• Supports the city's Fight Against Blight program that is spending $200,000 to demolish abandoned and dilapidated properties around the city.
• Promises to "work to ensure that we provide safe and vibrant communities for residents to thrive."
• Wants to increase economic development to create jobs, diversify industry, expand businesses, increase tax revenue and improve resident quality of life.

• Wants to make sure that testing and vaccination sites are readily available throughout the city, reopen businesses safely and look for more funding for COVID response and relief.
• As mayor, he supported an emergency mask ordinance in August 2020, requiring everyone regardless of vaccination status to wear masks in public spaces. He said, "wear your masks a little bit longer. Please get vaccinated if you have not done so already." Violating the ordinance a first time is a $25 fine and $50 for each additional violation.
• As mayor, he joined a lawsuit by almost every city in Fulton County to sue the county government to block it from spending any more of the $104 million received in federal COVID-19 relief funds so that the money could be given to individual cities.

As of August 19, 2021, William "Bill" Edwards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

• Wants to create building codes, permitting processes, property tax abatements and housing subsidies to provide quality housing.
• Plans to work with private and nonprofit companies to improve housing.

• Said, "I am aggressively pursuing a state-of-the art facility to house our Police, Fire and Judicial System."
• Wants to "aggressively reduce crime," increase the number of police officers, make sure officers have the most up-to-date equipment, increase community policing and increase police salaries.
• Plans to invest in new fire stations, updated equipment and higher salaries for firefighters.
• As mayor, he supported re-activating city speed cameras inside school zones and re-implementing fines of $100 for speeding.

As of August 19, 2021, William "Bill" Edwards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

As of August 19, 2021, William "Bill" Edwards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

• As mayor, he was sued by the city attorney, who claimed he created a bill with a state representative in order to fire her. He said, "we don't need this nonsense, and it's not going to stray us from being the city that we need to be."
• As mayor, he and a city council member were accused by other city council members of neglecting their duties when they directed a development deal to Fulton County instead of the city but still used some of the city's taxes to support the deal. He was allowed to keep his seat when city council stopped the investigation and did not vote on removing him to office.
• As county commissioner, nearly $80,000 in political donations disappeared from his campaign reports in 2010. He and his campaign treasurer provided bank statements that showed that "for years Edwards had tens of thousands of dollars less in the bank than he was reported having on hand in his official campaign disclosures. Edwards' records are also riddled with discrepancies, with expenditures reflected in his bank account but not on official campaign disclosures, and vice versa." A state audit was conducted and "found his financial records were such a mess it would not be practical to require him to file six years' worth of corrected campaign reports." Edwards eventually admitted to improperly spending $13,836 on memberships and other expenses at the Commerce Club in Atlanta and agreed to repay the amount to his campaign or donate the money to a charity. He also paid penalties and late fees of $2,175.