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Keisha Waites (D)

District 3

WABE.

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    • GA Representative of House District 60 

    • Atlanta City-Council At-large Post 3 

    • She has been associated with the following organizations:

      • National Council of State Legislators (NCSL)

      • Council of State Government (CSG)

      • Governing Institute, Henry Toll Fellowship Fellow,

      • Harvard University Leadership Institute

      • National Foundation of Women Legislators

      • Women in Government (WIG)

      • Young Elected Officials (YEO)

      • Victory Institute

      • Human Rights Campaign

      • David Bohnett Fellowship Foundation, Fellow

      Harvard Kennedy School of Government-Executive Education[1]

    • Voted against the funding of a police training facility in unincorporated DeKalb County 

    • The presence of law enforcement is a deterrent to crime. 

    • Citizen/officer ratio- We simply do not have enough officers to address the growing population. 

    • Lack of mental health funding - Given the federal and state cuts to mental health funding

    • Unemployment: Lack of access to affordable housing

    • Low morale among APD-Low wages, high turnover and under-staffing makes the job more dangerous.

    • Aims to protect Seniors and legacy residents from gentrification. Urges us to finally make an honest, robust and concerted effort to drive development south of I-20.

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    • Voted against the funding of a police training facility in unincorporated DeKalb County