>> HI THERE I'M RICKY BEVINGTON SENIOR ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT WITH GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WELCOME TO THE ATLANTIC PRESS CLUB DEBATE SEARES, THIS IS A DEBATE FOR CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF ATLANTA.

DUE TO THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED AND COVID-SAFETY RESTRICTIONS, CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO DEBATES THIS IS A DEBATE AMONG THOSE WHO POLLED IN THE UPPER HALF.

LET'S MEET THE CANDIDATES FOR THIS DEBATE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

ANTONIO BROWN, SERVING ON THE ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE.

FSH ANDRE DICKENS SERVES ON THE ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING POST THREE AT LARGE.

SHARON GAY IS SENIOR COUNCIL AT DENTON LAW FIRM.

REBECCA KING IS A MEMBER OF THE BUCKHEAD CONDO ALLIANCE AND MEMBER OF LIVABLE BUCKHEAD.

FELICIA MOORE IS THE ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

KASIM REED SERVED TWO TERMS AS ATLANTA'S MAYOR FROM 2010 TO 2018.

RICHARD WRIGHT IS A CPA AT A LOCAL ACCOUNTING FIRM.

AND NOW LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS, WILBORN NOBLES COVERS THE ATLANTA CITY HALL FOR ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION AND ROSE SCOTT IS HOST OF CLOSER LOOK ON WABE.

FOR COMPLETE RULES ON TODAY'S DEBATE PLEASE VISIT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB WEBSITE.

ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.

TO START THE DEBATE EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE ASKED ONE QUESTION BY ONE OF THE PANELIST AND HAVE 60 SECONDS TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION, THE FIRST TO WILBORN NOBLES PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION TO ANTONIO BROWN >> THANK YOU, RICKEY.

COUNCILMEMBER BROWN THIS FIRST QUESTION IS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.

ACTIVISTS AND LAWYERS AND VICTIMS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS HAVE CRITICIZED THE CITY AND MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS FOR MOVING TOO SLOWLY ON THOSE CASES.

THEY SAY THE CITY IS WAY TOO SLOW TO SETTLE THEM AND LEAVES VICTIMS IN A LIMBO WITH NO CLOSURE, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT?

AND HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?

>> SO I ABSOLUTELY DO AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT AND I BELIEVE WE'VE ALSO FAILED TO GIVE OFFICER'S THEIR PROPER DUE PROCESS AND WE'VE SEEN A BACKLASH, NOT JUST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BUT THE IMPACT ON THE MORAL OF OUR OFFICERS WITHIN THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW PROCESS WHEN COMPLAINTS ARE FILED AGAINST OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT TAKES AWAY ANY POLITICS, ANY PERSONAL OR POLITICAL INTERESTS FROM THE EQUATION AND ALLOWS SOMETHING TO BE RENDERED THAT IS COMPLETELY UNBIAS.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT YET AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

>> ROSE SCOTT, YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF KASIM REED.

>> THANK YOU.

GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME.

MR. R., REED, THIS CURRENT LEGISLATION ADOPTED LEGISLATION RELATED TO BOARD OF ETHICS AND IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION NOT YOU BUT OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE INDICTED OR PLED GUILTY TO WRONGDOING, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO EITHER STRENGTHEN THAT POLICY OR DO YOU FEEL THE NEED IT SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED IF YOU ARE ELECTED AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND THANK YOU TO THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR HOSTING THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE BOARD OF ETHICS AND WHEN I WAS MAYOR OF ATLANTA WE INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE BOARD OF ETHICS, SO I THINK IT'S WHOLLY APPROPRIATE, IT WILL HAVE MY ROBUST SUPPORT BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER BEYOND THAT.

ALL OF MY DIRECT REPORTS WILL HAVE QUARTERLY ETHICS TRAINING FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I'M IN OFFICE.

I ALONG WITH MY DIRECT REPORTS WILL PUBLISH OUR INCOME TAX RETURNS EVERY APRIL 15th.

NO INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS FILED A PERSONAL OR BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY WILL HAVE ANY ROLE IN MY ADMINISTRATION.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOBBYIST REGISTRATION BOTH ON THE COUNCIL SIDE AND FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR.

SO THAT ANYONE THAT IS LOBBYING THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OR COUNCIL WILL BE KNOWN.

>> THANK YOU.

WILBORN, YOUR QUESTION FOR RICHARD WRIGHT.

>> MR. WRIGHT, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AMONG DIFFERENT CANDIDATES WHO SAID THAT THEY BELIEVED THE CITY -- THE VOTERS FEEL DISILLUSIONED BY THE CURRENT TOP-HOLDING CANDIDATES BECAUSE THEY'VE ALL HELD OFFICE BEFORE, MAJORITY OF THEM, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO VOTER WHO'S ARE TRYING TO DISTINGUISH AMONG ALL OF YOU, HOW DO YOU STAND OUT?

>> FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT.

I STAND OUT IN REALLY SPEAKING TO TRANSPARENCY AS A MAYOR, COME FROM A CORPORATE BACKGROUND SO EVERY QUARTER WE HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A 10Q AND THEN A 10K AND I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY, EVERY CORNER, I RELIEVE WHAT IS CALLED A 10A THAT'S GONNA BE A FORM TO THE CITIZENS THAT'S GOING TO CONSIST OF MATERIAL, FINANCIAL DATA AND DNA ANALYSIS, ESG REPORT, AND ALSO A REPORT CARD FOR THE SIT DENS OF TLOONT BE ABLE -- CITIZENS OF ATLANTA TO GRADE MY ADMINISTRATION.

THAT'S THE WAY I PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD TO BUILD THE ALL-IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY'S RESIDENTS AND THE MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU.

ROSE, YOU GET TO ASK A QUESTION OF ANDRE DICKENS.

>> THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER DICKENS, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 60% OF ATLANTA IS ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING.

I KNOW THERE'S CURRENT PENDING LEGISLATION ON COUNCIL BUT VOTERS NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS ISSUE.

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND THANK YOU TO THE PRESS CLUB AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN AUTHORED TO DENSE TIE THE CITY BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT CITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO OUR CITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS APPROPRIATELY.

THERE'S SO MUCH VACANT LAND THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA THAT WE NEED TO BUILD ON, 800 PLUS ACRES OF ATLANTA HOUSING AUTHORITY LAND WE CAN DENSE AND BUILD MIXED COMMUNITIES THERE AS WELL AS ALONG THE STATION WHERE'S WE CAN HAVE HOUSING RIGHT NEXT TO TRANSIT SO PEOPLE CAN GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING EASILY WITHOUT A CAR, OUR CAR DEPENDENCY IS TOO HIGH RIGHT NOW.

RATHER THAN ENFORCING IT IN EACH COMMUNITY SHOULD ALLOW EACH COMMUNITY DECIDE HOW THEY GROW IN DENSITY.

I DO SUPPORT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THE BACKYARD AND DUPLEX AND TRIPLEX BUT I WANT IT DO THAT IN THE APPROPRIATE CORRIDORS ACROSS THE CITY.

>> MR. WILBORN, YOUR QUESTION TO SHARON GAY.

>> MISS GAY, PLEASE DISCUSS THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE CITY'S WATER SIT DURING THE MAYOR OF BILL CAMPBELL ADMINISTRATION.

>> THAT WAS AFTER I LEFT SO I ALMOST KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT, I SERVED IN MAYOR CAMPBELL'S FIRST TERM IN EARLY '98 WE WERE GETTING THE CITY READY FOR THE OLYMPICS AND HAD TO REBUILD, DO ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET THE CITY OPEN, SOME -- I THINK MAYBE TWO YEARS AFTER I LEFT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MADE A DECISION TO SEEK BIDDERS TO PRIVATEIZE THE WATER SYSTEM BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE ABOUT THAT THAN ANY OTHER PRIVATE DECISION, WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY CAPACITY.

>> ROSE TO REBECCA KING.

>> MISS KING, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE ATLANTA BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADDRESS ADOLESCENT CRIME AND TRUANCY, DO YOU HAVE DATA THAT SUGGESTS THERE'S A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THAT IN APS.

>> IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT BEING IN APS.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THE SITUATION WE SEE ON THE STREET, CHILDREN SELLING WATER, RUNNING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC.

THEY NEED FUNDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE SELLING THINGS AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

THIS PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH FOR EVERYONE BUT TO HAVE CHILDREN ON OUR STREETS RIDING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, WE NEED PARENTAL GUIDANCE AND NEED OUR SCHOOLS TO GUIDE AS WELL TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.

>> WILBORN, YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION IN THIS ROUND FOR FELICIA.

>> MADAME THERE'S POINT YOU'VE BEEN TOO FRIENDLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LINK YOUR POLITICS TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WHEN WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THESE CONCERNS.

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE TEXT THEY RECEIVE YESTERDAY TIMING RIGHT BEFORE YOU START TO VOTE WAS VERY UNFORTUNATE, IT WAS A DISGRATEFUL ACT, THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT ENDORSED ME NOR HAS ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY, I'M A LIFE-LONG DEMOCRAT AND THAT WHOLE TEXT WAS A HOAX.

SO PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY GET INFORMATION BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS CAMPAIGN IS DOING VERY WELL AND SOMEONE IS VERY, VERY NERVOUS THAT WE ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ELECTION AND SINCE THAT IS THE CASE, PLEASE, BE ON GUARD OR INFORMATION AND IF YOU THINK FOR ONE SECOND THAT THERE MAY BE A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT CORRECT IT PROBABLY IS NOT, I'M HONEST, I'M OPEN WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW ME.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME WAY.

I DIDN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT WHEN I'M RUNNING, AND SO YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT IS INCORRECT AND A POLITICAL, DIRTY TRICK.

>> THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF THIS DEBATE.

THE CANDIDATES WILL NOW ASK A QUESTION TO AN OPPONENT OF THEIR CHOICE.

SO FAR IN THIS DEBATE EVERYONE'S BEEN ON TIME, THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE FLOOR MANAGER'S DIRECTIONS, SO FOR THE NEXT ROUND, 30 SECONDS TO ASK A QUESTION, 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND, AND THE CANDIDATE WHO ASK THE QUESTION WILL HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

BY RANDOM SELECTION FELICIA MOORE YOU MAY HAVE THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> YES, MR. REED YOU HEADED THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN THE ATLANTA HISTORY, THE RAP SHEET, PEOPLE JAILED, INDICTED, AWAITING TRIAL, $30 MILLION AND COUNTING FOR DOJ RESPONSES AND IT KEEPS GOING.

THE TONE IS SET FROM THE TOP, CRIMINALS LIKE YOUR MELODY, WHY SHOULD ATLANTA VOTERS BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE.

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>> WELL I'M NOT SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE AT ALL.

AND WHAT I'M OFFERING VOTERS IS A CLEAR CHOICE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS I NEVER DISHONORED MY OFFICE AND I KEPT MY WORD TO THE PEOPLE OF ATLANTA.

I AM HERE BECAUSE ATLANTA IS IN A CRISIS THAT OCCURRED UNDER YOUR WATCH, CRIME IS UP 58% AND 157 PEOPLE WERE MURDERED LAST YEAR.

YOU ARE TEMPTING TO SMEAR MY NAME DESPITE THE FACT THAT I'M NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION AND YOU'RE DOING THAT TO DISTRACT FROM YOUR OWN RECORD, A RECORD OF A RECORD-HIGH TAX INCREASE, SAY RECORD OF NOT FUNDING POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY NEEDED HELP, A RECORD OF ALLOWING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SHRINK, AND A RECORD OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BE MURDERED.

ALL ON YOUR WATCH.

AND YOU NEVER SAID A WORD.

BUT WHAT YOU DID DO WAS TO ALWAYS VOTE TO RAISE YOUR SALARY.

>> 30 SECONDS FOR REBUTTAL.

>> MY RECORD DOES NOT INCLUDE BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION OF ANY KIND BY ANY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NEED TO HAVE CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, MY RECORD HAS BEEN STELLAR AND I'VE SERVED WITH INTEGRITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, YOU ALWAYS SAID TO ME DIRECTLY, NOTHING GOES DOWN IN CITY HALL UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, I BELIEVED YOU THEN AND I BELIEVE YOU NOW, YOU LED THE MOST CORRUPT, THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN ATLANTA HISTORY.

>> AND THE STATEMENT THAT YOU SAID I SAID IS A COMPLETE LIE.

I NEVER SAID NOTHING GOES DOWN IN CITY HALL.

>> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CANDIDATE.

REBECCA KING NEXT QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT FELICIA MOORE I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY SINCE CITY COUNCIL DAYS TO TACKLE RISING CRIME AND CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOMELESSNESS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO WHAT I WILL BE DOING DIFFERENT, I'LL BE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CITY, THE MAYOR, AND ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY WILL BE UNDER MY CONTROL AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY.

I'VE DONE MY JOB ON THE LEGISLATION TO PASS INCREASE FOR POLICE OFFICERS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH POLICE, FIRE AND CORRECTION SAFETY OFFICER.

I'VE DEVELOPED RULES AND LAWS TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA SAFE.

I'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE OUR MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS OUR SENIORS ARE SAFE, PASSING MADDIE'S CALL, TO FIND PEOPLE AND SAVE RESOURCES IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND IT'S ALSO BEEN ADOPTED STATEWIDE SO I WILL TAKE MY LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND AND POLICY-MAKING BACKGROUND WHICH I HAVE SO WELCOMING USED TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE CITY TOGETHER AND I'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE AS MAYOR OF THIS CITY.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

>> IF THAT'S THE CASE WHY IS BUCKHEAD LEAVING THE CITY OR ATTEMPTING I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM AND HAVE BEEN WORKING TO KEEP THEM IN THE CITY WITH MY ADMINISTRATION.

>> BECAUSE I'M NOT THE MAYOR YET.

>> MOVING ON TO SHARON GAY, YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION OF ONE OF OUR POP ONLY.

>> QUESTION TO MR. REED.

LAWYER TO LAWYER.

WIDESPREAD REPORT HAVE THE COST OF THE CITY HIRING OUTSIDE COUNCIL OF THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS, $30 MILLION AND RISING, THERE'S STILL THREE TRIALS YET TO OCCUR AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COST THE CITY WILL INCUR, HOW COULD YOU INSURE US THE CITY WON'T HAVE TO PAY MILLIONS TO MANAGE THE RESPONSE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, WOULD YOU USE SOME OF YOUR FUNDRAISING PROWESS TO HELP REPLENISH THE CITY'S KOUFR.

>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION WE HAD TO RESPOND FEDERAL INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THERE'S WAS WRONGDOING IN THE ADMINISTRATION YOU WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT NOW SINCE YOU WORKED FOR MAYOR CAMPBELL WHO SIMILARLY YOU HAD TO RESPOND AND THE FACT THE MATTER IS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CONCRETE CHANGES, I JUST LAID OUT A NEW DIRECTION FOR US, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WHAT HAPPENED NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

WHAT I WILL ALSO POINT OUT IS YOU NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT WHEN I WAS PAYING LEGAL BILLS TO YOUR LAW FIRM.

YOU ACTED AS MY CAMPAIGN'S COUNCIL FOR SEVEN AND HALF YEARS.

MY LAW FIRM WAS DENTON'S WHEN I WAS PAYING YOUR LEGAL FEES YOU WERE DELIGHTED TO ACCEPT THEM.

SO YOU WERE A PERSON WHO WAS DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR BILL CAM BEM AND YOU COME ON TELEVISION AND TALK ABOUT ETHICS AND INTEGRITY AND YOU WERE THERE THE WHOLE TIME.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

>> I WAS NOT THERE THE WHOLE TIME, AS I SAID, I LEFT TWO MONTHS INTO THE SECOND TERM, I WAS NOT -- DID NOT SEE -- ALL OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OCCURRED SEVERAL YEARS AFTER A LEFT, I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY OF IT AND HAD NO CONNECTION TO IT AND WAS NEVER EVEN INTERVIEWED BY THE FBI WHEN FRANKLIN WAS ELECTED SHE APPOINTED TO TO THE TASK FORCE ON ETHICS AND REWRITE THE ETHICS CODE AND CREATE THE OFFICE OF ETHICS WHICH STILL EXISTS TODAY.

>> CONVENIENT TO SAY 25 YEARS LAPTER.

>> MOVING ON TO ANDRE DICKENS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE CANDIDATE OF YOUR CHOICE.

QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

KASIM REED, SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE TOP OFFICIALS IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION WERE EITHER INDICTED OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME, OF CORRUPTION, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE, THEY REPORTED TO YOU, AND NOW YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED.

GIVEN THAT YOU SAY YOU'VE CHANGED, YET, ONE OF THOSE CONVICTED INDIVIDUALS MADE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN.

THIS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT YOU HAVE MADE ANY SUCH CHANGE AT ALL.

HOW CAN WE TRUST THAT YOU'VE MADE A CHANGE WHEN YOU STILL HAVE A BLIND SPOT TO CORRUPTION EVEN TODAY?

>> ANDRE, YOU'RE THE WILY COYOTE OF THIS.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, I UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MY ADMINISTRATION, THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUALS, THEIR BEHAVIOR DID NOT RELATE TO SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION OF YOUR GOVERNMENT, CORRUPTION HEARTFELT JACKSON ABSOLUTELY NOT, CORRUPTION IN DENKING ABSOLUTELY NOT, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IS ANDRE DICKENS ISN'T THE PERSON TO TALK ABOUT IT.

HE LEFT A BANKRUPTCY.

HE LEFT OWING $1.3 MILLION TO WOMEN AND MEN WITHOUT EVER BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THEN HE USED A FALSE ADDRESS TO ACTUALLY RUN FOR ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL.

FORTUNATELY I HAVE AT BANKRUPTCY PETITION RIGHT HERE, YOU SHOULD SEE HOW HE LIVES HIS LIFE WHILE TALKING ABOUT MINE.

>> THAT'S CATEGORICALLY FALSE, YES I HAD A BANKRUPTCY IN 2010, THE RECESSION MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOME AND 1.5 PEOPLE FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND I HAD A FURNITURE THAT FAILED DURING THE HOUSING CRISIS BECAUSE FURNITURE GOES WITH HOUSING BUT I PAID MY 20 EMPLOYEES, 3 LOCATIONS AND EVEN KASIM REED WAS A CUSTOMER.

THIS BUSINESS WAS GOOD.

AND THEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORAL -- SEVEN PEOPLE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION -- TO BE INDICTED -- >> YOU DID A GREAT JOB SELLING FURNITURE BUT NEVER PAID BACK $1.15 MILLION YOU OWED.

>> BANKRUPTCY IS LEGAL AND I DID IT IN A -- >> GENTLEMEN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER TONIGHT AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STICK TO YOUR TIME.

YES.

PLEASE.

>> CAN I PLEASE ASK MY QUESTION.

>> ANTONIO BROWN 30 SECONDS.

>> ANDRE, MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, YOU ARE A VERY DATA-DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL AND YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT YOU WOULD ADD TO APD BASED ON THE AUTHORIZED LEVEL OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WE'VE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

STATISTICS SHOW THAT ATLANTA RIGHT NOW HAVE OVER 1600 OFFICERS AND WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS PER CAPITA THAN THE STATE -- >> PLEASE GET TO YOUR QUESTION.

>> -- HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS YOU SEEK TO ADD IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION.

>> THANK YOU, ANTONIO, FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE LOST A NUMBER OF OFFICERS SO WHAT I SAY I WANT TO HIRE 250 IN THE FIRST YEAR TO GET TO 400 BY THE SECOND YEAR, THIS IS TO REPLACE THOSE THAT ARE MISSING, THOSE THAT WE HAVE VACANCIES.

I'VE GONE OUT TO ZONE ONE AND ZONE TWO AND WE HAVE OFFICERS THE, ELEVEN OFFICERS COVERING 14 BEATS SOMETIMES.

SO I WANT TO GET US BACK TO THE LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD BE AT, WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL 2039 IF WE ADD OFFICERS RAPIDLY AND HAVE THEM TRAINED IN 21st CENTURY POLICING MODEL TO BE RACIALLY SENSITIVE AND THAT THEY HAVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THEY CAN WALK THE BEAT TO DO COMMUNITY BASE POLICING, I THINK WE'D HAVE THE RIGHT TONE BETWEEN OUR POLICE FORCE AND CITIZENS OF ATLANTA.

I BELIEVE THAT'S A PROPER NUMBER TO GET, 400, AND WE WON'T BE OVER PLEASED DOING THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

>> I ARE NO REBUTTAL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

KASIM REED PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION.

>> MY QUESTION IS FOR MISS MOORE, THE ATLANTA BELT LINE HAS BEEN A PATH BREAKING PROJECT IN THE LIFE OF THE CITY, $600 MILLION PUBLIC INVESTMENT HAS LED TO $6 BILLION IN PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU VOTED AGAINST CREATING THE ATLANTA BELT LINE AND WHETHER YOU THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.

>> I AGREE WITH THE FIRST PART,S BEEN A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT IN THE CITY AND AM PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED MANY PROJECTS INCLUDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN STILL LIVE AROUND THE BELT LINE.

THE VOTE I CAST THAT WAS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE BELT LINE WASN'T THE PROJECT ITSELF IT WAS THE FUNDING TOWARDS THE TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT.

WE WERE INCORPORATING AREAS AND TOWNS THAT DO NOT MEET THE TEST TO HAVE A TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT AND THUS WE ATE UP ALL THE CAPACITY FOR THE TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT AND WE LEFT AREAS LIKE IN THE DISTRICT I REPRESENTED AT THE TIME DONNA LEE HOLLOWLE DID A PARKWAY AND AREAS LIKE HAMILTON ROAD AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD BY TURNER FIELD WE LEFT THOSE AREAS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT TOOL TO USE TO REVITALIZE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WAS MY NO VOTE BUT AFTER COUNCIL PASSED IT THERE WERE SEVERAL VOTES AND ALL WERE IN SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S WONDERFUL.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

>> MISS MOORE HAS REPEATEDLY VOTED AGAINST THE ATLANTA BELT LINE.

WE HAVE A DOCUMENT OF THOSE VOTES, MORE THAN FOUR TIMES, ESSENTIAL HAL ELEMENTS FOR THE ATLANTA BELT LINE AND IT'S CREATION AND IT'S MAINTENANCE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BECOME WHAT IT HAS BECOME FOR THE CITY OF ATLANTA, REPEATEDLY VOTED AGAINST BY MISS MOORE.

>> AND IF YOU CAN COUNT THERE WERE MORE YES'S THAN NO'S.

>> BEFORE THE NEXT QUESTION, RICHARD WRIGHT, YOU HAVE A FINAL QUESTION, I'D LIKE ON THE BEHALF OF THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB TO REMIND CANDIDATES PROPS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

RICHARD WRIGHT FINAL QUESTION FOR THIS ROUND.

>> FOR FORMER MAYOR KASIM REED PLEASE DEFINE LEADERSHIP.

>> I THINK LEADERSHIP IS HAVING A BOLD VISION FOR EITHER YOURSELF OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE, SETTING A PLAN, AND THEN EXECUTING ON THE PLAN TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL AND WIN FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

>> I THINK PART OF LEADERSHIP IS KNOWING TO WIN TO RELINQUISH POWER.

IN JANUARY 2017 PRESIDENT OBAMA SAT IN AN OFFICE AND SHOOK THE HAND OF A MAN WHO QUESTIONED HIS CITIZENSHIP ALL TO TRANSFER POWER.

THAT'S THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF LEADERSHIP IS THE ABILITY TO TRANSFER POWER.

SO I'M ASKING YOU AS A FORMER TWO-TERM MAYOR WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AGAIN?

I'LL SAY THIS -- >> THAT IS YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR SECOND ROUND FOR THOSE JUST JOINING THIS IS BE DEBATE FOR CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR OF ATLANTA, DUE TO RESTRICTIONS FROM COVID CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO TWO DEBATES AND WILL GO BACK TO THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF TIME.

I'LL POINT OUT THERE'S A QUESTION AND THEN CANDIDATES HAVE 60 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

AS A POINT OF MODERATOR PRIVILEGE I MAY ASK A QUESTION OF THE CANDIDATES HOWEVER OUR TRUSTEE PANEL IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE QUESTIONS AND I'LL DETERMINE WHEN AND IF REBUTTAL IS APPROPRIATE.

BEGINNING WITH ROSE SCOTT WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU, RICKEY.

THIS IS FOR COUNCILMEMBER ANTONIO BROWN, IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, IF THERE IS A DEVELOPER THAT IS COMING INTO A COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE DISTRICT YOU'RE REPRESENTING, AND YOU KNOW THAT THOSE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.

CAN YOU ENSURE, IF YOU'RE ELECTED MAYOR, THAT NO DEVELOPMENT WILL GET A GREEN LIGHT FROM YOUR OFFICE IF THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COMMIT TO A BINDING AGREEMENT WITH THAT SAID COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION, ROSE.

ABSOLUTELY, AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER I'VE ADVOCATED FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF OUR LOWER END COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN DISENFRANCHISED BY DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY.

AS A COUNCILMEMBER I'VE NEGOTIATED TWO MAJOR MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEALS IN SOME MOST UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THERE WAS AT LEAST 34% AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK OUR LAW DEPARTMENT, AS MAYOR MUST BE EQUIP HELPING TO PROTECT THESE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN HOUR DEVELOPERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ROSE.

>> WILBORN, YOUR TURN TO ASK A QUESTION.

>> MAYOR REED YOU SAID ONCE AT ONE OF THESE FORUMS IF NOT FOR CRIME AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE SLANT FACING.

WHAT CAN BE DONE TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND HOUSEHOLDS TO HELP GET MORE PEOPLE OFF THE WAITING LIST FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN BUILDING VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION RIGHT AWAY.

WE OWN 877 ACRES, THE CITY ITSELF, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD IDENTIFY NGO'S AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND WELCOME THEM INTO THE CITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK WE NEED AN OFFICE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING PUSHED AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AS WELL.

MY PLAN IS CENTERED AROUND USING THE REAL ESTATE WE HAVE, PARTNERING WITH THE PRIVATE NOT PROFIT BUILDING NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ACTIVATING THE GRANT WE WON FROM PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND NOT RAISING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES THE WAY MISS MOORE DID WHEN SHE VOTED FOR THE LARGEST PROPERTY TAX IN HISTORY.

>> ROSE, YOU HAVE THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FELICIA MOORE, WHETHER IT WAS THE GULLCH, GEORGIA STATE DEVELOPMENT OR NEW STADIUM YOU HEARD CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENTS WENT THROUGH, HOW CAN YOU ENSURE THE SAME THING WOULDN'T HAPPEN THAT COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE IS NOT BEING HEARD WHEN BIG-TIME DEVELOPMENTS COME IN.

>> AS YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN AROUND WHEN ALL THOSE PROJECTS IT STARTS WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS MOST TIMES THESE DEALS QUOTE/UNQUOTE COME THROUGH AT THE 11th HOUR, SOME PULL UP UNFORTUNATELY AT THE VERY END OF A COUNCIL MEETING AND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON IT AND UNFORTUNATELY A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL WOULD.

WE'VE GOT TO START WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT'S WHY I REALLY BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNMENT AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS AS PART OF THE PROJECT NOT AN AFTER-THOUGHT OF THE PROJECT SO THEY'LL KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR DEAL, WHEN IT IS TIME, WE'LL COME TO THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH THEM, WE'LL MAKE THEM PART OF IT, WE'LL MEMORIALIZE IT IN WHATEVER WAY WE LEGALLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ASSURE THEY CAN GET WHAT THEY ASK FOR IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT FROM MY ADMINISTRATION.

>> WILBORN, NEXT QUESTION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER DICKENS, YOU REFERRED TO YOURSELF DURING YOUR PRESS CONFERENCES AS THE JOBS MAYOR, HOWEVER ATLANTA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATE OF INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE COUNTRY, WHAT CAN YOU DO TO RECTIFY THAT WOULD IT INCLUDE ENACTING UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME?

>> THANK YOU.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE ATLANTA HAS 4% INCOME IMMOBILITY, IT'S THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION, YOU HAVE ONLY 4% CHANCE MAKING IT FROM POVERTY TO THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS.

THAT'S DISSTUSHING.

THAT'S WHY WE ARE A TALE OF TWO CITIES.

SO MUCH PROSPERITY BUT ALSO SO MUCH POVERTY.

THIS IS WHY I GO TO CEO'S AND LEADERS ACROSS THE CITY TO SAY I DON'T CARE YOU'RE JUST BUILDING BUILDINGS IN OUR CITY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW MANY ATLANTANS WILL BE IN THEM, WE HAVE TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO GET THESE GREAT JOB THIS IS WHAT I DID, TRAIN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO GO FROM POVERTY TO PROSPERITY AND GETTING 60,000 JOBS IN JUST FOUR MONTHS A WENT TO CREATE PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIONS AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN WORK IN FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION THAT'S ARE COMING TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA SO WE GROW THIS CITY IN A BALANCED WAY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT QUESTION FROM ROSE.

>> THANK YOU, MISS GAY.

CAN YOU TELL THE AUDIENCE WHEN AND IF THERE WAS A TIME YOU WERE WITH BILL CAMPBELL'S ADMINISTRATION YOU SPOKE OUT AGAINST SOMETHING THAT YOU KNEW ETHICALLY WAS WRONG?

>> WELL, AGAIN, I AM NOT SURE WE'RE SPENDING ALL OF THE TIME ON SOME PLACE I WORKED 27 YEARS AGO.

I WAS THERE IN THE FIRST TIME AND INTO ACCUSATIONS OF ETHICAL CORRUPTION -- I WORKED HARD -- I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER PURCHASING, WHEN PURCHASING DECISIONS WERE MADE I TOOK IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET APPROVAL.

I WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT AS BEST I COULD TELL ALL THE PROCEDURES HAD BEEN FOLLOWED AND EVERYTHING DONE CORRECTLY.

THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION OR LACK OF CLARITY I WENT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND MAKE SURE I COULD CLEARLY UNDERSTAND IT AND DEFEND THOSE DECISIONS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON TV AND IF I WASN'T CERTAIN IT WAS READY I WOULDN'T TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL I WAS ASSURED OF THAT.

>> THANK YOU, NEXT QUESTION FROM WILBORN NOBLES.

>> MISS KING, WHAT IS YOUR STRONGEST ARGUMENT TO BUCKHEAD RESIDENTS REGARDING BUCKHEAD CITYHOOD.

>> WE NEED A PLAN TO COME TOGETHER TO FIGHT CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS IF WE LEAD WE'RE NOT SOLVING ANYTHING, CRIME IS NOT GOING TO STOP AT AN INTERCEPTION.

WE NEED TO TACKLE THIS HEAD ON.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME AROUND THE CITY IT'S JUST MOVED TO OUR DIRECTION AND WE NEED TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS.

WE NEED TO BE NEIGHBOR THAT'S ARE UNDERSTANDING AND GET OUT AND MEET OUR NEIGHBORS SO WE COULD FIGURE OUT THESE ISSUES TOGETHER.

I'D LIKE TO SAY, ALSO WITH OUR CITY SERVICES WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PURCHASING FROM THE CITY OF ATLANTA SO WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND MAINTAIN THAT.

YES OUR TAXES ARE HIGH.

I ADVOCATE WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

FULL TECHNOLOGY ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE'RE A TECHNOLOGY HUB AND SORELY BEHIND ON THE CITY OF ATLANTA WEBSITE.

AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO NOT ONLY ADD POLICE BUT EXPAND THE PRE-ARREST DIVERSION TEAM BECAUSE CRIME ISN'T FROM 7:00 TO 7:00 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WE NEED TO OPEN UP ALL OUR RESOURCES.

>> NEXT QUESTION FROM ROSE SCOTT.

>> MR. WRIGHT 79% OF APS STUDENTS LIVE AT THE POVERTY LEVEL, ANYTHING OUT OF CITY HALL WHETHER LEGISLATION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, POLICY IT EFFECTS THESE KIDS AND THEIR HOUSEHOLDS, HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND THE CITY OF ATLANTA IMPROVE ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH APS AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR NEW INITIATIVES TO HELP THESE HOUSEHOLDS STAY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I PLAN ON REALLY WORKING ROBUSTLY WITH APS.

I HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED THE INSTITUTES OF ATLANTA AND THE INSTITUTES OF ATLANTA WE WILL WORK WITH APS TO BUILD INSTITUTES AT THE HISTORIC MINORITIES AND WE CAN HAVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO P3, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CORPORATIONS WENT CITY TO GET THESE PROGRAMS STARTED.

SO WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS SOMETHING TO IMAGINE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO WORK HARD AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO EXCEL TO BE -- AS FAR AS THE PARENTS GO, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE INSTITUTES OF ATLANTA A STIPEND FOR THE PARENTS, TO GET THE KIDS THERE AND GET THE PARENTS INVOLVED.

SO ONCE YOU HAVE BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED YOU CAN DO THAT.

AND I WILL BE THE MAYOR THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IN ATLANTA.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT QUESTION FROM WILBORN NOBLES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BROWN, MAYOR BROWN'S ADMINISTRATION HAS AN OFFICE DEDICATED TO LBGTQ AFFAIRS AND SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITY HOW WOULD YOU BUILD ON THAT WORK, AND WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

WELL, FOR STARTERS, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE AN LBGTQ COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY.

I BELIEVE THAT THE WORK THAT MAYOR BOTTOMS IS DONE IS ADMIRABLE BUT IT'S TIME WE DO MORE FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN LEFT BEHIND IN THIS CITY FOR FAR TOO LONG.

OUR HOPA PROGRAM HAS BEEN A DISASTER IN THE CITY AND WE'VE GOT TO GET I GRIP ON IT AND START PAYING OUR VENDORS SO OUR LBGTQ YOUTH ARE NOT CONTINUOUSLY FACING HOMELESSNESS AND PUT ON THE STREETS OF ATLANTA.

SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO TO BE INCLUSIVE OF OUR TRANS AND BINARY COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUR POLICIES ARE NOT CRIMINALIZING THEM IN THE HEART OF THIS CITY.

THANK YOU.

>> NEXT QUESTION FOR MR. KASIM REED.

YOU SPENT TIME IN THE STATE LEGISLATION, AS YOU KNOW, EVERY SESSION THERE'S A BILL BROUGHT UP TO EITHER TAKE OVER THE ATLANTA AIRPORT OR RECENTLY WITH GOVERNOR SAYING PERHAPS NEEDS TO BE A HE BETTER PUBLIC CONTROL IF YOU'RE ELECTED MAYOR AGAIN CAN YOU ENSURE VOTERS YOU CAN PREVENT ALL OF THAT FROM HAPPENING?

>> YES, I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE I DID.

I WAS MAYOR FOR EIGHT YEARS.

NO BILL WAS MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY TO TAKE JACKSON AIRPORT, IN FACT, I HAD THE BEST WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF ANY DEMOCRAT MAYOR IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE WE WERE FOCUSED ON JOBS.

WE WERE LEADING DURING THE WORSE ECONOMY IN 80 YEARS, THE GREAT RECESSION, AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS FOCUS ON THE 20% OF THINGS WE AGREED UPON AND WE PUT THE 80% ASIDE.

NOW THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH A POTENTIAL CITY OF BUCKHEAD AND CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE AIRPORT WHICH WILL NOT MOVE BECAUSE A BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION FAA WOULD NEVER AUTHORIZE IT, I INTEND TO USE 20 YEARS OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GOVERNOR WHO I SERVED WITH IN THE GEORGIA STATE SENATE, SPEAKER AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COMMITTEE CHAIR TO ENSURE ATLANTA'S INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED AND WE'RE COOPERATING ON PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE GEORGIA STATE PATROL.

>> THANK YOU.

SNOEBLS.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MOORE, AS A COUNCILMEMBER YOU SPONSOR 2010 AMENDMENT TO NOT HIRE NEW OFFICERS OR GIVE OFFICER'S RAISES AND AGAINST POLICE BODY CAMERAS, CAN YOU DISCUSS YOUR ACTIONS.

>> THE VOTES ARE ON THE FINAL BUDGET THAT'S CAME THROUGH THE READ ADMINISTRATION THAT I DID NOT SUPPORT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE RECORD AND DELIBERATION YOU WILL SEE THAT I FOUGHT AND VOTE FOR AMENDMENTS ACTUALLY PUT FORTH AMENDMENT TO GIVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE A POLICE THAT HE DENIED.

AS IT RELATES TO THE BODY CAMERAS I WAS THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO OFFERED LEGISLATION TO INITIALLY ASK WE HAVE BODY CAMERAS BUT THE ONES GIVEN WERE INFERIOR AND IT WAS A SHADY DEAL AND I VOTED NO TO THE VENDOR THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE REED ADMINISTRATION.

WE HAD THE RIGHT KIND OF CAMERAS DURING THE BROOKS INCIDENT THOSE CAMERAS WOULD HAVE NOT FALLEN OFF AND BEEN LOOKING AT PAVEMENT WE'VE HAD REAL VIDEO AND PLUS THIS HE WOULD HAVE OFFERED OTHER OFFICERS AN ISSUE GOING ON.

>> 30 SECOND REBUTTAL.

>> WE BUILT THE BIGGEST VIDEO INTEGRATION CENTER IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTHEAST, SHE VOTED AGAINST BUDGETS TO PAY POLICE MORE, TO BUILD THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHE HAS A COMMERCIAL MARSHALL WHERE SHE TALKS ABOUT OPENING REC CENTERS AND VOTED AGAINST FUNDING REC CENTERS FOR CHILDREN.

BOTTOM LINE IS SHE HAS NOT LED AND WHEN WE HAD MAJOR EFFORTS AROUND ISSUES SHE OPPOSED THEM.

>> WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION FROM ROSE SCOTT.

>> FOR MISS REBECCA KING.

HOMELESSNESS IN ATLANTA, WE ALL KNOW IT EXISTS, OFTEN PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH EMERGENCY SHELTERS, NOT ENOUGH INTAKE CENTERS WHAT CAN CITY OF ATLANTA DO IN THAT AREA.

>> I THINK WE NEED A HOUSING-FIRST MODEL.

IN FINLAND IT'S SHOWING SUCCESS SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ALSO IN MY ADMINISTRATION I'LL PUT TOGETHER A TEAM THAT WILL WORK ON CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS AND BE A RESOURCE HUB.

THERE'S OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OFFERING SERVICES TO THE HOMELESSNESS BUT IT'S NOT COORDINATED SO WE NEED TO BE THE SPOKE TO GET THOSE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS IMMEDIATELY OPENING HOTELS, BUILDING, HOUSING, WHATEVER WE CAN TO GET THEM OFF THE PATH TO LIVE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> NEXT QUESTION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER DICKENS, DOES THE CITY OPERATE ANYWAY WHEN LOOKING AT HOUSING DO THEY EVER JUXTAPOSE GENTRIFICATION MAPS WITH AREAS SHOWING GROWTH AND HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IF SO, AS MAYOR, CAN YOU OPERATE THE CITY WHERE YOU COMPARE THE GROWTH OF GENTRIFICATION WITH AREAS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS?

>> YEAH, I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION IS RELATED TO WHERE THE GROWTH IN ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING BUT MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE DISPLACEMENT.

TRYING TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT.

FOR FAR TOO LONG SEVERAL PARTS OF OUR CITY HAVE SUFFERED AND NOT HAD THE AMENITIES THEY WANT LIKE GROCERY STORES, MEDICAL FACILITIES, JOB CENTERS AND THESE COMMUNITIES DESERVE THOSE AMENIIES AND WE SHOULD INVEST IN GROCERY STORES SO THEY'RE NOT A UNHEALTHY COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DISPLACE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE.

WE HAVE TO PUT IN PLACE VARIOUS MEASURES TO FREE SENIOR TAX INCREASES AND ALSO GIVE PEOPLE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TO LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND AFFORD THE HOMES, WORKING WITH NACA, WITH INVEST ATLANTA, WHICH I SERVED ON FOR THREE YEARS, BUT ALSO TO HAVE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST FOR PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BUILD ON HOUSING AUTHORITY LAND THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT ON IN 12 YEARS.

>> WE HAVE BEEN FIVE MINUTES LEFT WITH THE JOURNALISTS AND PANELISTS AND THEN GET TO FINAL QUESTIONS.

ROSE.

>> THANK YOU, THIS QUESTION IS FOR MISS SHARON GAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE IN, SOME WANT MORE BIKE LINES, OTHERS JUST WANT SIDEWALKS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT ATLANTA IS DOING RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH STREETS, WHERE DO YOU PROPOSE TO BEGIN IN TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY IN AND WHAT ARE THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO TRANSIT AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> THIS IS A BIG CHALLENGE.

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WE ALL TALK ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARTICULARLY TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT ARE A HUGE ISSUE.

COUPLE THINGS, ONE, WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR CAPACITY TO SEND THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS WE HAVE FASTER MORE EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY, FIX THE PROBLEMS IN THE PURCHASING AND BIDDING PROCESS AND PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO EXPAND OUR CAPACITY.

THE OTHER THING IS WE NEED TO WORK IN A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'D ORGANIZE THE GOVERNMENT SO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS HAS MUCH MORE INPUT FROM THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED.

AS YOUR QUESTION INDICATES NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS THE SAME THING, SOME MAY NEED SIDEWALKS, SOME REALLY WANT BIKE LANES, AND SOME DON'T HAVE GOOD ACCESS FOR TRANSIT SO I WOULD PARTNER WITH MARTA ON TRANSIT PLANNING BUT WORK ON A LOCAL LEVEL TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, NEXT QUESTION.

>> MR. REED WHAT CAN MAYOR DO TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> I THINK THE MAYOR NEEDS TO GET ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR COVID AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND SUPPORT AND LISTEN TO EXPERTS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE 18 MONTHS SINCE OUR KIDS WERE OUT OF SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE KEPT AT GRADE-LEVEL SOX I THINK THE MAYOR NEEDS TO GALVANIZE THE CITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH APS AND THEIR NEW SUPERINTENDENT AND TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT COVID GAP, THAT'S THE THING NEAREST TO US RIGHT NOW, AND IF ATLANTA DOESN'T GET INVOLVED AND HELP ON THE COVID GAP IN MY JUDGMENT WE'RE GOING TO, ONE, CRIPPLE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY IS, I THINK WE'LL SEE IT IN BEHAVIOR DOWN THE ROAD.

SO IF I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ELECTED MAYOR FROM DAY ONE I'M GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH APS AND THEIR LEADER TO FIND OUT HOW WE CAN FILL THAT GAP AND THEN GALVANIZE THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO GRADE LEVEL AND NOT TO HAVE MISSED THE MOMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

NEXT QUESTION FROM ROSE SCOTT.

>> YES, THIS QUESTION IS FOR COUNCILMEMBER ANDRE DICKENS.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR YOUTH FOR A MOMENT, THAT IS, YOU AT ONCE PROPOSED AN IDEA TO HELP THE WATER BOYS AND WATER GIRLS BUT IT SEEMS NOTHING REALLY CAME OF THAT.

IT DID, THEN NOT MUCH WAS ON PRINT OR BROADCAST ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS AN ISSUE.

SO HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO STRENGTHEN IT'S WORKFORCE DEVOTED TO YOUNG FOLKS IN THE SUMMER OR SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM SO THE KIDS WON'T BE ON THE STREETS AS MISS KING SAID, COMING IN AND AROUND TRAFFIC, WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT THAT >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

ACTUALLY THE THREE OF US LAST NIGHT PARTICIPATED WITH A FORUM WITH APS.

WE WENT TO APS HEADQUARTERS AND HAD THE YOUTH ASK US QUESTIONS, ALONG WITH SUPERINTENDENT AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE SPENT OUR TIME BEING EDUCATED.

WE WERE LISTENING.

AND WE GAVE OUR IDEAS, ONE OF THOSE IDEAS WAS ABOUT THESE WATER BOYS I EXPRESSED I SOLD WATER AND KRISPY KREME AND ALL TYPES OF THINGS IN A STRUCTURED PROGRAM WHEN I WAS A YOUTH AND THAT FUELED MY ENTREPRENEUR SPIRIT AND THAT'S WHY NOW I WORK WITH PROGRAMS LIKE HEY, HELP AND EMPOWER YOUTH.

I AM A FATHER FIRST.

NEXT LEVEL BOYS ACADEMY.

TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ON ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS AND TEACH THEM IN STEM AND THAT'S WHY I'M IN THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS TRAINING THEM HOW TO CODE SO ONE DAY THEY'LL SELL SOFTWARE OR REAL ESTATE.

YOU WANT TO CREATE THE ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO HELP OUR KIDS HAVE JOBS.

>> OKAY THAT'S YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAVE TIME FOR A BRIEF QUESTION WILBORN WITH A 30 SECONDS ANSWER.

>> HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

>> IN 30 SECONDS.

>> I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE NEED TO DO.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE EFFORT TO BUILD MORE SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.

SHELTERS HAVE A NEED, A PURPOSE FOR EMERGENCYCY BUT WE FWHEED NEED TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO STABLE HOUSING WITH SUPPORT SERVICES TO GET THE TREATMENT AND ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM.

WE NEED MORE NAVIGATORS TO HELP PEOPLE GET TO THOSE PLACES.

YOU DON'T WALK OFF THE STREET ONE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE READY TO ACCEPT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO DO THAT AND MORE PLACES FOR THEM TO GO.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT'S ALL THE TIME FOR THE QUESTIONS.

EACH CANDIDATE WILL HAVE 60 SECONDS FOR A CLOSING STATEMENT.

SHARON GAY YOU GET THE FIRST CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THE WRITER EVER DEUTRONMY REMINDS WE LIVE IN CITIES WE DID NOT BUILD, DRINK FROM WELLS WE DIDN'T BUILD SAND EVERYONE ON THE STAGE TONIGHT HAVE REAPED THE BENEFITS OF THE LEADERS BEFORE US, WHO HAVE BUILT A GREAT CITY, BUT WE'RE IN A TROUBLED PLACE RIGHT NOW, OUR CITY'S IN TROUBLE, OUR CITY IS ADRIFT, WE'RE REALLY AT A PIVOT POINT, INFLECTION POINT ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ABOUT LEADERS AND WHO WE HIRE THROUGH THE ELECTION TO BRING US FORWARD.

WILL YOU ATLANTANS MAKE THE DECISION TO STICK WITH THE FAILED POLICY, FAILED LEADERSHIP OF THE PAST, OR WILL YOU LOOK TOWARDS VISIONARY LEADERS OF THE FUTURE.

I SUBMIT TO YOU, I BRING TO YOU FRESH LEADERSHIP, NEW IDEAS, BROADTH DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILL AND I WOULD BE THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND MOVEMENT WE NEED TO MOVE ATLANTA FORWARD BACK TO THAT GREAT CITY WE KNOW IT CAN BE.

>> THANK YOU, KASIM REED YOU MAY GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> ATLANTA, OUR CITY IS AT RISK OF BREAKING APART.

IN 12 MONTHS THERE WILL MOST LIKELY BE A REFERENDUM ON WHETHER BUCKHEAD WILL REMAIN A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BREAKING APART IS TERRIBLE.

THE PEOPLE IT REALLY HURTS WILL BE THE CHILDREN IN THE APS SCHOOL, $232 MILLION THAT WILL BE LOST AS THE COMMUNITY OF BUCKHEAD LEAVES, THE REASON THAT THEY'RE CONTEMPLATING LEAVING IS BECAUSE OF THE REASONS THAT'S IMPACTING US ALL.

58% SPIKE IN CRIME AND VIOLENCE, AN INCREASE IN MURDERS TO 157 PEOPLE WHO LOST LOVED ONES.

WHEN I WAS YOUR MAYOR I MADE THE CITY THE SAFEST IT HAS BEEN IN 40 YEARS, I HIRED 900 POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE HAD THE MOST DYNAMIC ECONOMY THAT WE HAVE HAD.

SO MY SENSE IS THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CHALLENGE WE WILL MEET IT, WE WILL CONQUER IT AND WE WILL REMAIN ONE ATLANTA.

I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE.

>> THANK YOU, REBECCA KING.

PLEASE GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THANK YOU.

VOTERS DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WILL NOT GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT RESULT.

IT IS TIME FOR ATLANTA A FRESH VOICE TO HAVE A CHANGE AND HAVE HER SPIRIT REJUVENATED.

WE NEED TO TACKLE RISING CRIME TOGETHER.

WE NEED TO WORK ON HOMELESSNESS TOGETHER AND MAKE OUR CITIES THE MODEL CITY IT IS AND SHOULD BE SO THAT WE ARE PROUD TO CALL ATLANTA OUR HOME AND PEOPLE WILL WANT TO VISIT AND LIVE HERE.

THANK YOU AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING YOUR NEXT MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU.

ANTONIO BROWN IT'S YOUR TURN.

>> ATLANTA RESIDENTS, GENERATIONAL POVERTY, MASS GENTRIFICATION, AND A LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE DESTABILIZING OUR CITY, LEADING TO RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNSHELTERED CRISIS AND A CONTINUUM OF CRIME.

WE ARE LIVING IN PERILOUS TIMES AND UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WE'LL FACE SOME OF THE SAME STRUGGLES OF OUR PAST.

THIS IS WHY I'M RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT MAYOR.

AS MAYOR I WILL CREATE AN INCLUSIVE ECOSYSTEM THAT PROVIDES QUALITY JOBS, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EMPOWERS SAFE COMMUNITIES SO NO ATLANTAN IS EVER LEFT BEHIND AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

>> THANK YOU.

COUPLE OF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN YOUR FULL 60 SECONDS I WILL REMIND YOU YOU HAVE IT.

FELICIA MOORE, YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> ATLANTA, INTEGRITY MATTERS AND HONESTY MATTERS AND TODAY LEADERSHIP MATTERS.

2009, THE GREAT RECESSION, WE WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN THIS CITY AND SOME LEADERS STOOD UP AND WERE COURAGEOUS IN AN ELECTION YEAR AND VOTES BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT YOU, OUR VOTERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF AND WITH THE TOUGH DECISIONS WE HAVE BEFORE US WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THOSE WHO ARE IN POWER AND THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING TO US.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS CITY IS SAFE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE CITY SERVICES THAT WE PAID FOR AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT TRANSPARENTLY WITH ETHICS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

I WILL WORK EVERY DAY AS HARD AS I CAN TO MAKE SURE WHEN I LEAVE THIS OFFICE I LEAVE IT BETTER THAN I FOUND IT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

RICHARD WRIGHT, IT IS YOUR TIME TO GIVE A CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I JUST WANT TO SAY BETWEEN 2013 AND 2016 THERE WERE 381 HOMICIDES IN ATLANTA.

381 FUNERALS.

AND IN 2017 THE GENERAL FUND HAD A NEGATIVE BALANCE THAT YEAR OF $24 MILLION.

ARE WE GOING TO KEEP REPEATING THE PAST?

MY NAME IS RICHARD WRIGHT, I AM A CPA, I WANT TO ASK ATLANTA SOME QUESTIONS.

ARE YOU A TAXPAYER?

IF SO, I'M A CPA WITH THE EXPERT EASE TO MANAGE THE BUDGET.

ARE YOU A CONCERNED PARENT?

I OUTLINE THE INSTITUTES OF ATLANTA TO SHOW YOU THAT I AM DEDICATED TO YOUR KIDS, ARE YOU A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CITY?

AS A CPA I HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH BUSINESSES, GROWING BUSINESSES AND BRINGING THEM TO THE LEVEL THEY NEED TO BE AT, SO I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE COME NOVEMBER 2nd, RICHARD WRIGHT FOR MAYOR.

THANK YOU ATLANTA.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANDRE DICKENS YOU GET THE FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT.

>> GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND PARTAKING IN THIS CONVERSATION.

I'M ANDRE DICKENS AND TO ME THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE SOUL OF ATLANTA.

ARE WE GONNA MOVE FORWARD IN PEACE, PRODUCTIVITY AND PROSPERITY?

ARE WE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS TO DISPLACEMENT, DISRUPTION AND CORRUPTION?

I SAY WE MOVE FORWARD IN PROSPERITY, EQUITY AND SAFETY.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE MY SAFE STREETS PLAN VETTED BY FORMER POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS THE NATION.

THAT'S ALSO WHY I'M GOING TO PRESERVE 20,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EIGHT YEARS BUILT ON MY DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP.

AND I'M GOING TO BE THE JOB'S MAYOR TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE LIKE I HAVE WITH MY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE CITY TO COMBINE THEM AND LET ATLANTA FLOURISH TO TAP INTO THE UNTAPPED TALENT.

I WILL MAKE SURE TO RUN THE CITY WELL FOR EVERYONE, I'M ANDRE DICKENS, I'LL MAKE YOU SAFE, I'LL MAKE YOU PROUD.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR DEBATE.

REMINDER TO THE VOTERS ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 2nd.

EARLY VOTING IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

OUR THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES -- WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB FOR ARRANGING TODAY'S DEBATE.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB AND ALL OF THE DEBATES THEY'LL BE HOSTING THIS ELECTION SEASON.

VISIT ATLANTAPRESSCLUB.ORG.

I'M RICKEY BEVINGTON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE ATLANTA PRESS CLUB DEBATEIS.

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