Norwood leaves
Mary Norwood has left the party.
She told people at her campaign headquarters, the Varsity, that she was going home, and she left around 11 p.m., says our reporter there, Ernie Suggs.
The election wheels are still spinning; no final results yet.
No word on whether Norwood grabbed a chili dog for the road.
–TY TAGAMI
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urple
December 1st, 2009
11:27 pm
yeah go home
urple
December 1st, 2009
11:27 pm
yep that right
toots
December 1st, 2009
11:28 pm
Maybe she’s just tired. I mean sleepy.
west
December 1st, 2009
11:29 pm
are u racist?
Al Bundy
December 1st, 2009
11:30 pm
Figures. I had problems voting for Reed, but voting for someone with such a thin resume like Norwood made it much easier. Wish Clark Howard had ran. I looked at the facts, the legislative records of both, and in 8 years all Norwood had to tout was some in-fill housing ordinance she touted. That may fly in Buckhead, but in SW thats not really a big issue. Sure she comes to the area, but as a citywide council member she didn’t put words to action.
Jason
December 1st, 2009
11:31 pm
Chili dogs this late will give you gas that’ll keep you up all night. Slaw dogs are the better late night choice.
Love Norwood
December 1st, 2009
11:31 pm
Mary put 10,000% effort in her campaign and in her many efforts for the citizens of Atlanta.
Hopefully, the polls will reflect her efforts and will name Mary Norwood the next mayor of Atlanta!
Bill
December 1st, 2009
11:31 pm
Maybe that dead-beat Reed can go home and finally pay his taxes. What a dolt…living on the gov’t teat.
I have Black friends
December 1st, 2009
11:31 pm
No, but you may be by automatically assuming the race of someone who posted a comment telling Norwood to go home. Are you?
I have Black friends
December 1st, 2009
11:32 pm
My comment was intended for Mr. “West”.
Atlanta
December 1st, 2009
11:32 pm
Absentee, advanced and early votes are to be counted tonight. Norwood will win Mayor of Atlanta Congrats…………If change is going to come it will not be by Shirley Franklin’s old campaign manager….
Reed - Living off my Color
December 1st, 2009
11:33 pm
I’m Reed. Thanks for voting for me because I am not white. Money for nothing, chicks for free.
FALCON JOSH
December 1st, 2009
11:33 pm
What kind of publication is this? All I wanted to know all night was if she would eat at that place!!! What’ll ya have, What’ll ya have!
Flo-Ri-Duh!
December 1st, 2009
11:33 pm
What a great election …. do you want loser (A) or loser (B). Atlanta is lost and should be seperated from the rest of the state.
Misty
December 1st, 2009
11:35 pm
He trashes Atlanta government, but the people her trashes support him? Voters and tax-payers, the politicans are LAUGHING at our dumb azzes! We are fools and we deserve them all.
count_schemula
December 1st, 2009
11:35 pm
You talk about thin resumes and then wish Clark Howard ran? What is on his resume? Why do you even bother speaking in public if that is how your mind works? Norwood has a thin resume, so I wish that guy on the radio ran. So bonehead right now.
MCRP 09
December 1st, 2009
11:39 pm
She’s gaining rapidly now that they are only counting absentees and advance voters…the Reed camp will probably pull out a close one but are likely on pins and needles at this point in the night.
Dr. Tenenbaum
December 1st, 2009
11:40 pm
I know one party Norwood is not leaving…the Republican Party.
Tim
December 1st, 2009
11:41 pm
The AJC/WSB is at it again. They are already promoting a recount. IT’S NOT YOUR JOB to ask for the recount, that’s for Mary Norwood to do. WSB’s Justin Farmer basically prodded her into demanding a recount if she comes up short. Now when have they EVER done this before? They refuse to be impartial. How do you conduct a recount on untraceable, touchscreen voting machines?
Penny
December 1st, 2009
11:41 pm
I’m not sure why Mary even thought she had a chance. We live in a very RACIST City. Atlanta can look forward to the same corruption we’ve had for decades. No change here.
Mary is the ONLY Atlanta politician I’ve ever gotten a response from when I had a problem.
insider
December 1st, 2009
11:41 pm
mary norwood went home just incase she wins some black person might shoot her
Jason
December 1st, 2009
11:42 pm
@count_schemula,
Clark Howard has several things going for him. First is that he doesn’t sound like a moron. Second is he’s a pretty successful businessman. Reed is a lawyer and Norwood runs a robocall company, two professions that much of the population hates. Clark Howard’s business however is very popular. He also has a degree in public policy.
His main downfall would have been his closeness with Sean Hannity. Being associated with Hannity would have lost him tons of votes.
Penny
December 1st, 2009
11:44 pm
Gee Jason, you sound like such a brilliant guy. Why don’t you run. Judging by the results in the City of Atlanta, I’m going to guess you would actually stand a chance. You is a genius.
I have Black friends
December 1st, 2009
11:45 pm
@Jason
Well, you certainly would have to question the intelligence of anyone who would be close to Hannity. I didn’t realize that Clark and Sean were tight – that actually surprises me a bit.
James
December 1st, 2009
11:53 pm
*If* the race was between Muller and Reed then it would be a tough choice because they’re both qualified. Norwood is nowhere near qualified to be Mayor. If she wins she will be stumbling every step of the way. After 9 years, she never chaired a commitee or introduced legislation that impacted the city. Reed on the other hand provided leadership in the state house and sponsered legislation that benefited Atlanta. He even managed to win the support of many Republicans.
Get your Atlanta mayoral and City Council runoff results right here! | Fresh Loaf
December 1st, 2009
11:54 pm
[...] 11:52 p.m.: If Mary Norwood’s going to bed, then so am I. No more news tonight, folks. In fact, it looks like we’re in RECOUNT [...]
tired of it all
December 1st, 2009
11:54 pm
i wonder why i even read AJC. all it is is a big love affair with Kasim Reed. The past few weeks have been nothing but anti-Mary. Guess they love “some” people up there.
count_schemula
December 1st, 2009
11:55 pm
I like Clark Howard fine, just the fool was talking about “thin resumes” and the man has never held office.
CandlerParkian
December 1st, 2009
11:56 pm
insider,
You are exactly the problem here. Do you assume that all of Kasim’s voters are black? Or all of Mary’s white? Some of us, white and black, don’t vote based on color. We vote on who we think will make the best mayor. To say that Kasim’s supporters will shoot Mary because she is white shows an insensitivity and a stupidity that many of us thought was long past.
FALCON JOSH
December 1st, 2009
11:59 pm
We need to focus on what is important. Lets come together and get the Dirty Birds a new stadium!!
Mayor Reed...get use to saying it!!!
December 1st, 2009
11:59 pm
Atlanta has continued to move forward and grow in spite of the nations problems. That is because of good strong leadership. Now everyone wants to get uppity and holler that we need change. Anyone that doesn’t love Atlanta and the way this city has developed should move! Our problems in the city are largely “high-class” problems. Mr. Reed is the only qualified person in this race. That lady has been in city government and done nothing… proposed nothing…and hasn’t stood up or spoken out for anything until she wanted to be mayor. She should be running for Ms. Elderly Atlanta down at the community center.
RJ
December 2nd, 2009
12:05 am
Concede, Mary. It’s over + you won’t win a recount. Spare us any more embarrassements to the nation. Congrats Mayor-elect Reed. Get plenty of rest because you now have a full plate. Good luck!
Jamesbrennandoyle
December 2nd, 2009
12:05 am
All we can do is be the best constituents to whomever becomes mayor. Mary or Kasim cant do it without us….whoever wins.
Mayor Reed...get use to saying it!!!
December 2nd, 2009
12:07 am
She is getting most of her votes based on skin color only! Mr. Reed has a proven track record of committed public service going back to college. He is not seeking money or fame. He has no underlined motives like she does. He is passionate about giving back to the city that has given him so much.
Fred S
December 2nd, 2009
12:08 am
looks Norwood supporters stayed home this time.
daniel
December 2nd, 2009
12:10 am
How is out of control crime moving forward Ms.Thing? You are seriously delusional if you think Kasim Reed will help Atlanta. Why doesn’t more of the black community not realize that “their” folk can be just as corrupt as the whites? Reed is from the same tired political machine that over promises and never delivers.
BUSINESS MAN
December 2nd, 2009
12:23 am
No suprise here. Nice fair coverage of the entire campaign Galloway.
I see your still wearing your cheerleading outfit for your favorite
candidate just like you always were in Cobb County. The City of Atlanta will
be fine either way.
A. Allen
December 2nd, 2009
12:25 am
I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative…with that being said, why doesn’t everyone just stop arguing and just face the facts. This is Atlanta. Race DRIVES politics, pure and simple. I’m very sad that the LGBT community let Reed snow them into collecting some votes. He seems to believe that “separate is equal”….what a riot. I would have thought an African American may have been more sensitive in that area, but I guess not….it was his “religion” that caused him to not endorse the idea of marriage equality. K. Reed is a joke and should not have gotten one LBGT vote. GO MARY !!!
EM
December 2nd, 2009
12:51 am
Mary Norwoood is simply unqualified to be Mayor of Atlanta. Additionally, her campaign ads citing her likeness to Maynard Jackson and her 20 year old car (but failing to mention her Buckhead address) were just a few tactics demonstrating her complete lack of integrity. The fact that the wealthy and allegedly educated white voters of Atlanta would stand behinds such a clearly unqualified candidate says plenty about the deeply embedded racism of whites.
Regarding the GLBT community vote for Reed, while he may not be perfect in his record. Any GBLT that thins that Mary Norwood (closet republican and conservative) has the ability and/or desire to provide them with any social progress is a complete fool.
overweight and unlucky
December 2nd, 2009
1:03 am
Mary Norwood should have blame the loss on the Al-Al-Al-Al-Alcohol Babe!
daniel
December 2nd, 2009
1:06 am
How bout the deeply embedded racism of some blacks? Jesus, some of yall are acting like Whites are the devil. Stop blaming whitey. Jesus Christ. Its 2009. No one is keeping you down but yourself! No one is forcing young black boys and girls not to read.
Black ATL Mafia
December 2nd, 2009
1:07 am
The black Atlanta mafia does it again. Four more years of panhandling, a derelict downtown, homeless shelters that smell like urine oozing into the streets, ignoring the white and gay community, and payola and government contracts for the Campbell/Franklin clan of corruption. Atlanta will always remain a second-rate city because black leaders are too afraid to do what’s necessary to take the city to the next level and instead pander to the black population. The most reverse racist city int he country.
Blacks H.ate Whites in the ATL
December 2nd, 2009
1:17 am
How arrogant to claim victory while leading with only a handful of votes? No surprise. It’s quite telling that bougeious p!mp-daddy Kasim held his party at the Hyatt while Norwood was with the regular folks at the Varsity. Typical Atlanta black classism.
I like how Kiss-assim complained Norwood wouldn’t vote to raise property taxes. What are you giving me for those taxes now, Kiss-assim? Potholes and electrical plates that shred my car? Nonstop smash and grabs? Endless panhandling?
Plus he’s a religious nut who uses that to justify his prejudice toward gay people.
How long until the first scandal where he gives no bid city contracts to his homeslices?
Disgusting. The statis quo of black racism will never go away. Atlanta is doomed to mediocrity.
Gary Feilmeier
December 2nd, 2009
5:03 am
News reports stated the election board mailed out two absentee ballots for each voter. Of course there was a denial of impropriety. How many of those ballots will show up in the count? I regret that some of my tax dollars support that corrupt government. Congratulations, Mary Norwood. You conducted yourself honorably. Honor will always overcome corruption in the long run. It is only a matter of time.
bronco
December 2nd, 2009
6:34 am
How surprised am I about the election results? Not Very. Why was an election even held. Look at the money that could have been saved to just go ahead and turn it over to the blacks again. Mary had the gay vote and some black vote, but she didn’t go out and actively pursue the black muslim gay vote. That would have taken her over the top. Sorry Mary I was rooting for you and I’m not even gay. But then If we had had a german shepard running I would have voted for the best candidate and that would be the german shepard.
The South Will Compromise Again
December 2nd, 2009
7:03 am
Nobody seems to think legislative experience under the gold dome will prove invaluable in Atlanta’s fight for water when the Army Corps. of Engineers cut us off from Lake Lanier? Ms. Norwood definitely didn’t prove herself on the city council floor in eight years. Then again, the General Assembly’s pretty well loaded with Atlanta-hating morons, so Mr. Reed will probably have as much luck with them as Ms. Norwood would have. It’s a shame, but lack of state leadership and the incompetence of our congressional delegation will be a death blow for Atlanta.
mpdargan
December 2nd, 2009
7:26 am
Mary Norwood conducted her Mayoral race with intelligence and an incredible grass roots effort to become a greatly admired Atlantan who had nothing to gain from the election but the belief that the city could be made better for its inhabitants with her help.
To have such a slim margin separating the two candidates-758 votes in 83,044 votes- cast within this city’s demographics is an incredible endorsement for change.
“You go girl” is too lame a congratulations for this noble effort.
mpdargan
December 2nd, 2009
7:34 am
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that Norwood’s office was the only CIty office that replied to help us when needed…to clean up a crack house on our block in our Buckhead -yes, Buckhead- neighborhood. Her staff repeatedly put us with the right people at the right time in our hour of need. That place had been there for 12 years and nobody touched it. Now its gone.
Mark
December 2nd, 2009
7:47 am
Jim,
Why do you fail to mention the Varsity closed and asked everyone to leave? This is the same old biased reporting that you do in every election.
Intown lib
December 2nd, 2009
9:55 am
Goodbye Crazy Mary. And good riddance.