Fairhope, Alabama
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 2
When he is officially sworn in to take his Place 2 seat on the city council November 2nd, Corey Martin will become the first African American representative in the city's history.
During its last meeting, the city council voted to issue certificates of election to Martin and Jimmy Conyers as winners of council places two and three respectively, because no opponents qualified to run against them in the August 25th election; write-in candidates for municipal elections are not permitted by state law. This will be the second term for incumbent Conyers.
Martin is employed as a hospital anesthetist and currently serves on the board of directors of the Fairhope/Point Clear Rotary Youth Club ... and as a member of the city's Recreation Board Committee, according to online biographies.
LOOKING FORWARD TO PRODUCTIVE TERM
Martin told the Times he is looking forward to the challenges of the new term and hopes to work with other representatives to get things done in a timely manner.
He questioned whether any blacks were ever members of the Single Tax Corporation before the city was incorporated ... or if any had represented the area during Reconstruction; to our knowledge the answer to both is no. (Samuel Jenkins was the first black Baldwin County commissioner who represented areas south of Fairhope in the 1990's.)
In campaign material he listed his top three priorities:
1. The first thing I want to do is get together with each council member to try and form a relationship that is authentic and H.O.T. (Honest, Open, Transparent). This is accomplished by spending time with each other.
2. I want to continue engaging the people that I am serving by listening more than talking. We must work together as a council to evolve in our public relations. We do this by creating contact points in various areas of Fairhope to represent the citizens as a whole. This creates a broader reach for engagement when issues arise and feedback is needed.
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| Councilman-elect Corey Martin |
CITY COUNCIL PLACE 2
When he is officially sworn in to take his Place 2 seat on the city council November 2nd, Corey Martin will become the first African American representative in the city's history.
During its last meeting, the city council voted to issue certificates of election to Martin and Jimmy Conyers as winners of council places two and three respectively, because no opponents qualified to run against them in the August 25th election; write-in candidates for municipal elections are not permitted by state law. This will be the second term for incumbent Conyers.
Martin is employed as a hospital anesthetist and currently serves on the board of directors of the Fairhope/Point Clear Rotary Youth Club ... and as a member of the city's Recreation Board Committee, according to online biographies.
LOOKING FORWARD TO PRODUCTIVE TERM
Martin told the Times he is looking forward to the challenges of the new term and hopes to work with other representatives to get things done in a timely manner.
He questioned whether any blacks were ever members of the Single Tax Corporation before the city was incorporated ... or if any had represented the area during Reconstruction; to our knowledge the answer to both is no. (Samuel Jenkins was the first black Baldwin County commissioner who represented areas south of Fairhope in the 1990's.)
In campaign material he listed his top three priorities:
1. The first thing I want to do is get together with each council member to try and form a relationship that is authentic and H.O.T. (Honest, Open, Transparent). This is accomplished by spending time with each other.
2. I want to continue engaging the people that I am serving by listening more than talking. We must work together as a council to evolve in our public relations. We do this by creating contact points in various areas of Fairhope to represent the citizens as a whole. This creates a broader reach for engagement when issues arise and feedback is needed.
3. Last, but not least, we must collaborate and create a map of attainable goals and complete them. The
completion of these goals will give confidence to the citizens of Fairhope and will begin to restore their faith in
our local government. The completion of goals will also energize this city with the long tradition of high hopes
and standards it has always believed.
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| Martin at July 27, 2020 council meeting. |
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