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Handicapping the race for Mayor of Louisville: Jackie Green" - , 27 November 2009
examiner.com - Louisville 27 November 2009 Thomas McAdam Jackie Green thinks Louisville is ready for a mayor who rides a bicycle to work. Last week, he told WFPL’s Rick Howlett that he’ll be a candidate for mayor in next year’s election. Green is the former executive director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation, or CART, and operates a bicycle courier business. He says he’ll run as an independent candidate. “We’re setting up staff right now. Our fundraising plans are on hold. We’ve been offered money. I’ve said thank you to those who have offered money but we’re not ready to spend money in any significant way,” Green told Howlett last week. Green says transportation will be the main plank in his campaign platform, particularly the need for improvements in the city’s public transit system. He also supports grazing programs in local parks using sheep and goats rather than using gas and coal fired equipment to cut grass. “The program would be a tremendous plus for visitors to parks while producing wool, meat and milk products to be marketed through Community Supported Agriculture efforts,” he suggests. Green lists himself on the Bluegrass Bioneers website as: “Jackie Green: husband, father & Earthling, flight-free since 1994, car-free since 1999, small business owner for 30 years, founded Bike Couriers in 2001, founded Bike Couriers Bike Shop in 2006, intermittent resident of Louisville & southern Indiana since 1976.” When asked if he wants to be mayor, Jackie Green said: "Anyone who wants to be mayor should not be allowed to be mayor. Your question, I don't want to be mayor less than I want to see Louisville follow the course set by other candidates." Green originally moved to Louisville in 1975. He bought and renovated four historical buildings on East Market Street. He moved to southern Indiana for several years, lived three years in Australia, three in Michigan and returned to Louisville in 1999. Early years were spent in Louisiana, six years in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He co-founded Louisville's only bicycle courier service in 2001 and the Bike Couriers Bike Shops in 2006. To date, the following Democrats have announced their candidacy for Metro Mayor: David Tandy, Jim King, Tyler Allen, Greg Fischer. To date, the following Republicans have announced their candidacy for Metro Mayor: Chris Thieneman, Hal Heiner. To date, the following Independents have announced their candidacy for Metro Mayor: Nimbus Couzin and Jackie Green. Still rumored to have an interest in running are Republican Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins, and Republican Attorney Jim Ellis. |
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