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April 2014
2014 Election Coverage
County Primaries ~ Tuesday, May 6
Meet Your Candidates: One of These Four will be the District 3 Shelby County Commissioner
By Terry Louderback
Last month, The View
38002 contacted the four
candidates running for
Shelby County Commission,
District 3 (which includes
Bartlett and most—but not
all—of Lakeland)
Because all four
candidates are running as
Republicans, and there are no
Democratic candidates,
whoever wins the May 6
Primary will be the new
County Commissioner.
(There
are
new
Commissioner maps for 2014
and multi-Commissioner
districts are a thing of the
past. The new districts have
only a single commissioner.
Arlington residents (and
basically those Lakeland
residents living north of the
Loosahatchie) are in District
1, which was handily won by
Terry Roland when no one
filed to run against him.)
Each candidate was sent
the same three questions and
instructions (see box). The
responses printed here are
unedited, except for
formatting that does not
change the content or intent
of the answer.
The responses are
grouped alphabetically by
position and separated by
municipality, as that is the
way that they will appear on
the ballot.
For more information on
the May 6 Primary and to see
a sample ballot, go to
ShelbyVote.com
Naser Fazlullah
City of Residence: Bartlett
Occupation/career: Small
Business Owner of L & S Fish
and Hotwings
Website: naserforshelby.com
I am a small business
owner /manager. I work with
budgets, and have to make
some tough decisions. I do
my research to make sure all
decisions are sound and just.
I am responsible for making
sure my employees are being
treated fairly. Before I started
my own business, I was
a District manager and
oversaw many employees
and multiple stores within my
district. I am not a career
politician. I want to bring my
working -class, small
business owner, parent and
family man experience to the
position.
Marginal job growth,
education,
poor
infrastructure, crime and the
appearance that the different
legislative bodies in the
county cannot get along and
work together are the top
issues I see we face in Shelby
County. I know we can get
all of these addressed, by
rolling up our sleeves and
remaining focused on the
issues and not pass the blame.
I am against consolidation of
Memphis city and Shelby
County government. Each
has its place and
responsibility.
My
responsibilities will lie with
those I will be elected to
serve.
I believe it is important to
seek the input of the Mayor
and Board of Alderman on
any county business that
would affect, direct or
indirectly, the Town of
Lakeland. It is also important
to make sure the Sheriff and
Fire Department maintains
excellent service levels
within the community. I want
to be a sounding board for the
citizens of Lakeland on any
county business
Name: Kelly D. Price
City of Residence: Bartlett
Occupation/career: U.S. Army
(ret)
Facebook: Kelly D. Price for
Shelby County Commissioner
Website:
focusedonwhatcounts.com
I bring 21 years of
experience of the army
working with people from all
different back grounds. This
allows me to see thing from a
different views.
Economic development
and funding schools
Ensure we are fiscally
responsible for a healthy
financial future to help grow
our community and make it
In their responses, candidates were given a 250 word limit to
answer the following three questions:
Question 1: What experience do you have that makes you the best
candidate for County Commissioner—District 3?
Question 2: What do you see as the top issues facing Shelby
County?
Question 3: How will you work to represent the interests of the
Lakeland area in regards to tax increases, county services, and
funding of municipal schools?
strong. To ensure we have a
fair property tax rate for our
citizens, and those dollars are
being spent in the right place.
I will fight to make sure the
every school has the money it
needs for education.
Ed ucatio n being the
cornerstone of any
community
Name: David Reaves
City of Residence: Bartlett
Occupation/career: Manager
Disaster Recovery, FedEx
Website: davidreaves.org
I have served the people
of North Shelby County the
last 4 years on the Shelby
County School Board. In that
time we have cut close to 150
million dollars out of the
school district to strike a
balanced budget. I know
where the opportunities exist
to cut and share services in
county government. I also
understand the Shelby
County Schools budget
which gives me the
experience needed to hold the
line on requests for county
funding increases freeing up
more money for Lakeland to
spend on its own school
system.
The top issues facing
Shelby County are:
Lack of educated, trained