Steve Brodie endorsed by Atlanta Police union
August 18, 2009 at 4:23 pm by Thomas Wheatley in NewsSteve Brodie, one of six contenders in the crowded race for the Atlanta City Council District 6 open seat, has received the endorsement of the city’s 1,100-member police union.
In a statement (PDF) released yesterday by Brodie’s campaign, Sgt. Scott Kreher, president of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers Local 623, said the wooer of water ballerinas is unique because he’s “providing specific ideas for improving public safety in Atlanta and the action steps needed to fund improvements….The other District 6 Candidates are working to develop slogans and [Brodie is] seriously proposing plans.”
”I am honored and proud to be endorsed by the police,” Brodie said. “The Police Union’s endorsement
of my candidacy illustrates their confidence in me as a City Council member and their belief that I will
initiate real changes to make Atlanta safer.”
Here’s the public-safety plan to which Kreher referred. (Ben at Terminal Station has a good anecdotal post on why candidates should be giddy when they get such nods of support.)
Brodie’s opponents in the race to represent the district that includes the Midtown, Candler Park, Virginia-Highland neighborhoods are Bahareh Azizi, Tad Christian, Liz Coyle, Miguel Gallegos (who recently earned the Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council’s endorsement) and Alex Wan.
August 18th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
The Vote-O-Meter is now following the District 6 City Council Race. (Previous Vote-O-Meter posts covered only the mayoral race.) For you first-timers, the Vote-O-Meter seeks to compile an amalgam of information: anecdotal, econometric, scientific, historical, speculation, and rumor. If the election were to be held today, the Vote-O-Meter projects: Coyle – 40%, Brodie – 30%, Wan – 20%, Other Candidates – 10%.
September 15th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Steve Brodie’s biggest campaign contribution comes from Tivoli and Kim King properties…. Lest we forget how hard he fought for tivoli’s high rises on 13th street by piedmont park (they were ultimately denied after the neighbors opposed them).
Who were the developers— why it was a joint development between Tivoli and Kim King Assoc. They wanted to get a property half a mile from the park rezoned so they could build 400? and twice as dense as allowed.
see here, in case you dont remember:
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/09/26/piedmont-park-high-rise-take-two/
Funny, right after Brodie lost that case he resigned from the MNA land use committee and NPU rep…
Alex Wan’s biggest donators include Ken Britt, co-chair of the board of the Human Rights Campaignd longtime LGBT activist E.D. Cofrin; Paul Horning, a director of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund; and the Jerusalem House.