Atlanta mayoral race: Poll shows Mary Norwood with early lead (Decatur: crime, attorney)

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

Yep. Can you say Cathy Woolard? Anyway, a dumbass move IMO.

Yes. Extremely dumb and short-sighted.

[waronxmas]

Meh. She won't win.

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by Gulch

She didn't exactly do that unilaterally.

She did it with Shirley Franklin sure but she was apart of the system. There were other ways to get rid of the issues of Buckhead besides shutting the city down early.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Meh. She won't win.

Eight years ago she came within a few hundred votes of doing so in the runoff after getting a plurality in the first election. I definitely wouldn't count her out.

[whodean]

Can Atlanta elect a white mayor?. Because a certain faction will make it all about race.

[arjay57]

I don't know why but I can't see 3 am bar closing hours as that big of a deal.

Woolard didn't even vote on the ordinance.

http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/200...01/03O1702.pdf

Neither Reed nor the council has made an issue of this. In 2011 the council reconsidered extending bar hours back to 4 am and it was again voted down 9-1. The only council member who supported it was Ivory Lee Young.

Atlanta City Council votes against extending bar hours - SaportaReport

Despite that the city has continued to tick along pretty well.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by whodean

Can Atlanta elect a white mayor?. Because a certain faction will make it all about race.

Yes to both.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by whodean

Can Atlanta elect a white mayor?. Because a certain faction will make it all about race.

I think the Reed-Norwood mayoral race was a clear indication that this "faction" continues to diminish as the years pass.
Refer to Gulch's post #14.

[onemanarmy]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

I think the Reed-Norwood mayoral race was a clear indication that this "faction" continues to diminish as the years pass.
Refer to Gulch's post #14.

I agree to a certain extent. I do believe that Mary Norwood success in the last election was due to the black community taking issue with Shirley Franklin and her incompetence. Reed has his issues, but he is no Shirley Franklin or Bill Campbell.

I actually voted for Norwood in the General Election, because she attended my HOA meeting as a guest. I changed my vote during the run off, because I personally met Reed. In hindsight, I definitely think I made the right decision. Mary is a decent candidate and isn't a Republican most liberals make her out to be, but she does represents the old guard of the democratic party and they are out of favor at the moment (hopefully forever).

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by onemanarmy

I agree to a certain extent. I do believe that Mary Norwood success in the last election was due to the black community taking issue with Shirley Franklin and her incompetence. Reed has his issues, but he is no Shirley Franklin or Bill Campbell.

I actually voted for Norwood in the General Election, because she attended my HOA meeting as a guest. I changed my vote during the run off, because I personally met Reed. In hindsight, I definitely think I made the right decision. Mary is a decent candidate and isn't a Republican most liberals make her out to be, but she does represents the old guard of the democratic party and they are out of favor at the moment (hopefully forever).

What is interesting to me about your story is that race apparently played no hand in your decision making in that election. I really believe that is becoming the prevailing mindset with regard to choosing Atlanta's leadership.