• DecaturNature@theatl.socialOP
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      8 months ago

      I’m trying to get a sense of what ‘the issues’ are based on the candidates’ websites, just seeing the big-picture items they highlight on their platform/priority pages.
      Johnson basically hits the big buckets of county government: improving infrastructure, supporting entrepreneurship, promoting health, and supporting emergency response capabilities. Cochran-Johnson puts here priorities into 9 buckets, getting more specific (but not addressing health as a specific issue), also highlighting housing, government accountability, and youth empowerment. Bradshaw’s list seems idiosyncratic - it mentions crime reduction and business-promotion, but also softer topics like county leadership diversity targets and an anti-littering PR campaign.
      I’ve seen a few Bradshaw yard signs around Decature.

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      • DecaturNature@theatl.socialOP
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        8 months ago

        Some of my own concerns include:

        1. Street safety. Adjusting traffic patterns to account for rapid growth.
        2. Public health. Re-evaluating cost-benefit tradeoffs of interventions after the pandemic.
        3. Development with public interest in mind. Assure that new developments have good transportation options and maintain greenspace/trees.
        4. Don’t over-extend. Assure that county services achieve their goals, and be ready to shut down programs that don’t have the support they need to succeed.
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