Wes Bellamy
Wes Bellamy | ||
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Wes Bellamy at June 19, 2017 City Council meeting |
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Vice-mayor
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District | Council vice-president | |
For term to start | January 1, 2016 | |
Term End | December 31, 2018 | |
Incumbent | Dede Smith | |
Succeeded by | Heather Hill | |
Councilor
Charlottesville City Council |
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District | At-large | |
Term Start | January 1, 2016 | |
Term End | December 31, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Satyendra Huja | |
Candidate for
Charlottesville City Council |
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Term Start | January 2014 | |
Term End | December 2017 | |
Biographical Information
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Date of birth | November 4, 1986 | |
Alma mater | South Carolina State University | |
Profession | Teacher | |
Campaign $ | VPAP | |
Contributions $ | VPAP |
Wes Bellamy is a member of City Council and a former vice mayor of the city of Charlottesville. [1] He was elected to the Charlottesville City Council on November 3, 2015. He received the most amount of votes of the three victors. [2]
Tweets made by Bellamy came under fire in late 2016 and prompted many for him to resign from Council. In late December, he resigned from a teaching post at Albemarle High School. [3]
He will not seek election to a second term. [4]
Biography
Bellamy moved to the Charlottesville area in 2009 to work for the National Ground Intelligence Center. He left that position shortly afterwards and began teaching in Albemarle schools. [3] He established the Helping Young People Evolve in 2011 and soon afterwards entered city politics.
Bellamy was honored by the Daily Progress in 2013 as part of their Distinguished Dozen series. [5]
2013 election
Bellamy sought one of two nominations for Council in 2013. He placed 3rd in the June 11, 2013 Democratic Primary for City Council. [6] [7]
Bellamy announced his candidacy on March 13, 2013 at Tonsler Park. Just a month before, he had declared he would not run this year, but changed his mind. [8] He is originally from Atlanta, and moved to the area to take a job at the National Ground Intelligence Center.
Bellamy tied with Bob Fenwick with 1,088 votes each in the June 11, 2013 Democratic primary. [9] After a count of provisional ballots, Fenwick edged Bellamy by five votes. [7]
Bellamy raised $3,828 between January 1 and May 29, 2013. His largest campaign contribution was $500 from Mark Brown. [10]
Bellamy also participated in a questionnaire on public housing conducted by the Public Housing Association of Residents. [11]
2015 election
Bellamy tried again in the 2015 Democratic race, when three seats were up for nomination. [12]
Bellamy made his campaign announcement on February 15, 2015 at C'Ville Coffee. [12] On the election date of November 3, 2015, Bellamy was 29 years old (2 months 22 day younger than James Barr III elected in 1948).
Candidates | Votes | % |
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Wes Bellamy (D) | 4,688 | 29.67 |
Kathleen M. Galvin (D) incumbent | 4,590 | 29.05 |
Mike Signer (D) | 4,309 | 27.28 |
Anson Parker (R) | 1,208 | 7.65 |
Scott Bandy (I) | 691 | 4.37 |
Write-In | 312 | 3.0 |
Source: State Board of Elections[13] |
Each voter could vote for up to three candidates.
Audio of Bellamy's campaign announcement:
<play audio>http://s3.amazonaws.com/cville/cm%2Fmutlimedia%2F20150215-Bellamy-Announcement.mp3 </play audio>
Candidate Profile Resources | |
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Candidate | Wes Bellamy (D) |
Office | Charlottesville City Council |
Election year | 2015 election |
Candidate interviews by Charlottesville Tomorrow | |
Candidate interview transcript | |
Candidate interview audio <mp3player>http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/20150901-Bellamy-interview.mp3</mp3player>
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Committee assignments
After being elected, Bellamy was assigned to: [14]
- Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- Citizen's Advisory Panel (CAP)
- Cville Development Corp.
- Darden Towe Park Board
- Retirement Commission
Soon after election, Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed him to the State Board of Election.
Controversial tweets
Tweets made from Bellamy's account between 2009 and 2014 were first published by activist Jason Kessler in late November and then published in other media outlets. [15]
References
- ↑ Web. Charlottesville City Council meeting minutes, .pdf, Council Chambers, City of Charlottesville, January 4, 2016.
- ↑ Web. 2015 November General - Unofficial Results, Virginia State Board of Elections, November 3, 2015, retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Web. Bellamy resigns AHS teaching position, Staff Reports, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, December 26, 2016
- ↑ Web. Councilors Bellamy, Signer will not seek re-election, Nolan Stout, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, March 29, 2019, retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ Web. Dozen: Bellamy helping city's poorest children reach potential, Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, December 27, 2013, retrieved January 7, 2016.
- ↑ Web. Bellamy announces Council candidacy, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, March 13, 2013, retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Web. It's official: Fenwick to be on ballot for City Council, K. Burnell Evans and Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, June 14, 2013, retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ↑ Web. Szakos makes bid for second Council term official, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 14, 2013, retrieved March 14, 2013.
- ↑ Web. Bellamy, Fenwick in dead heat; Szakos wins easily, Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, June 12, 2013, retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ↑ Web. Palmer, McKeel lead local candidates in fundraising, Daily Progress Staff Reports, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, June 7, 2013, retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ↑ Web. [ Questionnaire for City Council Candidatesurl=http://www.pharcville.org/2013/06/04/phar-questionnaire-for-city-council-candidates/], June 4, 2013, retrieved June 10, 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Web. Bellamy enters race for Charlottesville City Council, Lacey Naff, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 15, 2015, retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ↑ Web. 2015 November General, State Board of Elections, November 4, 2011, retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ E-mail. Paige Rice, City of Charlottesville. "RE: list of appointments." Message to Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow. January 7, 2016.
- ↑ Web. Homophobic, sexist, anti-white language abundant in Charlottesville vice mayor's tweets, Anna Higgins and Tim Dodson, News Article, Cavalier Daily, November 28, 2016, retrieved December 27, 2016.