Paulson announces bid for fifth term on Sandy Springs City Council

Sandy Springs City Council member John Paulson communicated he will seek reelection to his District One seat Photo by Bob Pepalis John Paulson informed plans to run for reelection to the District One Sandy Springs City Council seat in the municipal referendum on Nov We ve had a couple of great successes in the last scarce years including the new fire station in District One which we opened up last year and two years ago we opened up a Veterans Park across the street from City Hall a great facility Paulson noted in his announcement made via his Facebook page Paulson is seeking his fifth term winning his first balloting to the seat in A registered professional engineer Paulson has lived in Sandy Springs for more than years according to his bio on the city s website He supported the city s bid for incorporation as part of the Committee for Sandy Springs He served on the RFP committee which supervised the bid process for the City s general regime services Paulson serves as president of Dison Contracting and Supply a consulting firm specializing in geosynthetics and reinforced soil structure design and construction According to his bio he has had an developing career in geosynthetics and the geotextiles fields working for Exxon Chemical Nicolon and working as an engineering consultant within the civil engineering region worldwide He has served with the American Legion Post as past president of the Northridge Population Association and as a board member of the Dunwoody Homeowners Association Paulson a Chicago native earned his degree in engineering from the University of Illinois Chicago He is a Vietnam veteran and served as a U S Marine rifleman He and his wife Mary have two children Paulson can be reached via email at jnptut aol com No other candidates had stated for this post as of May The official qualification period will be Mon Aug through Thursday Aug from a m to p m and Friday Aug from a m to noon at Sandy Springs City Hall For information about the city s municipal vote visit Rough Draft Atlanta s Sandy Springs Voting process Guide The post Paulson announces bid for fifth term on Sandy Springs City Council appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta