Politics & Government

Meet the Candidates: Mike Davis, Candidate for Mayor

Our continuing series of articles profiling the candidates in this year's Dunwoody municipal elections.

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 Mike Davis, who is one of three candidates seeking the seat currently held by Ken Wright, who is not seeking re-election:  

Age: 

57

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Neighborhood: 

Dunwoody Heights part of Mill Glen

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Current Job/Company:

President - My Georgia Doctor, Inc., Recently resigned to run for Mayor of Dunwoody 



Education: 

BS in Business Management from Quinnipiac University-Hamden, Conn.



How long have you lived in Dunwoody:  

22 years


Community organizations:

• former Board of Directors, "Dunwoody Yes"

• former President, Mill Glen Swim and Tennis club

• former Chairman, Mill Glen Building committee. Created funding method with private investors after bank financing fell through for new Clubhouse.

• former Campaign manager for; Councilman Denny Shortal, Councilwoman Adrian Bonser, State Representative Tom Taylor

• former Board of Directors, Murphy Candler Girls Softball.

• Coached (19 ) girl's softball and basketball teams over the years.

• ALTA tennis coordinator

• Peachtree Road Race - Course volunteer 15 years

• St. Jude Catholic Church - Sandy Springs  - Member 

• St. Jude finance board

• former President, St. Jude Men's Club

• former Council member, St. Jude pastoral  

• Member, St. Jude choir (alto)

• Member of baptism ministry


Your platform:

Key Principle: Small, efficient, Responsible government.

Key Positions:

Taxes:  Keep taxes low and avoid excessive debt

Streets:  Stick to a plan of paving the worst first.

Police:  Maintain appropriate level of police protection.

Growth:  Balanced approach to growth and development

Parks:  Enhance parks budgeted funds


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

Dunwoody maintains a small town feel, while having easy access to a City such as Atlanta. It has been a great place to safely raise my children and grandchild. 


What are the two biggest issues facing Dunwoody:

Infrastructure repair – We will need to properly budget our funds to bring Dunwoody Roads and Sewer/Drainage up to date.

We should focus on responsible development that coincides with single family homes, neighborhoods and schools.


What is something people may not know about you?

In college I started a pizza delivery service, buying pizzas from a few pizza restaurants and delivering them to the area colleges (Yale University, University of New Haven, Albertus Magnus and Quinnipiac).


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