Information on Mark's professional background is not available at this time.

Mark Hammad's campaign for mayor of Atlanta is his first entry into politics.

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Plans to do a complete assessment of city services to identify issues and how much it will cost to fix them and fund the expansion of MARTA.

Wants to improve 311 to allow citizens to submit requests and provide feedback.

Promises to prioritize blighted properties and underserved neighborhoods.

- Plans to do a complete assessment of city services to identify issues and how much it will cost to fix them and fund the expansion of MARTA. 
- Wants to improve 311 to allow citizens to submit requests and provide feedback. 
- Promises to prioritize blighted properties and underserved neighborhoods.

Public Services

Plans on making getting the COVID vaccine mandatory for all city employees and conducting outreach to vaccinate children once fully approved.

Said, "I will work with reputable experts to develop guidance for business and groups within the city. A key area of focus should be on large gatherings that have the potential to become 'super-spreader events.'"

- Plans on making getting the COVID vaccine mandatory for all city employees and conducting outreach to vaccinate children once fully approved.
- Said, "I will work with reputable experts to develop guidance for business and groups within the city. A key area of focus should be on large gatherings that have the potential to become 'super-spreader events.'"

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Plans to prioritize the police budget to provide the police department with the best training and technology available.

Wants to increase funding for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office so that more cases can be prosecuted.

Plans to conduct a "strategic review to see if \[\] revenue streams are meeting the planned amount when they were put in place, along with expenditures of these dedicated programs."

- Plans to prioritize the police budget to provide the police department with the best training and technology available. 
- Wants to increase funding for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office so that more cases can be prosecuted.
- Plans to conduct a "strategic review to see if \[\] revenue streams are meeting the planned amount when they were put in place, along with expenditures of these dedicated programs."

City Budget

Wants to copy methods of addressing homelessness in other cities, such as a housing first approach.

Plans to locate, identify, and collect information on the homeless residents of Atlanta.

Wants to reduce the bureaucracy and paperwork involved in providing services to the homeless population.

Plans to develop more housing near MARTA stations and in high density commercial areas.

- Wants to copy methods of addressing homelessness in other cities, such as a housing first approach. 
- Plans to locate, identify, and collect information on the homeless residents of Atlanta. 
- Wants to reduce the bureaucracy and paperwork involved in providing services to the homeless population.
- Plans to develop more housing near MARTA stations and in high density commercial areas.

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Believes that crime is due to an underfunded district attorney's office and judges who are too lenient, not due to the police.

Plans to identify and close businesses that attract crime, such as bars and nightclubs.

Wants to reopen the city jail, end signature bond for repeat and violent offenders, and remove judges who are too lenient.

Asks that citizens thank police officers.

Wants to offer financial incentives for police officers who left their job within the past two years to return.

Plans increase the number of remotely operated and monitored surveillance cameras in the city.

Wants to "provide better transparency with judicial records and decisions."

- Believes that crime is due to an underfunded district attorney's office and judges who are too lenient, not due to the police. 
- Plans to identify and close businesses that attract crime, such as bars and nightclubs. 
- Wants to reopen the city jail, end signature bond for repeat and violent offenders, and remove judges who are too lenient. 
- Asks that citizens thank police officers. 
- Wants to offer financial incentives for police officers who left their job within the past two years to return. 
- Plans increase the number of remotely operated and monitored surveillance cameras in the city.
- Wants to "provide better transparency with judicial records and decisions."

Public Safety

Wants to set up a commission entirely independent from the mayor's office to investigate all claims of waste, fraud, or abuse by the city government.

Promises to make his meeting calendar and who he is meeting with public.

Plans to set up stronger controls on what city officials can purchase.

Promises not to take any campaign contributions. He said, "I don't have a political party to appease and pander to and I don't have donors to appease. I don't have political cronies, groupies, or an entourage to take care of."

- Wants to set up a commission entirely independent from the mayor's office to investigate all claims of waste, fraud, or abuse by the city government. 
- Promises to make his meeting calendar and who he is meeting with public. 
- Plans to set up stronger controls on what city officials can purchase.
- Promises not to take any campaign contributions. He said, "I don't have a political party to appease and pander to and I don't have donors to appease. I don't have political cronies, groupies, or an entourage to take care of."

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Plans to develop underutilized and vacant areas that have already been zoned for residential purposes.

- Plans to develop underutilized and vacant areas that have already been zoned for residential purposes.

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Mark Hammad

Andre is from Atlanta, and he attended Atlanta Public Schools. He has a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master's degree in public administration in Economic Development from Georgia State University. He has a daughter, and he loves Atlanta sports.

Andre is the Chief Development Officer for nonprofit TechBridge. In 2018, he co-founded the Technology Career Program, to provide technology training to unemployed individuals for free. He previously worked as Assistant Director of Outreach Initiatives for Georgia tech's Office of Institute Diversity and as a sales engineer for DSM Engineering Plastics. He co-founded City Living Home Furnishings, a furniture sales business, in 2002. Andre was on the boards of the Atlanta BeltLine, Invest Atlanta, and the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

Andre Dickens is currently an Atlanta city council member. He was elected in 2013, and he represents Post 3 At-Large, meaning that he represents the entire city of Atlanta. He is chairman of the Transportation Committee, which is in charge of city streets, bridges, sidewalks, paths, and the airport. In 2017, he was chair of the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee.

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Wants to address Buckhead's attempts to leave Atlanta through policing. He said, "What we are hearing from Buckhead is that Buckhead wants to feel safe, and they want to feel heard."

Plans to improve Atlanta transit. As a city council member, his legislation created the city-wide Atlanta Department of Transportation (ADOT) to oversee all transportation-related activities, planning, and management.

Wants to expand programs he co-founded and worked on at Georgia Tech to provide low-income families with training in technology to decrease income inequality.

As a city council member, he created the John Lewis Memorial Task Force, which changed Freedom Parkway to "John Lewis Freedom Parkway" and installed the John Lewis "Good Trouble" tribute wall at the airport.

- Wants to address Buckhead's attempts to leave Atlanta through policing. He said, "What we are hearing from Buckhead is that Buckhead wants to feel safe, and they want to feel heard."
- Plans to improve Atlanta transit. As a city council member, his legislation created the city-wide Atlanta Department of Transportation (ADOT) to oversee all transportation-related activities, planning, and management. 
- Wants to expand programs he co-founded and worked on at Georgia Tech to provide low-income families with training in technology to decrease income inequality. 
- As a city council member, he created the John Lewis Memorial Task Force, which changed Freedom Parkway to "John Lewis Freedom Parkway" and installed the John Lewis "Good Trouble" tribute wall at the airport.

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Plans to follow CDC guidance, including mask mandates, social distancing, quarantine requirements and contact tracing, and promises to reinstate hazard pay for frontline essential workers while encouraging remote work.

Wants to focus on inequality in the city's economic recovery. He said, "the southeast and southwest sides of our city need to have job centers, grocery stores, amenities. This is how we overcome this generational wealth gap that we have."

As a city council member, he voted for $7 million to help those affected by COVID, including children's food programs, senior food programs, homelessness preparedness, small businesses, emergency technology purchases for telework, and the financial industry.

As a city council member, he co-sponsored and passed legislation to raise the minimum wage for city government workers to $15 an hour.

- Plans to follow CDC guidance, including mask mandates, social distancing, quarantine requirements and contact tracing, and promises to reinstate hazard pay for frontline essential workers while encouraging remote work. 
- Wants to focus on inequality in the city's economic recovery. He said, "the southeast and southwest sides of our city need to have job centers, grocery stores, amenities. This is how we overcome this generational wealth gap that we have."
- As a city council member, he voted for $7 million to help those affected by COVID, including children's food programs, senior food programs, homelessness preparedness, small businesses, emergency technology purchases for telework, and the financial industry. 
- As a city council member, he co-sponsored and passed legislation to raise the minimum wage for city government workers to $15 an hour.

Wants to focus the city's resources on areas that need the most support, prioritizing places that have been underserved.

As a city council member, he voted for the current Atlanta city budget.

As a city council member, he against a BeltLine budget that would reduce tax revenue for Atlanta Public Schools.

- Wants to focus the city's resources on areas that need the most support, prioritizing places that have been underserved. 
- As a city council member, he voted for the current Atlanta city budget. 
- As a city council member, he against a BeltLine budget that would reduce tax revenue for Atlanta Public Schools.

Promises to build and restore 20,000 units of affordable housing.

Wants to expand the $100 million Housing Opportunity Bond, partner with MARTA on its use of the $100 million affordable housing TOD fund and enforce laws against predatory tactics designed to get residents to sell their homes under market value.

Said, "working folks can't live in Atlanta any more. Since 2010, the cost of housing has increased by 50%, and incomes for working folks have only increased by 10% ... too many working-class people are cost burdened in our city because we have neglected them for over a decade."

As a city council member, he established BeltLine Inclusionary Zoning for affordable housing and set aside a $40 million Housing Opportunity Bond.

- Promises to build and restore 20,000 units of affordable housing. 
- Wants to expand the $100 million Housing Opportunity Bond, partner with MARTA on its use of the $100 million affordable housing TOD fund and enforce laws against predatory tactics designed to get residents to sell their homes under market value. 
- Said, "working folks can't live in Atlanta any more. Since 2010, the cost of housing has increased by 50%, and incomes for working folks have only increased by 10% ... too many working-class people are cost burdened in our city because we have neglected them for over a decade."
- As a city council member, he established BeltLine Inclusionary Zoning for affordable housing and set aside a $40 million Housing Opportunity Bond.

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Plans to hire 250 police officers in his first year, and 400 more police officers in his second year. He also wants to increase security cameras and license plate readers in the city.

Wants to arrest gang leaders, create a strike force to focus on gun trafficking and illegal guns, and increase community policing efforts.

Proposes hiring first responders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to increase cultural sensitivity.

As a city council member, he supported building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.

As a city council member, h voted to withhold $73 million from the police budget in order to get reforms in 2020 and said he wants to "reimagining policing in Atlanta," but has said he does not support defunding the police.

As a city council member, he raised pay for senior police officers and investigators retroactively to 2015.

- Plans to hire 250 police officers in his first year, and 400 more police officers in his second year. He also wants to increase security cameras and license plate readers in the city. 
- Wants to arrest gang leaders, create a strike force to focus on gun trafficking and illegal guns, and increase community policing efforts. 
- Proposes hiring first responders from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to increase cultural sensitivity. 
- As a city council member, he supported building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.
- As a city council member, h voted to withhold $73 million from the police budget in order to get reforms in 2020 and said he wants to "reimagining policing in Atlanta," but has said he does not support defunding the police. 
- As a city council member, he raised pay for senior police officers and investigators retroactively to 2015.

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Said he supports additional housing options and density, but not through "carte blanche" approaches.

Supports inclusionary zoning to provide more affordable housing, which requires developers to make a certain percentage of their units in in-demand areas affordable to low-income renters.

Supports allowing small apartment buildings or second units in single-family residential districts.

As a city council member, he designed the BeltLine's first inclusionary zoning rules that require new rental developments to provide affordable housing.

- Said he supports additional housing options and density, but not through "carte blanche" approaches. 
- Supports inclusionary zoning to provide more affordable housing, which requires developers to make a certain percentage of their units in in-demand areas affordable to low-income renters.
- Supports allowing small apartment buildings or second units in single-family residential districts.
- As a city council member, he designed the BeltLine's first inclusionary zoning rules that require new rental developments to provide affordable housing.

Said, "there's a cloud of corruption hanging over city hall...we can't have a mayor trying to fight crime in the city of Atlanta when they're facing federal investigation."

As a city council member, he created government purchase card regulations to make sure government officials are accountable for how they spend money and established the Independent Procurement Review Office to require requires of all contracts of more than $1 million.

- Said, "there's a cloud of corruption hanging over city hall...we can't have a mayor trying to fight crime in the city of Atlanta when they're facing federal investigation." 
- As a city council member, he created government purchase card regulations to make sure government officials are accountable for how they spend money and established the Independent Procurement Review Office to require requires of all contracts of more than $1 million.

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Antonio grew up in poverty, with his parents in and out of prison. He dropped out of high school when he was 15 years old to bag groceries in order to support his siblings.

Antonio owns a luxury shoe company called LVL XIII (Level 13) and an education charity called Dream of Humanity. He created the Small business Entrepreneurship Program, which provides training and support in entrepreneurship to underserved college students, in 2018.

Antonio Brown is currently an Atlanta city council member representing Atlanta's District 3. He joined city council in 2019 after a special election, when he became the first LGBTQ person of color elected to Atlanta city council.

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Said he is against Buckhead leaving Atlanta but supports the concerns of Buckhead residents. He said "I believe we should be working with Buckhead. We should be bridging the gap in communication."

Says generational poverty, mass gentrification and a lack of affordable housing harm the city by causing unemployment, homelessness, and crime.

Wants to use municipal enterprises to provide high-quality, low-cost goods and services and create sustainable jobs without investing in other social programs.

Plans to improve public transportation to reduce traffic and parking congestion, create walkable neighborhoods, and promote biking, car-sharing, and carpooling.

As a city council member, Antonio created a board to address the district's most blighted properties.

- Said he is against Buckhead leaving Atlanta but supports the concerns of Buckhead residents. He said "I believe we should be working with Buckhead. We should be bridging the gap in communication."
- Says generational poverty, mass gentrification and a lack of affordable housing harm the city by causing unemployment, homelessness, and crime. 
- Wants to use municipal enterprises to provide high-quality, low-cost goods and services and create sustainable jobs without investing in other social programs. 
- Plans to improve public transportation to reduce traffic and parking congestion, create walkable neighborhoods, and promote biking, car-sharing, and carpooling. 
- As a city council member, Antonio created a board to address the district's most blighted properties.

Wants to help with economic recovery by making sure entrepreneurs can thrive in Atlanta.

Said, "we have to continue to pool funds so that we can build programs for startup small businesses in this city and ensure that no business is left behind."

Plans to provide access to funding for small businesses hit by COVID in order for them to expand and recover.

- Wants to help with economic recovery by making sure entrepreneurs can thrive in Atlanta. 
- Said, "we have to continue to pool funds so that we can build programs for startup small businesses in this city and ensure that no business is left behind."
- Plans to provide access to funding for small businesses hit by COVID in order for them to expand and recover.

As a city council member, Antonio voted in favor of the city's 2022 budget.

Wants to increase the Housing Opportunity Bond by up to $150 million for the construction of affordable housing.

Plans to establish a workforce training program with a $250 million workforce development bond funded by employee payroll deduction.

In 2019, he oversaw a city council pilot program to allow residents to have a direct say in which city projects get funded through town hall meetings. He said, "it's a positive step in making sure city policies truly reflect the needs of our community."

- As a city council member, Antonio voted in favor of the city's 2022 budget. 
- Wants to increase the Housing Opportunity Bond by up to $150 million for the construction of affordable housing. 
- Plans to establish a workforce training program with a $250 million workforce development bond funded by employee payroll deduction.
- In 2019, he oversaw a city council pilot program to allow residents to have a direct say in which city projects get funded through town hall meetings. He said, "it's a positive step in making sure city policies truly reflect the needs of our community."

Thinks the city needs to do more to help the homeless population in Atlanta by providing wraparound services to support a transition to permanent housing.

Wants to construct thousands more affordable housing units, develop vacant and dilapidated properties, create a tiny homes development with services for the city's homeless population, and remove barriers for first time homeowners.

Proposed "creat[ing] an auction in the city of Atlanta to take the vacant land that we own and create opportunities for folks and allow them to build generational wealth."

As a city council member, Antonio banned discrimination based on income for housing rentals, including Section 8 vouchers, and established a Building Permit Fee Waiver Program for private developers building affordable housing developments.

- Thinks the city needs to do more to help the homeless population in Atlanta by providing wraparound services to support a transition to permanent housing. 
- Wants to construct thousands more affordable housing units, develop vacant and dilapidated properties, create a tiny homes development with services for the city's homeless population, and remove barriers for first time homeowners. 
- Proposed "creat[ing] an auction in the city of Atlanta to take the vacant land that we own and create opportunities for folks and allow them to build generational wealth."
- As a city council member, Antonio banned discrimination based on income for housing rentals, including Section 8 vouchers, and established a Building Permit Fee Waiver Program for private developers building affordable housing developments.

Wants to expand the team of non-emergency responders responsible for all non-emergency and community service functions.

Plans to establish a restorative justice and equity program to create housing, jobs, and financial opportunities for residents impacted by the judicial system or generational poverty.

Wants to add more license plate readers in low income communities.

As a city council member, he voted against building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.

As a city council member, he voted to withhold $73 million from the Atlanta Police Department in order to require police reform but has since said he does not support defunding the police.

As a city council member, he advocated for a "duty to intervene," requiring police officer to intervene if they see another officer breaking the law or department rules.

- Wants to expand the team of non-emergency responders responsible for all non-emergency and community service functions. 
- Plans to establish a restorative justice and equity program to create housing, jobs, and financial opportunities for residents impacted by the judicial system or generational poverty. 
- Wants to add more license plate readers in low income communities. 
- As a city council member, he voted against building a $90 million police and firefighter training facility on 85 acres of the Old Atlanta Prison Farm that the city previously set aside as greenspace. The facility, nicknamed "Cop City" by activists, is widely opposed by residents, businesses and environmental nonprofits.
- As a city council member, he voted to withhold $73 million from the Atlanta Police Department in order to require police reform but has since said he does not support defunding the police.  
- As a city council member, he advocated for a "duty to intervene," requiring police officer to intervene if they see another officer breaking the law or department rules.

Supports allowing more density in residential districts but said that increasing density won't necessarily lead to more affordable housing.

Wants to reform zoning and land-use regulations in favor of small business development.

- Supports allowing more density in residential districts but said that increasing density won't necessarily lead to more affordable housing.
- Wants to reform zoning and land-use regulations in favor of small business development.
- Supports allowing small apartment buildings or second units in single-family residential districts.

Was indicted in 2020 on four fraud charges for allegedly trying to defraud several banks by taking out loans and making credit card purchases worth thousands of dollars, then claiming he was the victim of identity theft to avoid making payments. The alleged illegal activity occurred from 2012 to 2017, before Antonio was elected to city council. He plead not guilty to the charges, saying, "I am absolutely innocent."

Wants to automate city processes and services and streamline city management to reduce waste and redundancies.

Plans to improve the city's process for entering into contracts by using authentication and algorithms to evaluate applications fairly and equitably.

- Was indicted in 2020 on four fraud charges for allegedly trying to defraud several banks by taking out loans and making credit card purchases worth thousands of dollars, then claiming he was the victim of identity theft to avoid making payments. The alleged illegal activity occurred from 2012 to 2017, before Antonio was elected to city council. He plead not guilty to the charges, saying, "I am absolutely innocent." 
- Wants to automate city processes and services and streamline city management to reduce waste and redundancies. 
- Plans to improve the city's process for entering into contracts by using authentication and algorithms to evaluate applications fairly and equitably.

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Felicia has lived in Atlanta for 35 years. She graduated from Central State University in Ohio, and she has a masters of science in Accounting from Central Michigan University. She was president of her neighborhood association and chair of her Neighborhood Planning Unit. She currently lives in the Collier Heights Community.

Felicia is a licensed real estate broker.

Felicia Moore is currently Atlanta City Council President. She was elected in 2017. She was previously a city council member representing District 9, which covers northwest Atlanta. She had her city council seat for 20 years.

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Against Buckhead leaving the city of Atlanta. She called it a "divorce," saying, "you know with divorce comes alimony. It's going to be a very expensive endeavor. As they say, it's cheaper to keep her."

Wants to build city unity by addressing crime and city services, including raising the morale of the police by meeting with them in person.

Promises that citizens will receive high-quality waste management, sewer, and infrastructure services.

Plans to increase enforcement of the alcohol code against restaurants and bars that have liquor licenses.

- Against Buckhead leaving the city of Atlanta. She called it a "divorce," saying, "you know with divorce comes alimony. It's going to be a very expensive endeavor. As they say, it's cheaper to keep her." 
- Wants to build city unity by addressing crime and city services, including raising the morale of the police by meeting with them in person.
- Promises that citizens will receive high-quality waste management, sewer, and infrastructure services.
- Plans to increase enforcement of the alcohol code against restaurants and bars that have liquor licenses.

Wants to use federal recovery money to help Atlanta businesses recover from the pandemic. She said, "we find ways, particularly with the federal funding we're having, to really get and help those most vulnerable, those that were hit hardest, through the pandemic."

- Wants to use federal recovery money to help Atlanta businesses recover from the pandemic. She said, "we find ways, particularly with the federal funding we're having, to really get and help those most vulnerable, those that were hit hardest, through the pandemic."

Thinks that city revenue must be managed and spent responsibly

Plans to conduct a review of Atlanta's financial health and practices.

Wants Fulton County to increase funding for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to address the backlog of cases.

- Thinks that city revenue must be managed and spent responsibly
- Plans to conduct a review of Atlanta's financial health and practices.
- Wants Fulton County to increase funding for the Fulton County District Attorney's Office to address the backlog of cases.

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Said she would address housing affordability by looking at the "entire spectrum" of housing, including units for unsheltered people and city workers.

Thinks it is important for agencies to stop providing public assistance to developers when it isn't necessary.

Said housing affordability is "the next issue on \[her\] list" after crime.

Wants to start a workforce development agency to provide job training so that people can work to afford homes.

- Said she would address housing affordability by looking at the "entire spectrum" of housing, including units for unsheltered people and city workers.
- Thinks it is important for agencies to stop providing public assistance to developers when it isn't necessary. 
- Said housing affordability is "the next issue on \[her\] list" after crime. 
- Wants to start a workforce development agency to provide job training so that people can work to afford homes.

Wants to increase resident confidence in law enforcement.

Plans to launch a search for a permanent chief of police, hire more police officers to fill empty openings in the police department, put more police officers on the street, and address disciplinary issues to reward good officers and remove bad officers.

Says Atlanta needs to make sure violent offenders aren't released from prison early.

Wants to create a group of trained, unarmed mental health professionals who respond specifically to mental health crises.

- Wants to increase resident confidence in law enforcement.
- Plans to launch a search for a permanent chief of police, hire more police officers to fill empty openings in the police department, put more police officers on the street, and address disciplinary issues to reward good officers and remove bad officers. 
- Says Atlanta needs to make sure violent offenders aren't released from prison early.
- Wants to create a group of trained, unarmed mental health professionals who respond specifically to mental health crises.

Supports increasing density in residential areas, but only with neighborhood input and with support from local residents.

Said there is no correlation between taking away single family zoning and increasing affordability.

Wants to build density on city owned properties.

- Supports increasing density in residential areas, but only with neighborhood input and with support from local residents.
- Supports allowing small apartment buildings or second units in single-family residential districts.
- Said there is no correlation between taking away single family zoning and increasing affordability. 
- Wants to build density on city owned properties.

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Promises to make a broader range of financial information available to the public.

As a city council member, she wrote legislation to create Independent Procurement Review Officers responsible for overseeing the city's process for entering into contracts.

Wants to make the city's Housing Opportunities for People With Aids (HOPWA) program more transparent and accountable.

- Promises to make a broader range of financial information available to the public. 
- As a city council member, she wrote legislation to create Independent Procurement Review Officers responsible for overseeing the city's process for entering into contracts.
- Wants to make the city's Housing Opportunities for People With Aids (HOPWA) program more transparent and accountable.

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Glenn has lived in Atlanta since the 1960s. He attended Grady High School and has a bachelor's degree in business from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He lives in Grant Park, where he has lived for nearly 40 years.

Glenn previously worked as a consultant for city governments.

Glenn S. Wrightson previously ran for mayor of Atlanta in 2013 and in 2017 but did not win.

Wants to "energize" the city workforce to make the city government more productive.

Plans to get rid of plastic grocery bags, restricting gas-powered leaf blowers and city electric vehicles.

During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to keep existing confederate memorials and add "complimentary ones to broaden the range of acknowledgements and to properly recognize various elements of historical events that do not erase history but expand the narrative of past events shaping our society."

During his previous campaign for mayor, he said, "I think both the emphasis from the tourist industry and now more so the developers could be shifted back towards the citizens and have focus say on the core services: road repair, police, fire, water and sewer."

- Wants to "energize" the city workforce to make the city government more productive. 
- Plans to get rid of plastic grocery bags, restricting gas-powered leaf blowers and city electric vehicles. 
- During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to keep existing confederate memorials and add "complimentary ones to broaden the range of acknowledgements and to properly recognize various elements of historical events that do not erase history but expand the narrative of past events shaping our society." 
- During his previous campaign for mayor, he said, "I think both the emphasis from the tourist industry and now more so the developers could be shifted back towards the citizens and have focus say on the core services: road repair, police, fire, water and sewer."

Believes that the cost of medical insurance is going to become more expensive because of COVID.

- Believes that the cost of medical insurance is going to become more expensive because of COVID.

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Wants citizens to get more for their tax dollars by eliminating "fancy banquets and not buying fancy vehicles for the top people to drive around in."

Wants to lower property taxes and water and sewer rates.

- Wants citizens to get more for their tax dollars by eliminating "fancy banquets and not buying fancy vehicles for the top people to drive around in." 
- Wants to lower property taxes and water and sewer rates.

Supports building multi-unit buildings around MARTA stations.

Wants to have a safety net for the homeless population.

Said, "I am for gentrification," but does not want the property taxes of legacy residents to go up.

During his previous campaign for mayor, he said his focus was on providing housing for elderly.

During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to have homeless individuals work at a tire-shredding facility and sorting recycled goods in a centralized location and be paid a wage out of the sale of recycled material.

- Supports building multi-unit buildings around MARTA stations. 
- Wants to have a safety net for the homeless population. 
- Said, "I am for gentrification," but does not want the property taxes of legacy residents to go up. 
- During his previous campaign for mayor, he said his focus was on providing housing for elderly. 
- During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to have homeless individuals work at a tire-shredding facility and sorting recycled goods in a centralized location and be paid a wage out of the sale of recycled material.

Wants "600, 800, 900 police officers" so that 250-300 police will be on the street at any given time.

Plans to divide the police department so that non-emergency situations will be responded to by unarmed police.

During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to allow city police officer to drive their patrol cars home twice a week if they live in the city.

- Wants "600, 800, 900 police officers" so that 250-300 police will be on the street at any given time. 
- Plans to divide the police department so that non-emergency situations will be responded to by unarmed police. 
- Wants to reopen the city jail
- During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to allow city police officer to drive their patrol cars home twice a week if they live in the city.

During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to change the zoning code to restrict building new parking spaces, create high-density development to house seniors near public transit.

- During his previous campaign for mayor, he wanted to change the zoning code to restrict building new parking spaces, create high-density development to house seniors near public transit.

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- The mayor leads the executive branch of local government, presiding over city council meetings, making sure city departments run smoothly, and providing services to citizens. 
- The mayor runs the city day to day and prepares the budget each year, meaning that they propose how much funding goes to each city department, including the police department, city parks, transportation, and the fire department. 
- The mayor also hires the Police Chief, Fire Chief, and city department heads, such as City Planning, Parks & Recreation, and Transportation. 
- Most Georgia mayors are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 