Mayor Tonja Baldwin Brenda Renz Joe Snider CITY COUNCIL District 1: Ivory Martin, Lakenda Poellnitz, Barry Reddick, Debray Wayne Watson District 2: Christine Burrell, Robert Gaines District 3: Vanessa Reed (unopposed) District 4: Valerin H. Clark, Carol Openshaw, Michelle S. Proctor District 5: Barbara Moore (unopposed)
Mayor William England Christopher Allen James No information available Pam Cairns Palmer No information available Tammi Taylor No information available City Council District 1: Eric Alexander, Anthony J. Brooklere
John Dawson Age: 67 Occupation: Retired subcontractor for painting and carpentry. Political experience: Unsuccessful race for mayor, 2016. Main issues: Slow down growth and care for senior citizens and vets; developing homes for $100,000 or less; opposes development of large businesses.
David Miller Age: 77 Occupation: Retired from Navy as commander with 21 years of service; retired as president of Hayes International Leeds Division. Political experience: Elected mayor, 2012, 2016; elected to Leeds City Council, 1996, 2000. Main issues: Education; bringing new businesses and jobs to Leeds.
Mayor David Miller John Dawson City Council District 1: Kenneth Washington District 2: Eric G. Turner District 3: Johnny G. Dutton, Donell L. Lewis, Samuel (Sam) Pezzillo, Sabrina Graves Rose District 4: Ryan Bell District 5: Linda Stoltz Miller, DeVoris Roscha Ragland-Pierce
The number of COVID-19 cases in Alabama grew by 969 Wednesday to a total of 106,784, the Alabama Department of Public Health reported. The state added nine deaths during the latest 24-hour period, raising the total since the pandemic began in mid-March to 1,876. An additional 4,694 cases and 68 deaths were listed as probably from the coronavirus. The state has averaged 855 new cases per day over the past week; the highest daily total during that period was 1,220 on Aug. 18 and the lowest was 516 on Aug. 17. For the past two weeks, the daily totals have ranged from 1,786 on Aug. 8 to 516 on Aug. 17, with an average of 1,072 new cases daily for the 14-day period. Read more.
Mayor Deanna Roe (unopposed) City Council Place 1: Ashley Russell, unopposed Place 2: Christopher Russell, unopposed Place 3: Christopher Williams, unopposed Place 4: Lydia Ann Higgins, unopposed Place 5: Ramona Martin, unopposed
As promised, Mayor Randall Woodfin’s proposed FY 2021 budget is austere, thanks to financial pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget, which had been delayed by three months so that the city could calculate the extent of the economic damage caused by the coronavirus, includes salary reductions for the mayor and his appointees, furloughs for hundreds of city employees and reductions in funding to several entities. But it continues funding for many of Woodfin’s signature issues, including neighborhood revitalization and the city’s long-underfunded pension. Read more.
Joe Pylant Age: 58 Occupation: Sales/customer service. Political Experience: City Council (two terms), mayor (two terms). Main issue: Continue town growth, complete children’s park, support police and fire departments
Shawn Leslie Age: N/A Occupation: Birmingham Firefighter Political Experience: N/A Main issue: N/A
