Meet the Candidates: Gordon Jackson, Candidate for Mayor

Dunwoody’s general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, and four seats on the city council will be open this fall (Councilman John Heneghan is running unopposed). In their words, candidates will be introducing themselves here at Patch. Today, we profile Mayoral candidate Gordon Jackson, who is one of three candidates seeking the seat currently held by Ken Wright, who is not seeking re-election:  

Neighborhood: 

Dunwoody Station

Current Job/Company: 

President & CEO, Pegasus Associates International, Inc.,

Aviation Consultants involved in a national and international practice

Education: 

Auburn University, BA – Aviation Management, Georgia State University, MBA

How long have you lived in Dunwoody: 

Since 1995

Community organizations: 

• Youth Sports – multiple organizations

• PCMS Governance Council

• Dunwoody Homeowners Association (DHA)

Your platform: 

Preserving and Enhancing our Quality of Life

Other than the people, what is the best part of Dunwoody: 

Our Quality of Life

What are the two biggest issues facing Dunwoody:  

Preserving and Enhancing our Quality of Life. That statement contains a host of issues that face the city and those of us who live in Dunwoody. It involves parks, transportation, taxes, paving of streets, economic development and density issues. While the parks bond is a current issue of significance, one of the biggest longer term issues facing Dunwoody is traffic and development density. A subset of that is economic development. The Atlanta area has lost a tremendous number of jobs in the past few years and Dunwoody is no exception. Our offices and businesses need to again be filled but our traffic issues need to be dealt with in order to attract new companies to the area. We must engage in smart growth planning to keep from developing beyond our infrastructure's ability to handle growth.

What is something people may not know about you? 

In younger life I was a bit of a “jock” and heavily involved in sports activities and also a bit of a musician.