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Melvin Flowers (Bibb County Commissioner Board District 3, Georgia, candidate 2024)

Melvin graduated from Northeast High School. He attends Unionville Baptist Church.

Melvin works as a youth basketball coach. He is also certified as a basketball official by the Georgia High School Association.

This is Melvin "Coach" Flowers's first entry into politics.

Wants to expand recreational opportunities for youth and seniors.

- Wants to expand recreational opportunities for youth and seniors.

Public Services

Wants to lower property taxes to increase business investments.

Encourages job growth through industrial presence.

- Wants to lower property taxes to increase business investments.
- Encourages job growth through industrial presence.

Economy

Proposes providing incentives to students and teachers to improve performance.

- Proposes providing incentives to students and teachers to improve performance.

Education

Plans to address staffing shortages in law enforcement through increased pay for deputies.

Supports creating a gaming district to stop gambling.

- Plans to address staffing shortages in law enforcement through increased pay for deputies.
- Supports creating a gaming district to stop gambling.

Public Safety

Prioritizes expanding housing for developing families and seniors.

- Prioritizes expanding housing for developing families and seniors.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports improving cleanliness in the district.

- Supports improving cleanliness in the district.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Melvin "Coach" Flowers

Wants to expand recreational opportunities for the youth and seniors.

- Wants to expand recreational opportunities for the youth and seniors.

Supports providing incentives to students and teachers to improve performance.

- Supports providing incentives to students and teachers to improve performance.

Prioritizes reducing crime in District 3.

- Prioritizes reducing crime in District 3.
- Plans to address staffing shortages in law enforcement through increased pay for deputies.
- Supports creating a gaming district to stop gambling.

Advocates innovation in tacking homelessness in the district.

- Prioritizes expanding housing for developing families and seniors.
- Advocates innovation in tacking homelessness in the district.

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms in staggered years. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.