As of May 14, 2025, Dexter Fisher’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Wants to work with local developers to get more affordable housing in the district.

Wants to create initiatives that help the District’s homeless population.

- Wants to work with local developers to get more affordable housing in the district.
- Wants to create initiatives that help the District’s homeless population.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to invest in education and early intervention programs.

Supports partnering the Board of Commissioners with the Clarke County School District.

Supports working with nonprofits to create programs for youth development, such as extending after-school programming.

- Wants to invest in education and early intervention programs. 
- Supports partnering the Board of Commissioners with the Clarke County School District. 
- Supports working with nonprofits to create programs for youth development, such as extending after-school programming.

Public Services

Wants to use youth development to “mitigate the lure of gang activities” and “keep \[children] in schools where they can thrive”.

- Wants to use youth development to “mitigate the lure of gang activities” and “keep \[children] in schools where they can thrive”.

Public Safety

Taxes & Budget

Dexter Fisher

Wants to build infrastructure to ensure sustainable future growth of the district.

Supports preserving greenspaces and protecting the city’s natural resources.

As Commissioner, supported legislation to create funding for public transport.

- Wants to build infrastructure to ensure sustainable future growth of the district. 
- Supports preserving greenspaces and protecting the city’s natural resources.  
- As Commissioner, supported legislation to create funding for public transport.

As of May 14, 2025, Jared Bailey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said, “I understand the critical importance of retaining and bringing good jobs here – and I have experience in actually doing it”.

- Said, “I understand the critical importance of retaining and bringing good jobs here – and I have experience in actually doing it”.

As Commissioner, Jared served on the ACC Community Oriented Police Board.

Wants to see more neighborhood watch groups and coordination with local police stations.

- As Commissioner, Jared served on the ACC Community Oriented Police Board. 
- Wants to see more neighborhood watch groups and coordination with local police stations.

Jared Bailey

Supports the redevelopment of the Old Bethel Homes, and wants to “ensure that Black Athens has a place there”.

Wants to correct racial disparities in how the government allocates contracts.

Wants to make the Oglethorpe-Tallassee corridor safer and easier to travel on.

- Supports the redevelopment of the Old Bethel Homes, and wants to “ensure that Black Athens has a place there”. 
- Wants to correct racial disparities in how the government allocates contracts. 
- Wants to make the Oglethorpe-Tallassee corridor safer and easier to travel on.

Wants to address the central issue of poverty.

Wants to address the affordable housing crisis with “creative, \[and] progressive tactics”.

Supports Mayor Girtz and the county commissioner’s work on inclusionary zoning and housing for the “missing middle”.

- Wants to address the central issue of poverty.
- Wants to address the affordable housing crisis with “creative, \[and] progressive tactics”. 
- Supports Mayor Girtz and the county commissioner’s work on inclusionary zoning and housing for the “missing middle”.

Wants to see inclusive opportunities for entrepreneurs and local businesses.

- Wants to see inclusive opportunities for entrepreneurs and local businesses.

Said, “Our crime problems in Athens are ultimately a poverty problem”.

- Said, “Our crime problems in Athens are ultimately a poverty problem”.

As of May 14, 2025, Matt Pulver’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Matt Pulver

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
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Clarke County Commissioner, District 5

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