out strong for Reed in the early vote tomorrow.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:41 pm
Teela stop lying you dont live in SW because you nothing dirty trash and look call Norwood if you need your plumber fix she been in office for 8 years nothing have been done since she was on the council board.
Norwood campaign is in shamble Ha Ha Ha we will see who get the last laugh…Teela see you at the early vote rally tomorrow for Reed
@Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:41 pm
What is the reason behind the way you write your comments. Is it a way to prove a point or is it the way you speak. Please don’t be offended by my inquiry, i’m just interested.
WP
November 17th, 2009
4:42 pm
Mary Norwood mess up, proofread your post before you submit them PLEASE !!!
Jason
November 17th, 2009
4:44 pm
For those complaining about street lights being out, if you had called the city or your council person you would already know that street lights are the responsibility of Georgia Power. If you haven’t bothered to report the outage, then you don’t have any room to complain about it not being fixed. Not knowing that Georgia Power is in charge of the street lights is a pretty good sign that you’ve never bothered to complain or are just making things up.
Report malfunctioning street lights here:
https://customerservice.southerncompany.com/Outage/Streetlight.aspx
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:45 pm
I love when the Mary Norwood give me attention Ha Ha Ha ….Wow they
love my post for Reed. I real be there at 8:30 Am to cast my early vote for Reed..
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
4:48 pm
sorry I mean *will and instead of real it a blooper like Norwood did on her AD just kidding Mary Norwood supporters…Ha Ha Ha
Reed are going to all the children John Hope scholarship teela
he need to give you one so you can read better. Ha Ha Ha teela
who live in Cartersville
@Teela
November 17th, 2009
4:51 pm
Nothing you say has any credibility. Why don’t you do us all a favor and stop posting until you have something to say worth reading. Reed is in no way “fat” and in no way does he act “scared of the black community”. Your comments are laughable at best. You decided to move to one of the roughest areas in Atlanta and you must deal with that. You people have annointed Mary Norwood as Atlanta’s savior but if her performance as a councilmember is in any way indicative of the way should perform as mayor, i’ll pass. This woman has been the biggest joke in Atlanta city government over the past 8 years. Yes, a bigger joke than C.T. Martin (who has more legislative accomplishments than Norwood), a bigger joke than Anne Fauver (who in between naps actually got a few things done), Jim Maddox (who actually has lead a committee).
Joyce Sheperd has also been present at a lot of community meetings, but just like Norwood she is not qualified to be Mayor.
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
5:07 pm
Thanks for bringing to our attention Teela is Norwood staff who dont have a clue how you going to win the election with her campaign in shamble….Ha Ha Ha teela the joke on you.
Mary's a Misinformer
November 17th, 2009
5:09 pm
How many times has Mary Norwood spewed bad information concerning the very city that she wants to lead? It’s starting to seem that she’s either real dumb or a big liar. Maybe she doesn’t get “it” or she’s just lying to see what will stick in the minds of voters. Either way it shows extreme weakness on her part.
Kasim Reed will roll all over her on Dec. 1.
Obama is tanking in the polls and he ain't losing the Republicans.
November 17th, 2009
5:46 pm
This is off topic, but too funny and sad. Since Jumbo G will never, ever post a negative story about Obama, I thought I would share this here. Check out the headline and click the link for the story.
Headline:
Exclusive: Jobs ‘Saved or Created’ in Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist
Human Error Blamed for Crediting New Stimulus Jobs to Nonexistent Places
By JONATHAN KARL
Nov. 16, 2009
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jobs-saved-created-congressional-districts-exist/story?id=9097853
Do not buy the Obama excuse. Obama obviously put VP “Plugs” Biden in charge of counting created and “saved” jobs.
Teela
November 17th, 2009
6:09 pm
Poor stupid Reed staffers and supporters here, especially the hack “Mary Norwood mess up”.
It’s none of your business, but I have lived in SWATL for 40 years. I know the issues here…and I am also a community leader.
As for ‘why do you write like this?’ I am a published author. I also talk like that. Boo!
As for you, you CAN’T be as stupid and illiterate as you seem here…and what you are projecting doesn’t help your candidate one bit. By your behavior here, you seem so….. ghetto. Do you think this accomplishes anything except make people think that uneducated and ignorant people are the core of Reed’s support? I would hate to think that you are what he depends upon.
You drag him down in the ghetto-speak of your own making. If this is supposed to make me even consider Reed, you are far off the block.
You need to put down that crack pipe. And I’m sure your candidate would wince at your attempts to sound….’down’.
Aaron Burr V. Mexico
November 17th, 2009
7:19 pm
The poster above has lived in the area for 40 years and has been leading. SWATL is a swamp. Drain it. Or at least fire the leaders that have done NOTHING!!!!!! Why oh why can we not have a Milton County?
Mary Norwood mess up
November 17th, 2009
8:54 pm
Wow Teela is a community leader it sound like you belong in Bank Head with the other hoochie moma..You could never lead me with nothing you do that why Mary Norwood would lose because of ignorant that you give on here and especially I would never read or buy your book. I guess I hitt your nerve when I said you live in Carterville with the rest of the trashie folks. Teela could you tell me what Norwood did and pass while she was in city hall for 8 yrs nothing.
Political Oracle they are useing my name and your name the Norwood Supporters these prejudice back in wood white folks.
Jason
November 17th, 2009
10:47 pm
Aaron Burr V. Mexico, y’all already had a Milton County and willingly gave it up when the going got tough. Seems to be the way of people out there, to always give up when going gets tough instead of doing the hard work of making things better.
Teela
November 17th, 2009
11:31 pm
Sigh. Do you even care what you come off as, Mess Up? You do your race a bad turn.
The bigger issues are not the trifling Mess up. He is a dime a dozen. And what he represents for his candidate SHOULD make others wince. He is not playing around. The hatred and ignorance is to the bone. Inbred.
The issue is how is this city going to recover from all the racial hatred that is so obvious in this city?
But perhaps it won’t. Lowery et al have come out with their true colors. Bunnie Ransom/ Franklin, etc….they all are set characters. No change there expected.
How is it going to resolve so many issues that serious Atlantans…taxpayers, not the trifling folk ….who just spew hatred….how are we as a city going to move forward?
At this point….the lines are drawn. We have so many serious issues, infrastructure, crime, etc. These will take the combined efforts of sane citizens and we can’t be detoured by the usual screamers.
It’s not about endorsements….that only really works with the sheep. It’s about voter turnout.
This campaign has raised a lot of issues for everyone. That’s for people who aren’t imbued with ignorance, superstition and cowardliness.
Mary has made an impact on the Atlanta scene that will not be forgotten. And though the hatred from some posters here has been because of their own misogyny, we can forgive and forget them after December 1st.
We have to because they will never change. Atlanta is so much better than them.
Vote for Norwood Dec. 1st.
AtlantasFuture
November 17th, 2009
11:41 pm
Reed is feeding at the big business trough. He’s turning people off… also, why can’t he tell people who he really is?
Obama won because of grass roots. AND Norwood will win because of grass roots.
Decided
November 18th, 2009
2:18 am
I am disappointed that Rev. Lowery among other black leaders would endorse Kasim Reed. I am voting for Mary Norwood because I want to see change and if Kasim Reed is elected Atlanta will not see anything. I have talked to a lot of City workers who do live in the City and they are not happy with they way the City is and has handled employees. Look how many they have laid-off. How many more will Kasim lay-off? Not just water but all City services are and will be effected if Kasim is elected. When you call or go to handle City Hall business, there are a lot of upset City workers.
When you mess with folks money, folks will pay attention.
Pay attention everyone and vote for Mary! I am black too!
Just Do It
November 18th, 2009
2:23 am
Kasim is not talking about the issues at hand. Endorsements can’t and won’t help City Hall.
We got all of these endorsements when Bill, Maynard. Andrew and now Shirley ran and look where it got us? Nowhere.
To all of the ministers who supported Kasim, maybe we need to hold a prayer service for all of you.
Cause the City is going to need it if Kasim is elected.
Were were all of the endorsements when City Hall was closed on Fridays? Think about it everyone.
Either get with it now, or get with it later. VOTE Mary Norwood.
MC W
November 18th, 2009
4:59 am
Kasim is a liar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRKxABJCt8
zeke
November 18th, 2009
9:17 am
Can we say Andy is a RACISTS?? YES!!
IdaHere
November 19th, 2009
12:37 am
It is great to see that Rev. Lowery endorsed Kasim Reed. Rev Lowery put his life on the line to secure the right to vote for those who were left out of the political process. I was at the Press Conference and heard him say that he endorses Reed because he is the best qualified candidate in the run-off. After looking up Reed’s record as a public servant, I thoroughly agree that Reed is better qualified to be the next Mayor of Atlanta.
Reed has served the people of Atlanta over the last 11 years as a State Representative and State Senator. His passion for Atlanta was evident in the bill he co-authored and passed legislation aimed at code enforcement., increasing penalties for violations in order to clean up neighborhoods and make our community safer. He successfully worked to pass a measure doubling the homestead exemption for all Atlanta homeowners. He secured a property tax freeze for low-income seniors, cutting property taxes and increasing the homestead exemption to $40,000.
Kasim is the only candidate who has a plan for increasing the number of police to ensure the safety of business owners and all citizens. Kasim led the effort to pass legislation to keep MARTA operating 7 days a week. Kasim led the fight against child prostitution. (Atlanta is fastly becoming the lead city for child prostitution). Kasim was the chief sponsor of legislation to require local governments (including Atlanta) to establish strong ethics policies and independent review boards! Kasim fought for legislation to reduce class sizes and supports opening recreation centers to keep our children off the streets and from joining gangs. His record of accomplishment over the past 11 years is public knowledge and can be accessed by those who are interested in knowing the truth of this young man who has come forward to lead our great city forward!
He represents new leadership and change we can believe in. It is to his credit that his colleagues on all levels are willing to publicly endorse him. I will do all that I can to spread the word and get people out to the polls. Atlanta is too important to sit by and see us go backwards!