Bret Williams

Bret Williams

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard University

Law

Stanford University

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Personal website

Bret Williams was a candidate for At-large Post 2 representative on the Atlanta City Council in Georgia. Williams was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Biography

Williams earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University. He later received his J.D. from Stanford University. Williams is an attorney in private practice who previously worked as a federal prosecutor.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2017)

The city of Atlanta, Georgia, held a general election for mayor, city council president, three at large council members, 13 by district council members, and two city judges on November 7, 2017. Matt Westmoreland defeated Cory Ruth and Bret Williams in the general election for the At-Large Post 2 seat on the city council.

Atlanta City Council At-Large Post 2, General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Matt Westmoreland	63.54%	48,078
Cory Ruth	24.98%	18,898
Bret Williams	11.42%	8,638
Write-in votes	0.06%	48
Total Votes		75,662
Source: DeKalb County, Georgia, "Election Summary Report, November 7, 2017, Unofficial and Incomplete," November 7, 2017 and Fulton County, Georgia, "November 7, 2017 Municipal General and Special Elections," accessed November 7, 2017 These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available.

Campaign themes

2017

Williams' campaign website included the following themes for 2017:

“	Community Safety Atlanta is a major distribution point for illegal drugs along the entire eastern seaboard. This drug problem has been further exacerbated by the opioid crisis that has beset Georgia and the rest of the country. Moreover, sex-trafficking and property crimes are a central problem. Police must wait for crime to occur and then arrest. But the citizen has already been victimized and hurt. As an overall strategy, we must divert early offenders and vigorously rehabilitate them. Alternatively, we must incarcerate repeat offenders for extended periods. Intervention for newbies; long-term jail for veterans. As part of this strategy, marijuana should be decriminalized and the resources from that effort redirected at “hard” illegal drugs and opioid abuse. Education & Schools A city without good schools cannot sustain families, lacks livability, and fails the future. A dearth of quality schools assures that a city cannot retain talented families (and a strong residential tax-base) within its borders. Atlanta recently experienced the greatest cheating scandal in the history of education and needs renewal. To this end, Atlanta needs a new, state-of-the-art, campus-style high school on a portion of the old Civic Center site, with students from Jackson, Washington, and Grady High Schools. Such an effort will restore faith in a system that has lost the trust of parents and the broader community. Transportation When it comes to transportation, “all of the above” is what we need. Neighborhoods throughout the city feel the impact of congestion daily, as heavy traffic often flows through residential streets not intended for such use. Specifically, the BeltLine should be completed as quickly as possible, with a path for motorized vehicles. The BeltLine will knit the city together more closely, spur private development because of the infrastructure investment, and revitalize parts of the city suffering from lack of investment. Further, judicious use of the TSPLOST for automobile-based transportation projects will improve the ability of workers and others to travel around the metropolitan area. Finally, the expansion of MARTA and building of new infill rail stations within the city (connected to BeltLine transportation options), along with new buses, will aid in supplying an “all of the above” option for Atlanta residents for transportation.	”
—Bret Williams (2017)

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See also

Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia	Municipal government	Other local coverage

External links

Suggest a link

• Atlanta City Council
• Campaign website