Mayoral Candidate Sharon Gay: New Learship Need To Get Atlanta’s Crime Problem Unr Control – WABE

Contents:

• SHARON GAY
• SHARON GAY LEADS PACK FUNDRAISG FOR ATLANTA MAYOR’S RACE
• ATLANTA MAYORAL NDIDAT SHARON GAY, KASIM REED BUT MPAIGN ADS
• ATLANTA MAYORAL NDIDATE SHARON GAY’S SEND AD TARGETS CRIME
• SHARON A. GAYSENR COUNSELSHARON A. GAY
• RACE FOR ATLANTA CY HALL: ATTORNEY SHARON A. GAY SETS UP N FOR MAYOR
• MAYORAL CANDIDATE SHARON GAY: NEW LEARSHIP NEED TO GET ATLANTA’S CRIME PROBLEM UNR CONTROL
• MAYORAL NDIDATE SHARON GAY DISCS CRIME, HER HOPE FOR THE CY'S FUTURE
• MAYORAL NDIDATE Q&A: SHARON GAY TALKS HOG AFFORDABILY
• MEET THE TOP FIVE NDIDAT NNG TO BE ATLANTA’S NEXT MAYORBY NEWS STAFFOCTOBER 15, 2021 AT 3:14 PM EDTEXPANDMAYORAL NDIDAT FILE: KASIM REED, FELICIA MOORE, SHARON GAY, ANTON BROWN. ANDRE DICKENS. ( NEWS STAFF)BY NEWS STAFFOCTOBER 15, 2021 AT 3:14 PM EDTATLANTA — VOTERS THE CY OF ATLANTA WILL GET TO CHOOSE A NEW MAYOR NOVEMBER AFTER CURRENT MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS ANNOUNCED MAY THAT SHE WAS NOT SEEKG ANOTHER TERM.THERE ARE 14 NDIDAT VYG FOR THE POSN, BUT THE TOP FIVE NDIDAT THE RACE SEEM TO BE MAKG THE BIGGT IMPACT ON THE POLLS SO FAR THIS RACE. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHO THEY ARE:KASIM REEDREED EVABLE, UNAPOLOGETIC ATLANTA MAYOR KASIM REED HAS A SIZEABLE MPAIGN WAR CHT, WHICH HAS DISURAGED CHALLENGERS. (HYOSUB SHIN / AJC)ABOUT KASIM REED:KASIM REED IS AN ATTORNEY AND POLICIAN WHO SERVED AS THE 59TH MAYOR OF THE CY OF ATLANTA FOR TWO TERMS OM 2010 – 2018.BEFORE HIS TIME AS MAYOR, REED WAS ELECTED TO THE GEIA HOE OF REPRENTATIV 1998 AND SERVED TWO TERMS. FROM 2002 TO 2009, HE SERVED THE GEIA STATE SENATE, WHERE HE WAS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CC. HE IS A FORMER PARTNER OF HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LLP, AN TERNATNAL LAW FIRM.REED IS A GRADUATE OF HOWARD UNIVERSY WASHGTON D.C., WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS AND JURIS DOCTOR GRE.WHERE HE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: REED WANTS TO HIRE AND PROPERLY TRA 750 NEW APD OFFICERS TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTNAL FORCE AND VERAGE THROUGHOUT THE CY. HE ALSO WANTS TO PROVI ALL NEW AND CURRENT OFFICERS WH IMPLIC BIAS AND -LATN TRAG. REED ALSO WANTS TO TRIPLE THE CY’S WORK OF TRAFFIC MERAS AND LICENSE PLATE REARS, CLUDG ADDG SAFETY SURVEILLANCE TO PUBLIC PARKS.HOG: REED SAID HE WOULD NDUCT A CYWI D OF THE AREA’S CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOG DIGT TO ENSURE CURRENT AFFORDABILY MMENTS ARE BEG MET AND CREATE ATLANTA’S FIRST-EVER OFFICE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. HE WANTS TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNS NEAR MARTA STATNS WHOUT JEOPARDIZG OR STABILIZG HISTORIC SGLE-FAY NEIGHBORHOODS.INASTCTURE: REED SAID HE WILL RETABLISH TIMELY TRACKG AND REPAIR OF POTHOL AND PAVE/RURFACE EVERY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAGUED WH POTHOL. REED WANTS TO EXPAND THE FUNCTNALY OF THE ATLANTA BELTLE BY PRRIZG AND VELOPG CLEAR FUNDG SOURC FOR BELTLE RAIL.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HIS PLATFORM.FELICIA MOOREABOUT FELICIA MOORE:FELICIA MOORE CURRENTLY SERV AS ATLANTA CY COUNCIL PRINT AFTER BEG ELECTED TO THE SPOT 2018. PREVLY, SHE HAD SERVED ON THE CY COUNCIL SCE 1997.MOORE WAS BORN INDIANAPOLIS BUT HAS LIVED THE CY OF ATLANTA FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE LIV NOW THE COLLIER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOORE GRADUATED WH HONORS OM CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSY OH AND HOLDS AN MSA OM CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSY. SHE IS A LICENSED REAL TATE BROKER AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORY. SHE ENTERED POLICS BY BEG THE PRINT OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNG UN.WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: MOORE HAS VOTED TO CRIMALIZE MARIJUANA POSSSN. SHE PROPOSED LEGISLATN TO LIM WHERE MIC STUDS N ALSO ACT AS PARTY HO, TRAP HO AND “HUBS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVY.” HER LEGISLATN WOULD REQUIRE THOSE STUDS TO APPLY FOR A ZONG SIGNATN THAT WOULD ALLOW MUNY PUT. MOORE ALSO HELPED STUTE “MATTIE’S CALL” TO HELP FD MISSG ELRLY WHO MAY SUFFER OM MENTIA OR ALZHEIMER’S.INASTCTURE: MOORE WORKED TO BRG A NEW SUPERMARKET TO NORTHWT ATLANTA TO END A FOOD SERT THAT AREA. SHE ALSO WORKED TO BRG ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATN OF THE BELLWOOD QUARRY TO A WATER RERVOIR. SHE SUPPORTS A BALANCED CY BUDGET AND CLAIMS HER EFFORTS LED DIRECTLY TO A BUDGET SURPL.HOG: MOORE SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOG AND WORKED TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOG TST FUND CLUD THE BELTLE PROJECT.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HER PLATFORM.SHARON GAYSHARON GAY FILE: SHARON GAY WORKED AS A LAWYER THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. SHE THEN BEME DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR ATLANTA MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL. (PHOTO: SHARON GAY FOR MAYOR) ABOUT SHARON GAY:SHARON GAY WAS BORN ALABAMA BUT MOVED TO ATLANTA 42 YEARS AGO. AFTER ATTENDG LAW SCHOOL AT EMORY UNIVERSY, GAY BEME A CLERK FOR A U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE. SHE THEN WORKED AS A LAWYER THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE.SHE THEN BEME DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL.ACRDG TO HER MPAIGN, SHE HELPED PREPARE ATLANTA FOR THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAM. LATER HER REER, HER MPAIGN SAYS SHE PLAYED AN STMENTAL ROLE VELOPG PONCE CY MARKET & ATLANTIC STATN.WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: GAY HAS CED TACKLG CRIME AS A TOP PRRY. “YOU N’T JT DO WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE DONE FOUR OR EIGHT YEARS AGO. NEW PROBLEMS REQUIRE NEW STRATEGI, SMART STRATEGI AND SMART SOLUTNS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE’VE GOT TO HAVE GOOD POLICG,” GAY SAID.HOG: GAY SAYS SHE PLANS TO FOC ON CREATG AFFORDABLE HOG. SHE ALSO PLANS TO E VAR ROURC CLUDG ERNMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FAH MUNI TO BUILD WHAT HER MPAIGN LLS CLIVE, HEALTHY MUNI.INASTCTURE: GAY SAID SHE IS MTED TO FIXG THE CY’S STREETS. GAY WANTS TO ORDATE WH MARTA AND OTHER REGNAL PARTNERS ON LARGER TRANS AND TRANSPORTATN PROJECTS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD WORK CLOSELY WH GEIA’S NGRSNAL LEGATN AND STATE OFFICIALS TO SECURE TRANSPORTATN FUNDG.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HER PLATFORM.ANTON BROWN

SHARON GAY

Sharon Gay: Atlanta mayoral ndidate b and profile om the AJC. Sharon Gay. Sharon Gay ran for electn for Mayor of Atlanta Geia.

Gay lost the general electn on November 2, 2021.

SHARON GAY LEADS PACK FUNDRAISG FOR ATLANTA MAYOR’S RACE

Sharon Gay did not plete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connectn survey. Gay's mpaign webse stated the followg:. My name is Sharon Gay.

—Sharon Gay's mpaign webse (2021)[2]. ↑ Gay's mpaign webse, “Home, ” accsed Sept. The Atlanta mayoral electn has a surprise lear the race for sh: Dentons attorney Sharon Gay raised jt over $1 ln, but leaned heavily on her personal bank acunt to do, who lnched her mpaign April, reported raisg $1.

ATLANTA MAYORAL NDIDAT SHARON GAY, KASIM REED BUT MPAIGN ADS

“I am nvced that we have been able to get such a fast start bee so many people across our cy are ready for a mayor who has the knowledge, expertise, experience and honty to tackle the ser issu we are facg, particularly rcg crime and lawlsns across Atlanta, ” Gay said the reported $979, 000 on hand, and his disclosure shows dozens of bs and rints gave up to the maximum $2, 800, cludg several people and pani volved the entertament of Reed’s donors live outsi of Geia. Attorney Sharon Gay’s mpaign put $300, 000 behd an ad meant to troduce her to the cy’s voters. Entled “Heart, ” the 30-send vio creds Gay’s work wh the hog dtry for the Wt Highlands velopment that replaced Perry Hom, “a hog project full of vlent crime and dgs, ” acrdg to rint David Patton the vio.

Durg that procs I will work wh neighborhood lears across the cy to make Atlanta safe, ” Reed said a statement June 30 fancial disclosur showed that Gay and Reed exceed a ln dollars Councilman Anton Brown, Councilman Andre Dickens, Kirsten Elise Dunn, Nolan English, Mark Hammad, Kenny Hill, Rebec Kg, Council Print Felicia Moore, Walter Reev, Roosevelt Searl III, Richard Wright and Glenn Wrightson are also nng to replace Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. 4% Gay Sharon Gay — — 6, 652 6.

Attorney Sharon Gay released her send mayoral mpaign ad Thursday, jt days after her gural ad h Atlanta’s airwav. The vio quickly cuts to Gay discsg how she’ll “get Atlanta back on track.

ATLANTA MAYORAL NDIDATE SHARON GAY’S SEND AD TARGETS CRIME

”“I’ll start wh neighborhoods, ” Gay said the vio. ”Cedric Alexanr, a public safety advisor to Gay’s mpaign, said a statement that Gay “is the right person at this moment to lead Atlanta forward.

For all the Atlantans ncerned about this unacceptable rise crime, Sharon Gay is the right choice for Mayor, ” Alexanr ’s first ad, released last week, touted her work on a revelopment project northwt Atlanta that replaced a blighted public hog plex.

Gay. Sharon Gay is a Senr Counsel the Public Policy practice.

SHARON A. GAYSENR COUNSELSHARON A. GAY

Sharon Gay is nng for mayor of Atlanta.

Gay is enterg the race for Atlanta mayor this year’s filed legal documents wh the cy last week allowg her to raise funds for a mayoral mpaign, rerds show. Gay — who has yet to formally lnch a mpaign — is a senr unsel public policy practice for Dentons, a multatnal enty that is the world’s largt law firm by number of lawyers and offic. Angelo Fter, Gay’s volunteer spokman and a former advisor to former Mayor Maynard Jackson, told The Atlanta Journal-Constutn that Gay’s prelimary fundraisg will gge the size of her support.

”Prr to jog Dentons, Gay served as vice print of ernmental affairs for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, acrdg to her bgraphy. ”A spokman for the mayor’s mpaign did not immediately rpond to requts for ment on Gay’s filg qualifyg for the mayor’s race happens later this year. Candidate for Atlanta Mayor gets major endorsement Mayoral ndidate Sharon Gay gets the backg of the former public safety director of DeKalb County, Dr.

RACE FOR ATLANTA CY HALL: ATTORNEY SHARON A. GAY SETS UP N FOR MAYOR

And one of the ndidat, lol attorney Sharon Gay, has grabbed an important endorsement relevant to that very topic. Gay, her first broad media exposure, troduced natnally known expert Cedric Alexanr to reporters Monday morng.

"I wouldn't be jog this mpaign if she (Gay) were not scere, " Alexanr said. Gay revealed that she has been a crime victim her own neighborhood, robbed on the street g om an exercise class.

MAYORAL CANDIDATE SHARON GAY: NEW LEARSHIP NEED TO GET ATLANTA’S CRIME PROBLEM UNR CONTROL

Mayoral ndidate Sharon Gay.

Atlanta mayoral ndidate lays out crime fightg plans Attorney Sharon Gay says she would brg novatn to the public safety fight if she were to be elected as Atlanta's next mayor. ATLANTA - Sharon Gay said the cy nnot keep dog the same thg and expect a different rult when to fightg crime.

Gay is one of five major ndidat hopg to replace Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. " Gay, an attorney, said over the four s that she has lived the cy, there have been years when crime statistics may have been higher. "A rint of midtown was walkg his dog at 10 o'clock at night and got robbed, " Gay relled.

MAYORAL NDIDATE SHARON GAY DISCS CRIME, HER HOPE FOR THE CY'S FUTURE

" As mayor, Gay would put more officers on the street. But Gay said her chief would get help.

MAYORAL NDIDATE Q&A: SHARON GAY TALKS HOG AFFORDABILY

While Gay may be an unfaiar name, she has already gaed the support of a high profiled police profsnal -- Dr.

” That’s Dentons attorney Sharon Gay, who recently kicked off her mpaign for Atlanta mayor. Gay spoke wh Atlanta Civic Circle about her goals for hog, cludg boostg affordabily, rethkg the cy’s zong and gettg neighborhoods more volved the way they grow.

MEET THE TOP FIVE NDIDAT NNG TO BE ATLANTA’S NEXT MAYORBY NEWS STAFFOCTOBER 15, 2021 AT 3:14 PM EDTEXPANDMAYORAL NDIDAT FILE: KASIM REED, FELICIA MOORE, SHARON GAY, ANTON BROWN. ANDRE DICKENS. ( NEWS STAFF)BY NEWS STAFFOCTOBER 15, 2021 AT 3:14 PM EDTATLANTA — VOTERS THE CY OF ATLANTA WILL GET TO CHOOSE A NEW MAYOR NOVEMBER AFTER CURRENT MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS ANNOUNCED MAY THAT SHE WAS NOT SEEKG ANOTHER TERM.THERE ARE 14 NDIDAT VYG FOR THE POSN, BUT THE TOP FIVE NDIDAT THE RACE SEEM TO BE MAKG THE BIGGT IMPACT ON THE POLLS SO FAR THIS RACE. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHO THEY ARE:KASIM REEDREED EVABLE, UNAPOLOGETIC ATLANTA MAYOR KASIM REED HAS A SIZEABLE MPAIGN WAR CHT, WHICH HAS DISURAGED CHALLENGERS. (HYOSUB SHIN / AJC)ABOUT KASIM REED:KASIM REED IS AN ATTORNEY AND POLICIAN WHO SERVED AS THE 59TH MAYOR OF THE CY OF ATLANTA FOR TWO TERMS OM 2010 – 2018.BEFORE HIS TIME AS MAYOR, REED WAS ELECTED TO THE GEIA HOE OF REPRENTATIV 1998 AND SERVED TWO TERMS. FROM 2002 TO 2009, HE SERVED THE GEIA STATE SENATE, WHERE HE WAS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CC. HE IS A FORMER PARTNER OF HOLLAND AND KNIGHT LLP, AN TERNATNAL LAW FIRM.REED IS A GRADUATE OF HOWARD UNIVERSY WASHGTON D.C., WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS AND JURIS DOCTOR GRE.WHERE HE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: REED WANTS TO HIRE AND PROPERLY TRA 750 NEW APD OFFICERS TO HAVE A FULLY FUNCTNAL FORCE AND VERAGE THROUGHOUT THE CY. HE ALSO WANTS TO PROVI ALL NEW AND CURRENT OFFICERS WH IMPLIC BIAS AND -LATN TRAG. REED ALSO WANTS TO TRIPLE THE CY’S WORK OF TRAFFIC MERAS AND LICENSE PLATE REARS, CLUDG ADDG SAFETY SURVEILLANCE TO PUBLIC PARKS.HOG: REED SAID HE WOULD NDUCT A CYWI D OF THE AREA’S CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOG DIGT TO ENSURE CURRENT AFFORDABILY MMENTS ARE BEG MET AND CREATE ATLANTA’S FIRST-EVER OFFICE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. HE WANTS TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNS NEAR MARTA STATNS WHOUT JEOPARDIZG OR STABILIZG HISTORIC SGLE-FAY NEIGHBORHOODS.INASTCTURE: REED SAID HE WILL RETABLISH TIMELY TRACKG AND REPAIR OF POTHOL AND PAVE/RURFACE EVERY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAGUED WH POTHOL. REED WANTS TO EXPAND THE FUNCTNALY OF THE ATLANTA BELTLE BY PRRIZG AND VELOPG CLEAR FUNDG SOURC FOR BELTLE RAIL.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HIS PLATFORM.FELICIA MOOREABOUT FELICIA MOORE:FELICIA MOORE CURRENTLY SERV AS ATLANTA CY COUNCIL PRINT AFTER BEG ELECTED TO THE SPOT 2018. PREVLY, SHE HAD SERVED ON THE CY COUNCIL SCE 1997.MOORE WAS BORN INDIANAPOLIS BUT HAS LIVED THE CY OF ATLANTA FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SHE LIV NOW THE COLLIER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. MOORE GRADUATED WH HONORS OM CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSY OH AND HOLDS AN MSA OM CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSY. SHE IS A LICENSED REAL TATE BROKER AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORY. SHE ENTERED POLICS BY BEG THE PRINT OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNG UN.WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: MOORE HAS VOTED TO CRIMALIZE MARIJUANA POSSSN. SHE PROPOSED LEGISLATN TO LIM WHERE MIC STUDS N ALSO ACT AS PARTY HO, TRAP HO AND “HUBS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVY.” HER LEGISLATN WOULD REQUIRE THOSE STUDS TO APPLY FOR A ZONG SIGNATN THAT WOULD ALLOW MUNY PUT. MOORE ALSO HELPED STUTE “MATTIE’S CALL” TO HELP FD MISSG ELRLY WHO MAY SUFFER OM MENTIA OR ALZHEIMER’S.INASTCTURE: MOORE WORKED TO BRG A NEW SUPERMARKET TO NORTHWT ATLANTA TO END A FOOD SERT THAT AREA. SHE ALSO WORKED TO BRG ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATN OF THE BELLWOOD QUARRY TO A WATER RERVOIR. SHE SUPPORTS A BALANCED CY BUDGET AND CLAIMS HER EFFORTS LED DIRECTLY TO A BUDGET SURPL.HOG: MOORE SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOG AND WORKED TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOG TST FUND CLUD THE BELTLE PROJECT.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HER PLATFORM.SHARON GAYSHARON GAY FILE: SHARON GAY WORKED AS A LAWYER THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. SHE THEN BEME DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR ATLANTA MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL. (PHOTO: SHARON GAY FOR MAYOR) ABOUT SHARON GAY:SHARON GAY WAS BORN ALABAMA BUT MOVED TO ATLANTA 42 YEARS AGO. AFTER ATTENDG LAW SCHOOL AT EMORY UNIVERSY, GAY BEME A CLERK FOR A U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE. SHE THEN WORKED AS A LAWYER THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE.SHE THEN BEME DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR FORMER ATLANTA MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL.ACRDG TO HER MPAIGN, SHE HELPED PREPARE ATLANTA FOR THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAM. LATER HER REER, HER MPAIGN SAYS SHE PLAYED AN STMENTAL ROLE VELOPG PONCE CY MARKET & ATLANTIC STATN.WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSU:CRIME: GAY HAS CED TACKLG CRIME AS A TOP PRRY. “YOU N’T JT DO WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE DONE FOUR OR EIGHT YEARS AGO. NEW PROBLEMS REQUIRE NEW STRATEGI, SMART STRATEGI AND SMART SOLUTNS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE’VE GOT TO HAVE GOOD POLICG,” GAY SAID.HOG: GAY SAYS SHE PLANS TO FOC ON CREATG AFFORDABLE HOG. SHE ALSO PLANS TO E VAR ROURC CLUDG ERNMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND FAH MUNI TO BUILD WHAT HER MPAIGN LLS CLIVE, HEALTHY MUNI.INASTCTURE: GAY SAID SHE IS MTED TO FIXG THE CY’S STREETS. GAY WANTS TO ORDATE WH MARTA AND OTHER REGNAL PARTNERS ON LARGER TRANS AND TRANSPORTATN PROJECTS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD WORK CLOSELY WH GEIA’S NGRSNAL LEGATN AND STATE OFFICIALS TO SECURE TRANSPORTATN FUNDG.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT HER PLATFORM.ANTON BROWN

Give the excerpt below a read to get a feel for Gay’s mayoral ambns, and listen to the full terview the embedd lk.

So, I’m cur if you thk workg for hog affordabily uld be a gateway to fixg some of the cy’s most prsg problems, and help me unrstand your thkg behd Gay: Yeah, that’s actually part of the reason I first started thkg about nng.

Hog: Moore supports affordable hog and worked to get the Affordable Hog Tst Fund clud the Beltle HERE to read more about her GaySharon Gay FILE: Sharon Gay worked as a lawyer the state attorney general’s office. (PHOTO: Sharon Gay for Mayor) About Sharon Gay:Sharon Gay was born Alabama but moved to Atlanta 42 years ago. After attendg law school at Emory Universy, Gay beme a clerk for a U.