For Immediate Release: Monday March 26, 2016

Contact: Christopher Croft, christopher.croft@mdsierra.org

Today the Greater Baltimore Group of the Sierra Club announced 10 endorsements for the Baltimore City Council Race.

“Sierra Club is proud to recommend these candidates to Baltimore voters who want to supper a cleaner, greener, healthier Baltimore,” said Christopher Croft, Political Chair for the Sierra Club’s Greater Baltimore Group.

Endorsements

District 1: Ed Marcinko
District 2: Brandon Scott
District 4: Bill Henry
District 6: Sharon Green Middleton
District 7: Shawn Z. Tarrant
District 8: Kristerfer Burnett
District 9: John Bullock
District 11: Eric Costello
District 13: Shannon Sneed
District 14: Mary Pat Clarke

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“We are proud to endorse these candidates for Baltimore City Council, and our affiliated unions will exert maximum effort in support of their candidacies,” said Mark Coles, Executive Director of C.H.O.I.C.E. “Each one of these candidates has expressed a willingness to stand up for a new way of thinking in Baltimore, especially when it comes to leveraging public and private construction investments with community-based workforce development programs that provide Baltimore residents a first step onto the ladder to the middle class.”

Maryland League of Conservation Voters (Maryland LCV) on Wednesday released its list of eight endorsed candidates in the 2016 Baltimore City Council elections. “Baltimore City is primed for a dramatic leadership change,” said Karla Raettig, Executive Director of Maryland LCV. “We are proud to endorse these candidates, who will put the environment at the heart of their candidacy and tenure.”

Before announcing endorsements, Maryland LCV sends a questionnaire to each candidate to review their positions, record, and plans for protecting Maryland’s environment. Additionally, the Board of Directors and staff routinely conduct interviews with candidates.

“Maryland League of Conservation Voters is dedicated to protecting our air, land, water, public health, and to promoting environmental justice, through effective legislation. We have a great opportunity to make a substantial difference by supporting these worthy candidates to ensure a
livable and just urban environment,” Raettig said.

Baltimore, MD Today, Clean Water Action endorsed four candidates for Baltimore City Council. The candidates include Ryan Dorsey for Council District Three, Kristerfer Burnett for Council District Four, John Bullock for Council District Nine, and Shannon Sneed for Council District Thirteen.

“Where and how we grow has an enormous impact on our air, water, and finances,” said Anna Mudd, Maryland Program Coordinator for Clean Water Action. “These four candidates are committed to inclusive processes that protect communities and the environment so that families, neighborhoods, and local economies thrive. We know they will be strong leaders who will commit to fighting for environmental priorities and are dedicated to improving the Baltimore’s green spaces and infrastructure. ”

Since our founding during the campaign to pass the landmark Clean Water Act in 1972, Clean Water Action has worked to win strong health and environmental protections by bringing issue expertise, solution-oriented thinking and people power to the table.

Dear Friends,

I am proud to be writing you today to tell you that I support John Bullock for the 9th District seat on the Baltimore City Council, and to ask you to join me.

My grandmother, a 9th District resident, sacrificed to provide for me. Since purchasing her home nearly 20 years ago in the Greater Rosemont Community, she has seen her once vibrant neighborhood decline. She deserves strong and aggressive leadership in her retirement years.

John has the experience and vision needed to develop creative solutions to the many challenges facing our city.  He is the new leadership that the 9th District, and Baltimore City, needs and deserves, and I am looking forward to working with him as our next councilman.

John is an Assistant Professor at Towson University and he recently served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance. John has continued to fight for the future of our communities by improving housing and healthcare as a board member of the Coppin Heights Community Development Corporation, strengthening educational opportunities as a board member of the Empowerment Academy Charter School, and served as President of the Evergreen Protective Neighborhood Association.

Please join me in supporting John Bullock on Election Day, April 26, or during early voting, April 14-21.

Baltimore is at a crossroads, and we need new, dynamic and energetic leaders on the City Council who are wholly dedicated to ensuring progress for our citizens, our neighborhoods and our communities. John Bullock is that leader. I am excited to endorse him for City Council, and I know that you won’t be disappointed if you join me in doing so.

Sincerely,

Antonio Hayes

Earlier today I sat down with Dr. John Bullock, professor of political science at Towson University, frequent commentator and guest host on Baltimore’s WEAA 88.9 FM, and candidate for City Council in Baltimore’s ninth district. Bullock shared his views on a number of areas including education, the city’s vacant housing problem, and economic development. He also addressed the need to get more Baltimoreans involved in the process of building and running this city, moving beyond simply trying to increase the voter turnout.

Listen to the interview at OnBckgrnd.com with Roberto Alejandro.