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he welcomed the new campaigners be
cause they would increase interest in the
election, sharpen the public debate and
energeize supporters.
Incumbent Councilmen Denis Short-
al and Doug Thompson announced July
16 they plan to run for re-election to the
seats they now hold.
Shortal, who represents District 1,
said he decided to seek a return to the
council in order to “continue the prog
ress we’ve made and not to regress.”
“My ideals and my ideas, I think, are
in line with the majority of citizens,” he
said in a telephone interview. “I think
we have to ensure we will continue to do
what we told the people we would do. I
think I have done that.”
Thompson issued a short statement
saying he planned to run again in Dis
trict 3. “It is with great excitement and
the support of my family, friends, neigh
bors and colleagues, that I announce
that I am seeking re-election for the lo
cal District 3 City Council post with the
city of Dunwoody,” he said. “The great
things going on in our city have inspired
me to seek another term as I continue to
advocate for paving, parks and police.”
Councilwoman Adrian Bonser, who
represents District 2, also is reaching the
end of her current term. She had not an-
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Denis Shortal,
City Council Post 1
Douglas Thompson,
City Council Post 3
Heyward Wescott
nounced publicly whether she intends
to seek re-election. Wescott is running
for the District 2 seat.
At the Dunwoody City Coun
cil meeting July 22, the number of an
nounced candidates doubled.
Calling themselves the “clean sweep
candidates,” Jim Riticher, Henly Shel
ton and Sam Eads announced plans to
run as a slate of candidates opposed to
the current direction of the city. Riticher
said he plans to run in District 2. Shel
ton said he will run in District 1 and
Eads said he will run in District 3.
Riticher said the three were “dedicat
ed to basic and practical improvements,
and common-sense solutions favored by
a majority of Dunwoody residents.”
“We are nonpartisan
candidates and we are not
members of — or behold
en to — any organization or government
agency, ...” Riticher said, reading from
a prepared statement. “We intend to re
store trust and confidence in Dunwoody
city government.”
The text named groups the three said
they were “not beholden to” - Save Dun
woody, the Dunwoody Homeowners
Association, the Dunwoody Chamber
of Commerce, the Dunwoody Bicycle
Club and the Atlanta Regional Com
mission.
But before their announcement, they
mentioned local issues that have in
spired area yard signs and letters to the
“Clean sweep” Dunwoody City Council
candidates, from left, Henly Shelton,
Sam Eads and Jim Riticher at the
council meeting on July 22.
editor, including the city’s multi-use
trail through Brook Run Park and the
Dunwoody Village Parkway.
“You hear people stand up and say,
‘I’ve not been listened to,”’ Shelton said.
“Well, I’ll do something about it. I will
listen.”
And, it turns out, all the newly an
nounced candidates did take part in the
July 4 parade this year.
In their statement, the three on the
“clean sweep” slate said they carried
signs that read, “clap if you want your
roads repaved.”
Shortal and Thompson appeared,
too, as sitting members of City Council.
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