The Rick Jackson campaign is releasing three new television ads.
The first two, “Took Off” and “Sweet,” focus on Keisha Lance Bottoms’ record of using her public office to enrich herself and those around her. The third, a 60-second ad called “Strength,” expands on Rick Jackson’s life story.
All three ads will begin airing statewide today.
What information is featured in the first ad? “Took Off” discusses how Keisha Lance Bottoms’ inner circle allegedly benefited financially following her electoral victory. To start, her campaign manager reportedly received a $273,873-a-year deputy general manager title in the city’s Aviation Department despite reportedly never having worked there.
Another example is a former councilman who was allegedly put on the payroll for $137,100 a year in a job the city’s own outside review found violated the Atlanta charter. He acknowledged to investigators that he performed no work.
What information is featured in the second ad? “Sweet” discusses how Bottoms allegedly enriched herself and highlights a major example from 2015.
While sitting on the Atlanta City Council, Bottoms reportedly took a second taxpayer-funded job as executive director of the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority, adding $135,000 a year to her council pays for a combined $195,300.
What information is featured in the third ad? “Strength” is the campaign’s largest ad of this bunch, and features Rick Jackson reviewing his life story of growing up hard but working towards incredible success.
The ad closes on his reason for running: politicians have failed to make Georgia more affordable, bring down health care costs, pass term limits, or make Georgia public schools the envy of the nation.
What the Rick Jackson Campaign had to say:
- Garrison Douglas, Rick Jackson Campaign Spokesman: “A mayor who quit because the job got too hard does not come back for a bigger one out of a sense of duty. Keisha Lance Bottoms came back because public office has been very good to her and to everybody who wrote her a check. Georgians will not let her use the governor’s office as a new headquarters for her self-dealings.”
