Jereme Sharpe
Jereme Sharpe ran for election to the Atlanta City Council to represent At-large Post 1 in Georgia. He lost in the general election on November 2, 2021.
Sharpe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jereme Sharpe was born in Miami, Florida. His professional experience includes being an independent consultant and working in real estate, business development, and digital cartography.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Atlanta, Georgia (2021)
General election
General election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 1
Incumbent Michael Julian Bond defeated Brandon Cory Goldberg, Alfred Brooks, Todd Gray, and Jereme Sharpe in the general election for Atlanta City Council At-large Post 1 on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael Julian Bond (Nonpartisan) | 58.9 | 51,116 |
 | Brandon Cory Goldberg (Nonpartisan)  | 15.7 | 13,641 | |
 | Alfred Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 10,134 | |
 | Todd Gray (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 6,931 | |
 | Jereme Sharpe (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 4,438 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 527 | ||
| Total votes: 86,787 | |||
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Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jereme Sharpe completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sharpe's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jereme is an independent consultant living in the center of Downtown Atlanta with his dog Zion. Jereme has a professional background in real estate, business development, and digital cartography. —Jereme is running on a mission to make Atlanta the #1 City in America to live, work, play, and love for everyone.
Being Nonpartisan, Jereme borrows good ideas from the Left and the Right, often melding them together. Supporting market-based solutions to social problems, with strong governmental oversight in the public interest.
As a successful Consultant and Business Partner today, Jereme has professional experience as a Licensed Realtor and Planner (Digital Cartographer), respectively.
Jereme found success in the real estate industry and launched a real estate brokerage by the age of 25, worked in Paris and Austria at 26, and by age 28 was selected as a Planner for a transportation project in Queens, New York, before moving back home to Atlanta right before the Global Pandemic of 2020.
- I will Reorganize our City. —Reconnecting our Transit System. Rebuilding our Housing System. Reinvesting in our Commerce. Reforming our Bureaucracy. Reimagining our Law Enforcement.
- I have the experience across housing, transportation, and business needed to provide solutions for those three major issues we face in our City.
- I'm here to do the work. I have the Plans, Partners, and Policy to move our City onto the right track and towards a future that can work for everyone.
City Councilors are to act as delegates, direct representatives of the residents. Without residents electing the right peers and colleagues, there is no true democracy, there is no true representation. And so, residents' involvement is vital.
I plan on providing direct financial and technical support to the Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) which in turn will ramp up their community engagement efforts to get all residents involved in the very first step into the government’s decision-making process, the NPU System.
In addition, we will create the Registered Neighborhood Organization committee that will work with all Neigbhrood Organizations to provide support in various ways. The objective being to help the Neighborhood Organizations get more residents involved.
1. Social Services: I will propose legislation to fully fund Social Services programs that focus on things such a Homelessness, Mental Health, and substance abuse. Our Police, Fire, and EMT are not trained for these issues and should not be handling them.
2. Youth: I will ensure that our youth have income security. A paid internship, summer job, apprenticeship, and/or government assistance. Which means opening more youth centers and also partnering with small business owners and large corporations to create a permanent system to funnel our youth through and connect them directly with jobs they love
3. Neighborhood Safety and Security Center: Similar to Atlantic Station, each Neighborhood should have a Neighborhood Safety and Security Center.
4. Community Policing: Each Neighbhrood will have 7 Law Enforcement Officers living spread out through the Neighborhood.
I believe that every modern City needs to have a City Jail. How that City Jail operates or what that City Jail is called is a different subject. However, any world-class City will need a facility to temporarily or sometimes permanently place lawbreakers because there will always be lawbreakers so as long as the sun rises, moon phases, and the world still turns.
Decriminalization of marijuana in Atlanta is great and should be done on a state and federal level.
Our Transportation System (roads, deliveries, trains, sidewalks, etc.) is Grade D.
I look forward to creating an Office of Transportation. —Within the Office of Transportation, we'd have a Department of Roads & Automobiles, Department of Alternative Transport (Sidewalks, Bikelanes), Department of Public Transport (Buses, Trains)
From there we'd introduce a New Atlanta Transport Plan which would include projects such as;
-building out our sidewalk network.
-expanding the streetcar into the Southwest and Northwest.
-building rail on sections of The Beltline.
-adding 40+ miles of protected Bike Lanes.
-keeping filled 90% of the potholes.
I look forward to introducing a New Atlanta Infrastructure Plan which would address;
-upgrading drains and sewers
-burying power lines
-providing internet to all those in need
In addition, every new Business and Real Estate Development will be mandated to provide an Infrastructure Plan to be approved to do any type of work in the City of Atlanta. Businesses and Real Estate Development will need to contubute to the infrastructure upgrades.
Housing: I believe everyone deserves access to a roof over their head. —Our unsheltered residents deserve permanent housing, our lower-income residents deserve affordable rentals, our middle class residents deserve pathways to homeownership and remaining in place, our high earners deserve more options to invest.
Transportation: I believe everyone deserves access to move around freely. —Our Roads Network must be fixed and placed on a proper maintenance schedule. Our Sidewalk Network must be build out to ensure youth, disabled persons, and seniors can get around. Our Streetcar Network must be expanded into the Southwest and Northwest parts of town where residents actually live. The Beltline needs light rail along the Westside and Eastside Trail. Our Bus Network must be rerouted to better connect Neighborhoods with job centers, shopping, and more.
Commerce: I believe everyone deserves access to jobs and business opportunities. —All Businesses within the City limits should be able to support a $15 min wage for all workers and if not, the City will need to supplement. Our Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs need access to human and financial capital and Invest Atlanta has the tools needed. Our Large Corporations need a robust and diverse talent pool, however, we must work to highlight this talent pool in a way the showcases our talent.
City Council is the most representative and direct form of Government. City Government manages the everyday lives of residents. Affordable housing, potholes, alcohol license, new playgrounds, sidewalks, and so much more is all City Government. The ability to control everyday things and quickly is unique to City Council.
In its most perfect form, the County Government is there to supplement the City Government in certain areas such as Healthcare. State Government supports the County Governments. Federal Government supports that States.
It's to note that the City Government really sets the tone and the agenda for all higher governments to follow.
I look up to my Mom and Dad. —Two completely self-made individuals that made it out of some of the worst cities and conditions to create a better life for themselves and then create a family. No handouts, no bailouts, just hard work and determination.
This truly showed me that anything and everything is possible. And that it's okay to play big in the world, it's okay to explore, it's okay to move forward, it's okay to make mistakes, it's okay to work hard to get what you deserve.
Smart
Dedicated
Resourceful
Collaborative
Humble
Hard Working
Smart
Resourceful
Dedicated
The sole responsibility of a City Councilor is to represent the people. This means being able to provide solutions and resources to the residents. And then creating legislation to permanently remedy issues that occur, have occurred, and will occur.
A legacy of equity and good urbanism.
I was maybe 7. I remember waking up one morning on my own and getting dressed for school. I had this new polo shirt with American flags printed all over it. My Mom finally came into the room, laughed, and told me it was Saturday.
My first legal job was working as a grocery bagger at Kroger when I was age 15 and worked there until I was 16. Before that, I worked as a Janitor for about 2 years.
Think and Grow Rich. —The book is based on As A Man Thinkith, which in turn is based on the Bible. I'm an avid reader of the Bible for various reasons. The main reason being the simple lessons taught.
Brandy - Almost Doesn't Count
Asking for help.
City Council has the ability to "override" the Mayor and pass/deny any legislation (law).
Meaning, even if/when the Mayor vetos (denies) legislation, City Council can still approve the legislation through an "override". When an override happens the legislation goes into law regardless of the Mayor's decision.
Required to have previous experience in government or politics? No. The reality is that we need people in City Council that have lived experience across all areas of life and thus can create policy that is effective because it providing the right solution.
Beneficial to have previous experience in government or politics? Yes. I think creating policy is important. Takes time and understanding of many different areas within government to get it right. I believe exposure in the field can/should help shape for the better.
Real Estate (Housing)
Transportation
Commerce
Public Policy
Organization
Collaboration
Intelligence
What has two ears but does not listen? A Shiba Inu (my dog). LOL.
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See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2021
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