On this morning I had the pleasure of speaking with Howard Bayless a sitting school board member of the Birmingham Board of Education, currently seeking to become Birmingham third district councilman. In our interview Bayless cited strong council relationship, crime and a long term plan for growth as his key priorities if elected on Tuesday.Bayless - “ I believe the most important issues in my district and as a councilman is building a relationship with other councilors on the city council to get five votes to get things done for the district when it comes up for a vote before the council. I also believe that crime is getting out of control in district 3 and our communities. Crime needs to be addressed in our district. We also need a long term plan for the city, on how we are going to maintain our city infrastructure and develop new projects that are cost effective to the city. We also need to share a vision on how the city should look in the next twenty years and how we going to get there as a city.”
During the interview I asked Mr. Bayless, if elected how can he restore the trust and accountability at City Hall?
Bayless – “I believe that every councilman is going to have to be open and honest and also hold each other accountable on the council and at city hall. We as councilors also have to be open and honest at all times and of our personal dealings as well.”
Finally Bayless shared with me briefly before cutting it short about his get out the vote weekend before Tuesday election.
Bayless – “I have an excellent GOTV program and I am reaching every voter as possible. It will be successful on Tuesday.”
Howard Bayless has a mindset of restoring leadership for the district and restoring the trust at city hall. Seems like this guy is ready to lead and move us forward. His responses wasn’t bad at all, some candidates are not even mentioning how they plan to restore the trust and accountability at city hall. I wonder why because they want to do the same ole things as the last four to eight years. Howard Bayless has been endorsed by the Alabama Stonewall Democrats in Tuesday upcoming election and has out raised the incumbent Valerie Abbott and this other challenger Wil Taylor Jones in campaign funding.
