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Jereme Sharpe
Jereme Sharpe ran for election to the Atlanta City Council to represent At-large Post 1 in Georgia. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Sharpe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jereme Sharpe was born in Miami, Florida. His professional experience includes being an independent consultant and working in real estate, business development, and digital cartography.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General election
General election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 1
Incumbent Michael Julian Bond defeated Brandon Cory Goldberg, Alfred Brooks, Todd Gray, and Jereme Sharpe in the general election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 1 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Julian Bond (Nonpartisan) | 58.9 | 51,116 |
 | Brandon Cory Goldberg (Nonpartisan)  | 15.7 | 13,641 | |
 | Alfred Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 10,134 | |
| Todd Gray (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 6,931 | ||
 | Jereme Sharpe (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 4,438 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 527 | ||
| Total votes: 86,787 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jereme Sharpe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sharpe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Being Nonpartisan, Jereme borrows good ideas from the Left and the Right, often melding them together. Supporting market-based solutions to social problems, with strong governmental oversight in the public interest.
As a successful Consultant and Business Partner today, Jereme has professional experience as a Licensed Realtor and Planner (Digital Cartographer), respectively.
Jereme found success in the real estate industry and launched a real estate brokerage by the age of 25, worked in Paris and Austria at 26, and by age 28 was selected as a Planner for a transportation project in Queens, New York, before moving back home to Atlanta right before the Global Pandemic of 2020.- I will Reorganize our City. —Reconnecting our Transit System. Rebuilding our Housing System. Reinvesting in our Commerce. Reforming our Bureaucracy. Reimagining our Law Enforcement.
- I have the experience across housing, transportation, and business needed to provide solutions for those three major issues we face in our City.
- I'm here to do the work. I have the Plans, Partners, and Policy to move our City onto the right track and towards a future that can work for everyone.
I plan on providing direct financial and technical support to the Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) which in turn will ramp up their community engagement efforts to get all residents involved in the very first step into the government’s decision-making process, the NPU System.
2. Youth: I will ensure that our youth have income security. A paid internship, summer job, apprenticeship, and/or government assistance. Which means opening more youth centers and also partnering with small business owners and large corporations to create a permanent system to funnel our youth through and connect them directly with jobs they love
3. Neighborhood Safety and Security Center: Similar to Atlantic Station, each Neighborhood should have a Neighborhood Safety and Security Center.
4. Community Policing: Each Neighbhrood will have 7 Law Enforcement Officers living spread out through the Neighborhood.
I look forward to creating an Office of Transportation. —Within the Office of Transportation, we'd have a Department of Roads & Automobiles, Department of Alternative Transport (Sidewalks, Bikelanes), Department of Public Transport (Buses, Trains)
From there we'd introduce a New Atlanta Transport Plan which would include projects such as;
-building out our sidewalk network.
-expanding the streetcar into the Southwest and Northwest.
-building rail on sections of The Beltline.
-adding 40+ miles of protected Bike Lanes.
-upgrading drains and sewers
-burying power lines
-providing internet to all those in need
Transportation: I believe everyone deserves access to move around freely. —Our Roads Network must be fixed and placed on a proper maintenance schedule. Our Sidewalk Network must be build out to ensure youth, disabled persons, and seniors can get around. Our Streetcar Network must be expanded into the Southwest and Northwest parts of town where residents actually live. The Beltline needs light rail along the Westside and Eastside Trail. Our Bus Network must be rerouted to better connect Neighborhoods with job centers, shopping, and more.
In its most perfect form, the County Government is there to supplement the City Government in certain areas such as Healthcare. State Government supports the County Governments. Federal Government supports that States.
This truly showed me that anything and everything is possible. And that it's okay to play big in the world, it's okay to explore, it's okay to move forward, it's okay to make mistakes, it's okay to work hard to get what you deserve.
Dedicated
Resourceful
Collaborative
Humble
Resourceful
Meaning, even if/when the Mayor vetos (denies) legislation, City Council can still approve the legislation through an "override". When an override happens the legislation goes into law regardless of the Mayor's decision.
Beneficial to have previous experience in government or politics? Yes. I think creating policy is important. Takes time and understanding of many different areas within government to get it right. I believe exposure in the field can/should help shape for the better.
Transportation
Commerce
Public Policy
Organization
Collaboration
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Candidate Atlanta City Council At-large Post 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2021
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