Metro Council candidates seeking District 24 seat talk public safety, infrastructure

HER. MARK. HEY. GOOD EVENING. JENNIFER. RICK. DISTRICT 24. KIND OF SWOOPS THROUGH SOUTH LOUISVILLE FROM THE OUTSKIRTS OF FERN CREEK THROUGH OKOLONA, AND OUT TOWARD THE INTERSECTION OF COOPER CHAPEL ROAD AND PRESTON HIGHWAY AND BOTH OF THE CANDIDATES AGREE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE GROWTH HAS OUTPACED THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS RIGHT THERE AT THAT LIGHT. THIS INTERSECTION AT COOPER CHAPEL ROAD AND PRESTON HIGHWAY IS WHERE WE MET. DEMOCRAT TYRA THOMAS WALKER. WE DO NEED TO PROGRAM THE LIGHTS TO GO ONE AT A TIME, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE ROAD. THOMAS WALKER SAYS HER TIME AS A SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST AND WORKING WITH THE JEFFERSON COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION HAS PREPARED HER FOR METRO COUNCIL. I맥스카지노�VE ALWAYS BEEN A UNION MEMBER BECAUSE I맥스카지노�VE BEEN TEACHING FOR 15 YEARS, BUT BEING INVOLVED IN GOING TO THE DAY OF LEARNING AND SPEAKING TO YOUR LEGISLATORS, THEIR REPUBLICAN, GINNY MULVEY WOOLDRIDGE, MET US AT FARMIN PARK BECAUSE SHE SAYS THE DISTRICT ALSO NEEDS OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS GREEN SPACE. WE맥스카지노�RE LOSING THAT ACROSS THE CITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR PARKS, THAT WE BRING THOSE FINANCES BACK INTO, AND WE KEEP SOME OF THAT GREEN SPACE. MOLLY WOOLDRIDGE SAYS HER BACKGROUND AS AN IT MANAGER MAKES HER A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVER. SO TAKING THOSE THOSE, THOSE SKILLS THAT I HAVE, THE LISTENING, THE STRATEGIC THOUGHT PROVOKING, THE PLANNING AND TAKING THAT INTO METRO COUNCIL, HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS, YOU SOMETIMES DON맥스카지노�T ALWAYS AGREE WITH PEOPLE, BUT HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS OF HOW CAN WE COME TO A MIDDLE GROUND? PUBLIC SAFETY WAS ALSO A TOP PRIORITY FOR BOTH CANDIDATES. MULVEY, WOOLDRIDGE SAYS THE CITY NEEDS TO DO MORE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN OFFICERS AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. WE JUST HAD AN OFFICER YESTERDAY WHO HAD ANOTHER SURGERY FROM A SHOOTING THAT HE WAS IN LAST YEAR, IN 2023, THANK GOODNESS, DOING WELL. BUT THESE OFFICERS, OFFICERS, POLICE, FIRE AND EMS, SO YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE.

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A JCPS teacher and social justice activist is running against an IT manager and community volunteer in the race to succeed Madonna Flood, who is retiring from the Louisville Metro Council after serving since the council's 2003 inception following the city-county merger.Democrat Tyra Thomas-Walker and Republican Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge are competing in Flood's District 24, which stretches from the outskirts of Fern Creek to Okolona, up to Cooper Chapel Road. "I've always been a union member, and I've been a teacher for 15 years, being involved and going to the day of learning and speaking to legislators," said Thomas-Walker, who was elected secretary of the Jefferson County Teacher's Association.Thomas-Walker also serves as co-chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.When it comes to public safety, she wants to devote more resources to programs that address poverty, substance abuse and mental illness. "We're not getting to the root of the problem," she said of the city's current approach. "We're just cutting it off at the trunk and it's able to grow and be."Mulvey-Woolridge cited her career managerial experience and volunteer work with the Special Olympics, Miracle League and the Fraternal Order of Police."So taking those skills that I have and the listening, the strategic thought provoking, the planning and taking that into Metro Council, having the discussions," she said. "You sometimes don't always agree with people, but having the discussions of how can we come to a middle ground."To make the city safer, she said she would advocate for better pay and benefits to help recruit police officers, firefighters, EMS workers and other city employees. Like many cities, Louisville routinely struggles to fully staff its police department. "We just had an officer yesterday who had another surgery from a shooting that he was in last year in 2023," Mulvey-Woolridge said. "Thank goodness, he's doing well ... We also have firefighters that are out there putting their lives on the line, EMS workers that are out there putting their lives on the line."

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Democrat Tyra Thomas-Walker and Republican Ginny Mulvey-Woolridge are competing in Flood's District 24, which stretches from the outskirts of Fern Creek to Okolona, up to Cooper Chapel Road.

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"I've always been a union member, and I've been a teacher for 15 years, being involved and going to the day of learning and speaking to legislators," said Thomas-Walker, who was elected secretary of the Jefferson County Teacher's Association.

Thomas-Walker also serves as co-chair of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

When it comes to public safety, she wants to devote more resources to programs that address poverty, substance abuse and mental illness.

"We're not getting to the root of the problem," she said of the city's current approach. "We're just cutting it off at the trunk and it's able to grow and be."

Mulvey-Woolridge cited her career managerial experience and volunteer work with the Special Olympics, Miracle League and the Fraternal Order of Police.

"So taking those skills that I have and the listening, the strategic thought provoking, the planning and taking that into Metro Council, having the discussions," she said. "You sometimes don't always agree with people, but having the discussions of how can we come to a middle ground."

To make the city safer, she said she would advocate for better pay and benefits to help recruit police officers, firefighters, EMS workers and other city employees. Like many cities, Louisville routinely struggles to fully staff its police department.

"We just had an officer yesterday who had another surgery from a shooting that he was in last year in 2023," Mulvey-Woolridge said. "Thank goodness, he's doing well ... We also have firefighters that are out there putting their lives on the line, EMS workers that are out there putting their lives on the line."

Metro Council candidates seeking District 24 seat talk public safety, infrastructure

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