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by RICHARD SHUMATE
In some cases, telling the gay/lcsbian friendly
candidates in Atlanta’s elections from the not-
so-friendly candidates is an easy call. But in
other cases, the line is much fuzzier.
Take the case, for instance, of Ayisha
Jeffries, who is one of the candidates in City
Council District 2. She is running against gay
candidate Eric Spivey and at least two gay-
friendly candidates, Debi Starnes and
Chester Dixon.
GAPAC, which evaluates candidates on gay/
lesbian issues, has some concerns about Jeffries.
She did not return the group’s questionnaire
(she told Southern Voice that she received the
wrong form), she has not been interviewed by
GAPAC and, in conversations both with
GAPAC officials and Southern Voice, she de
clined to state her positions on specific gay/
lesbian issues, including domestic partnership.
But Jeffries has taken great umbrage at the
suggestion from GAPAC that she leans to the
right on gay/lesbian issues, as reported in South
ern Voice. She told us that “I believe in the full
human and civil rights for all categories of
people.”
“My commitment is to do the right things to
protect your civil and human rights,” she said.
Over in the mayor’s race last week, Nancy
Schaefer got perhaps the biggest boost of her
campaign when Jack Kemp, considered a 1996
GOP presidential contender, endorsed her can
didacy.
Kemp, a former Bush administration offi
cial and congressman from New York, was in
town for a fundraiser for Schaefer’s anti-gay/
lesbian group, Family Concerns. The invitation
to the fundraiser included the names of a num
ber of prominent politicos, including Billy
Lovett, head of the state GOP, and U.S. Rep.
John Linder, who represents DeKalb County.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote a
fawning piece about the event, discussing the
viability of Schaefer’s attempt to ally blacks
and Christian supremacists in the city.
Meanwhile, the campaign for mayor hit the
TV airwaves last week, as both Michael
Lomax and Bill Campbell started running
ads. The third major candidate in the race,
Myrtle Davis, has so far not run any ads.
Crime was a theme running through both
advertising campaigns, with Lomax walking in
military cadence in front of a phalanx of uni
formed officers. Campbell, less well known than
Lomax, included some ads designed to acquaint
the voters with his past, including one showing
him as a small child integrating Raleigh’s pub
lic schools.
One of the more curious battles is shaping
up in City Council District 9, a district in the
northwest part of the city that combines some of
its poorest areas with some if its wealthiest. Ari
Casper-Silberman, who lives in the Cross
Creek area and has ties to Nancy Schaefer, is
making a spirited run against the incumbent,
Jared Samples, who grew up in Perry Homes
and is one of the youngest people ever to serve
on the City Council. The other candidate in the
race is Kathy Carter.
The curiosity here is why Samples, who is
black, has been targeted by the religious right.
He was a strong opponent of domestic partner
ship—seemingly the ideal kind of candidate for
the right’s proposed alliance.