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Madam Mayor

Metro Councilmember Tara Wicker makes no bones about her political aspirations. “I would absolutely love to be mayor of this city,” says Wicker, the District 11 councilwoman. “My dream is to help create a city where my five children can live when they grow up. If that means getting into a mayor’s race so that I can create that city, I will do it.” But not this time. Wicker says she decided against throwing her hat in the ring this fall—after giving serious thought to the race—because the contest between Mayor Kip Holden and Councilman Mike Walker was too bloody and contentious before it even began, and she didn’t think it was in her best political interest to get involved in it. “Their fight is a fight that is more about the individuals than the community, and I didn’t think that was the kind of race I want to be involved in,” she says. “That and the fact that I want to finish what I started in my district.”

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