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Titus Battle
Titus Battle was a nonpartisan candidate for District 7 representative on the Birmingham City Council in Alabama. Battle was defeated in the general election on August 22, 2017.
Biography
Battle's professional experience serving as director of the Morton Simpson Community Center, as a behavior specialist at ARC of Jefferson County, and as a patient care specialist at Cooper Greene Hospital. He earned a bachelor's degree in child development education and in 2017 was working on a master's degree in psychology.[1]
Elections
2017
The city of Birmingham, Alabama, held elections for mayor and city council on August 22, 2017. A runoff was held on October 3, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 7, 2017.
Incumbent Jay Roberson defeated Lonnie Malone, Jeff Rowser, Hosea Lewis, and Titus Battle in the Birmingham City Council District 7 general election.[2]
| Birmingham City Council, District 7 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jay Roberson Incumbent |
58.06% | 2,670 |
| Lonnie Malone | 20.92% | 962 |
| Jeff Rowser | 10.63% | 489 |
| Hosea Lewis | 6.33% | 291 |
| Titus Battle | 4.07% | 187 |
| Total Votes | 4,599 | |
| Source: City of Birmingham, "General Election Results," August 29, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Battle participated in Ballotpedia's 2017 survey of municipal government candidates.[3] The following sections display his responses to the survey questions. When asked what his top priority would be if elected, the candidate made the following statement:
| “ | Create jobs for the unemployed and the unemployeable in District 7. Fix and sell restorable homes. Tax incentives for those who want to move back to District 7. Making Disitrct 7 the hub of African American business owners with special focus on first time African American business owners. Create four Annual Streets festivals commemorating a time in African American History. Create a Community Performing Arts Center and Movie Theatre Focusing on all African American based movies. Establish a City-wide Transitional Living Center. Move government offices to District 7, Non-profits, Day Cares and Early Childhood Centers, all African American Centered. No hungry child in Disitrict 7, just call the office and the child or children will be fed in less than 30 minutes. Promise. No child needs to beg for school clothes, call the District office and your child or children will have school clothes. Small Busness loans up to $5000.00 for A.A. Business & Home owners for property repair & restoration. Re-locate all training schools to District 7; District 7 seeks to be the Home of the Birmingham City Alternative School for troubled students, expelled students, suspended students, or students with health risks. We will seek that the Mayor's Division of Youth Services re-locate to District 7.[4] | ” |
| —Titus Battle (July 24, 2017)[1] | ||
Ranking the issues
The candidate was asked to rank the following issues by importance in the city, with 1 being the most important and 12 being the least important: city services (trash, utilities, etc.), civil rights, crime reduction/prevention, environment, government transparency, homelessness, housing, K-12 education, public pensions/retirement funds, recreational opportunities, transportation, and unemployment. This table displays this candidate's rankings from most to least important.
| Issue importance ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate's ranking |
Issue | Candidate's ranking |
Issue |
| City services (trash, utilities, etc.) | Crime reduction/prevention | ||
| K-12 education | Homelessness | ||
| Housing | Recreational opportunities | ||
| Unemployment | Civil rights | ||
| Environment | Government transparency | ||
| Transportation | Public pensions/retirement funds | ||
Nationwide municipal issues
The candidate was asked to answer questions from Ballotpedia regarding issues facing cities across America. The questions are in the left column and the candidate's responses are in the right column. Some questions provided multiple choices, which are noted after those questions.
| Question | Response |
|---|---|
| Important | |
| Federal | |
| Increased economic opportunities. District 7, parts of District 6 & 8 and the worst economcally rated areas of Birmingham, yet, these are the Descendents of the Founders of the Civil Rights Movements. We respect our history by respecting the offspring of the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Lack of opportunity, lack of Civil Rights and opportunity is the cause of the State of Economical success for all in Birmingham. The entire Birmingham is a Civil Rights Memorial Museum. The entire Birmingham is the Living Room fo the Civil Rights Movement. We can do better, we should do better and we will do better. Vote-Wise...The Descendents of the Founders of the Civil Right Movement Matter. Let's Make-a-Difference Together and Vote-Wise on 08.22.2017 for Titus Battle, 'The Man that Can' with a plan, to Make-a-Difference. | |
| Recruiting new businesses to your city. What is good for them, is good for us. Birmingham should take the 'Why not us?' approach to creating jobs and recruiting new businesses. AT&T, T-Mobile, Verison, Sprint and many others contract it's customer service business to India and other Countries; Why not us? What about us? The inner city communities of Birmingham and America. I am seeking out these companies to up-root and re-establish their customer service base to District 7 and throughout all economically disadvantaged areas of Birmingham. To decrease crimes and drugs in the inner-city is to create jobs, create opportunities. If it can happen downtown Birmingham, Southside, Highland Ave., Lakeshore, Avondale with the City Government's help then that same assistance should happen in the areas of the disadvantaged. What is 'Good' for THEM-Is "Good" for US, as well. | |
| A Town filled with brilliant and creative persons..Home of the Descendents of the Founders of the Civil Rights Movement. | |
| Equal Treatment of all Districts, Neighborhoods and Communities. Treat the Descendents of the Founders of the Civil Rights Movement with Respect and Dignity by investing in the neglected neighborhoods, communities and districts in Birmingham. Equal Treatment. |
Recent news
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia's municipal government candidate survey, 2017, "Titus Battle's Responses," July 24, 2017
- ↑ AL.com, "Meet the candidates for Birmingham City Council," July 7, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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