WALB News, Albany mayor candidate: Omar Salaam shares campaign ahead of Albany’s mayoral election

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As of August 31, 2023, R. Omar Salaam did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

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Plans to tackle crime by helping people get employed and increasing school retention rate: “City government leaders must provide some type of opportunity for the youth, for those people who have fallen through the cracks, who don’t have jobs, we must put some type of programs together."

- Plans to tackle crime by helping people get employed and increasing school retention rate: “City government leaders must provide some type of opportunity for the youth, for those people who have fallen through the cracks, who don’t have jobs, we must put some type of programs together."

Public Safety

Wants to tackle blight and poverty in the community: “It’s to the point right now where it’s at a recognizable, massive level."

- Wants to tackle blight and poverty in the community: “It’s to the point right now where it’s at a recognizable, massive level."

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WALB News, Albany pastor kicks-off campaign

As of August 31, 2023, Antonio Screen Sr. did not have a website and did not complete our questionnaire.

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Wants to help transition to solar power by constructing solar farms on 800 acres in Dougherty County.

Supports the conversion city's passenger fleet to electric and hybrid vehicles by 2025.

- Supports the Green Initiative.
- Wants to help transition to solar power by constructing solar farms on 800 acres in Dougherty County.
- Supports the conversion city's passenger fleet to electric and hybrid vehicles by 2025.

Supports retaining an assistant city attorney, whose primary responsibilities will be acquisition of dilapidated and tax-delinquent properties.

Wants to demolish the properties which are deemed insufficient for rehabilitation.

- Supports retaining an assistant city attorney, whose primary responsibilities will be acquisition of dilapidated and tax-delinquent properties.
- Wants to demolish the properties which are deemed insufficient for rehabilitation.

Plans to reassess the structure of the police department, to assure optimal utilization of resources.

Wants to give out a bonus of $5,000 for officers who remain with the police department for five years to tackle the attrition.

Supports instituting “community policing”, particularly in impoverished neighborhoods.

Plans to adopt “hot spots policing”: “Hot spots policing” focuses on specific areas of the city with high rates of crime.

Supports allocating sufficient funds to assure the district attorney has the resources necessary to successfully prosecute those individuals arrested and indicted for criminal offenses.

- Plans to reassess the structure of the police department, to assure optimal utilization of resources.
- Wants to give out a bonus of $5,000 for officers who remain with the police department for five years to tackle the attrition.
- Supports instituting “community policing”, particularly in impoverished neighborhoods.
- Plans to adopt “hot spots policing”: “Hot spots policing” focuses on specific areas of the city with high rates of crime.
- Supports allocating sufficient funds to assure the district attorney has the resources necessary to successfully prosecute those individuals arrested and indicted for criminal offenses.

Wants to organize Fall and Spring youth basketball leagues, with teams from the various community centers (Bill Miller, Carver Gym, Henderson Gym, and Thornton Gym).

Supports the relocation of the Albany Museum of Art (AMA) to establish the downtown as a regional hub for arts and culture.

- Wants to organize Fall and Spring youth basketball leagues, with teams from the various community centers (Bill Miller, Carver Gym, Henderson Gym, and Thornton Gym).
- Supports reviving the First Tee program.
- Plans to construct a tennis center.
- Supports the relocation of the Albany Museum of Art (AMA) to establish the downtown as a regional hub for arts and culture.

Supports placing utility lines underground.

Supported the installation LED street lights, because they are more resistant to strong wind.

Plans to support the installation of utility lines and fiber optic cable for the Sandy Bottom circuit, which includes Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

- Wants to repair the sewer system.
- Supports placing utility lines underground.
- Supported the installation LED street lights, because they are more resistant to strong wind.
- Plans to support the installation of utility lines and fiber optic cable for the Sandy Bottom circuit, which includes Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Bo Dorough

- The mayor leads the executive branch of local government, presiding over city council meetings, making sure city departments run smoothly, and providing services to citizens. 
- The mayor runs the city day to day and prepares the budget each year, meaning that they propose how much funding goes to each city department, including the police department, city parks, transportation, and the fire department. 
- The mayor also hires the Police Chief, Fire Chief, and city department heads, such as City Planning, Parks & Recreation, and Transportation. 
- Most Georgia mayors are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan. 
