Wednesday, May 27, 2009
News Alex Wan enters City Council District 6 Race
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Southern Voice reports local businessman Steve Brodie now has an opponent in the race for the Atlanta City Council seat serving the Midtown, Morningside and Druid Hills neighborhoods:
The race to see who will be the Atlanta City Council’s next District 6 representative is a gay vs. gay contest once again.On Wednesday morning, gay business owner and community volunteer Alex Wan met with Southern Voice to announce his bid for the seat, which is currently held by Anne Fauver, the Atlanta City Council’s only openly gay member.
“I think an openly gay person or Asian-American person being elected to City Council sends a huge signal about how open the city is,” Wan said. “If there is representation on the governing council of the city, I think that alone sends a huge message about openness and diversity.”
This will be Wan’s second bid for elected office. In 2004, he ran for the District 57 seat in the Georgia House held by gay-friendly incumbent Pat Gardner. Wan, who lost to Gardner in the Democratic primary, would have been the first openly gay man and first Asian American in the state legislature.
More details at Southern Voice.
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Guys! We tried this once. Alex is a great guy with a great smile - but is he really what the city needs? We respect that he is past his "party" days (mostly) - but does he really have what it takes to hold public office? Let's not go down this road again...
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It is indeed time for the kind of strong leadership Alex has demonstrated in both business and in community service. I think any veiled comments about a supposed partying past are misplaced (and ill informed). Anne was great; let's follow her with the next generation of strong leadership. Alex has shown himself to be a great coalition builder and that's what we need on the city council: People who can work with the mayor and other entities to efficiently pursue a strong vision for Atlanta. My money is on Alex.
Alex Wan has great leadership skills? Where? The first Beltline meeting where he was at all visible was THE LAST ONE, and EVERYONE commented on it. Biggest thing to hit the District, and he's just now showing up. Uh, no thanks, even if he would be the purdiest thing on Council....
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