Nationwide — Brandon Moss, an 18-year-old African American teen from Fairfield, Alabama, who only in the near past graduated from highschool, is now working for mayor of his hometown. He goals to repair the town’s funds, appeal to companies, and enhance native infrastructure.
In line with ABC News, Moss, a latest Ramsay Excessive Faculty graduate and lifelong Fairfield resident, just lately introduced his candidacy for mayor. With the present mayor not working once more, Moss hopes to carry contemporary concepts and new vitality to the job.
“Fairfield is my dwelling, and I’m working for mayor as a result of I like this metropolis, and I imagine in its future,” Moss stated.
Regardless of his age, Moss says he’s not new to management. Over the previous 4 years, he’s labored with state and native politicians and served as govt assistant to the superintendent of Birmingham Metropolis Colleges. He believes that hands-on expertise has ready him for public workplace.
His predominant focus is fixing the town’s monetary troubles. He additionally desires to carry extra companies to Fairfield and enhance roads and public companies. He additionally plans to handle blight in struggling neighborhoods.
Whereas most of his friends are having fun with summer season break, Moss is entering into politics. He’s additionally working along with his advisors to steadiness his faculty plans alongside his run for workplace.
“We as the following era have to have the ability to transfer with the occasions—we now have to mature — to be the leaders of the longer term,” Moss stated.
Moss will face a number of candidates within the August 26 election, together with Councilmen Herman Carnes and Cedric Norman, former Midfield Councilman James Reasor, and monetary marketing consultant Michael Williams.
