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FOR TIM
1 0 Tim's Lack of experience is not an issue. Every mayor we
I U . elect for the first time is inexperienced at being mayor
and has to learn on the job. He has shown by his enthusiastic
agitation for opening Athens government up for everybody that
he's willing to work hard and learn what needs to be done.
9 Tim knows Athens???the hard way. He has been out there
. for a long time now, going door-to-door, meeting people,
listening to their concerns. He is not telling them what they
want to hear; he's out in the neighborhoods listening to what
people want to tell him. He has a sidewalk-smarts grasp of our
city and its needs.
8 Tim is an outsider. He's in nobody's pocket. He operates
??? out in the open, not behind closed doors. This is impor
tant for our government and for our city. We need a mayor who
includes everybody in the decision-making, not just an inner
circle. That's the way Tim works; that's the way he would work
in the mayor's office.
7 Tim would be the best thing that could happen to the
. Athens-Clarke County Commission. He would have to rely
on its members for their knowledge of government. The com
mission would immediately come out of its dormant state and
start taking care of the people's business. The mayor and com
mission would work as a team, the way they're supposed to do.
5 Tim would bring a youthful perspective to our govern-
??? ment, and that's extremely important in a college town
which is increasingly resigning itself to old, do-nothing atti
tudes that favor the status quo and fear rocking the boat.
Athens desperately needs somebody who will shake things up
and try new solutions to the same old problems that bedevil us
day after day.
5 Tim's ideas for Athens are on the cutting edge in meeting
??? the challenges we face. For instance, he sees our poten
tial for a free and frequent, combined city and campus bus
system, while our government is busy kicking our citizens off
the university system, because our expensive-and-infrequent
system can't compete. Another example of why we need Tim's
vision.
4 Tim has a sense of humor and knows how to use it to
??? make a point. He's willing to dress up as Charles Darwin
to promote a write-in campaign against our science-denying
congressman. Tim is completely serious about the need to
improve government, but he doesn't take himself too seriously.
3 Tim is focused on our most important issues. He is com-
??? mitted to addressing the problems of poverty that get
swept under the rug while almost 40 percent of our citizens
live in poverty. Tim reminds us constantly that this burden,
which crushes so many, also affects our whole community???
schools, public health, public safety and our local economy.
2 Tim "gets" Athens. He's a musician. He's a homeowner.
??? He works a 9-5 job and then goes out and tries to
improve his community. He understands how Athens works,
how it depends on the university, how it attracts people from
all economic, social, racial, sexual and educational strata. He
understands the importance of making our government work
for everybody.
I The No. 1 reason to elect Tim Denson mayor of Athens:
??? He believes in and works for "An Athens for Everyone."
Pete McCommons editor@flagpole.com
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