Joel Jackson

Joel Jackson

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Joel Jackson was a Democratic candidate for District D representative on the New Orleans City Council in Louisiana. Jackson was defeated in the primary election on October 14, 2017.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in New Orleans, Louisiana (2017)

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, held primary elections for mayor and seven city council seats on October 14, 2017. A general election took place on November 18, 2017, for races where no candidate received 50 percent of the primary vote. The filing deadline for this election was July 14, 2017. Incumbent Jared Brossett (D) defeated Joel Jackson (D) and Thad Cossabone (No Party) in the primary election for the District D seat on the New Orleans City Council.

New Orleans City Council, District D Primary Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jared Brossett Incumbent	80.33%	13,179
	Democratic	Joel Jackson	14.64%	2,402
	No Party	Thad Cossabone	5.03%	826
Total Votes				16,407
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Saturday, October 14, 2017," accessed October 14, 2017

Campaign themes

2017

Jackson's campaign website included the following themes:

“	TRAFFIC CAMERAS I would like to advocate for a substantial overhaul of, if not removal of, the traffic cameras in Orleans Parish. We must stop over taxing our working class citizens for revenue raising that has nothing to do with safety. No more 'driving to jail'. I want to advocate for real traffic safety utilizing accident data and putting police officers on the ground where we have real safety concerns. If we continue to utilize the cameras, let's overhaul the system: get rid of some of the 'by the letter, but not in the spirit' ticketing; make fees more reasonable; make contesting of tickets streamlined & easy. Currently, the city (via a private corporation based out of Arizona) is ruining people's lives with traffic camera tickets that have nothing to do with safety. We shouldn't have to overtax our citizens in this way to balance our budget. See revenue raising ideas below. EXPAND OUR MUNICIPAL LEGISLATIVE LEVERAGE ON TWO CRITICAL ISSUES In politics you most often hear about the delineation of legislative control and influence between the Federal & State levels. There are two issues in which I would like to rally with the City Council & the Mayor’s office to wrest some significant legislative power to our municipality: gun safety laws and minor offense over-incarceration. IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FROM NEW ORLEANS EAST INTO THE CITY Many of our working class citizens have been forced to leave my District to live in New Orleans East due to increases in cost of living. These are the folks whom are the backbone of our tourism and service industries. We need to make it easier for those invaluable folks to get work. NO MORE ID'ING TO JAIL I need to be able to report a crime without fear of my ID being run and spending the night in the OPP. Too many young African Americans in particular don't carry an ID and/or won't go to the DMV for fear of going to jail. And I want to institute a policy that if you report a crime, your ID doesn't get run. You should be able to advocate for your community, family, and neighbors without fear of going to jail for some outstanding tickets. TECHNOLOGY & TRAINING I want to help build and grow the technology industry and generate revenue in New Orleans, while implementing government assisted workforce development programs for New Orleans workers aimed at career progression.	”
—Joel Jackson (2017)

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See also

New Orleans, Louisiana	Louisiana	Municipal government	Other local coverage

External links

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• New Orleans City Council
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