Candidate for Baltimore City Council 9th District

What’s the job: Representing residents on the 15-member City Council, including introducing and voting on legislation, approving city spending and providing oversight of city operations. Council members are elected to four-year terms by district. The 9th District includes West Baltimore neighborhoods such as Carrollton Ridge, Franklintown, Harlem Park, New Southwest/Mount Clare and Poppleton.

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Democrats

Name: John T. Bullock

Age: 45

Personal: Homeowner and father of two sons.

Education: Bachelor’s degree, political science, Hampton University; master’s degree, city and regional planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; doctorate degree, government and politics, University of Maryland, College Park.

Experience: Elected to Baltimore City Council in 2016 and reelected in 2020. Lecturer in urban politics and metropolitan studies at Towson University. Former neighborhood association president and nonprofit director.

Endorsements: Metropolitan Baltimore AFL-CIO, Sierra Club, AFSCME Maryland.

Notable donors: Sheriff Sam Cogen; state Sen. Marlon Amprey; Abell Foundation President Robert Embry; Alvin Hathaway; Baltimore firefighter union president Josh Fannon; businessman JP Grant; Caroline Hecker; Baltimore Elections Director Armstead Jones; MCB Property Services’ P. David Bramble; Whiting-Turner CEO Tim Regan; former Mayor Kurt Schmoke; developer Ernst Valery; Baltimore City Fire Fighters Local 734 PAC; 1199SEIU NYS PAC Fund; Citizens for Antonio Hayes; Friends of Mark Conway; Friends of James Torrence; Friends of Odette Ramos; Friends of Opel Jones; Friends of Phylicia Porter.

Questionnaire

Q: Do you support the proposed ballot measure that would reduce the size of the council from 14 districts to eight? Why or why not.

Q: How would you ensure the city has enough affordable housing?

Q: What should Baltimore do to reduce the number of vacant properties?

Q: Do you support the Harborplace plans as proposed? Please explain your answer.

Q: What’s one bill you would introduce during your first year of the next term? Why that bill?

Q: Do you support Renew Baltimore’s effort to cut property tax rates? Please explain your answer.

Q: In addition to your role as a City Council member, do you plan to work full time? Please list other sources of income.

Q: What is one new thing the council could do to support young people?

Q: Why should voters elect you?