Newton County BOC District 2

Demon Mason

• Age: 47

• Professional experience:

Project management

• Why did you decide to run for this position?:

I chose to run for office because I believe it is important to have a county commissioner who has a business degree, who can make sound business decisions, act with integrity, maintain a high level of professionalism, able to establish business partnerships on a local, state and national level basis, actively participate in community reinvestment as a tax-paying homeowner who shows a high level of stability within the community, maintains excellent customer service skills, able to create and execute new, innovative ideas and truly has a passionate desire to help move the community forward by demonstrating a high level of care and concern for residents of Newton County. These qualities, which I have described, are qualities that I currently possess, along with my personal business abilities to improve Newton County in a positive light. I’ve proven that over the past 3 years as County Commissioner of District 2.

• What do you think is the biggest problem facing the county or your district and, if elected, how do you plan to address it? :

According to the Newton County Strategic Plan, the biggest problem the county currently faces is finding creative ways to improve residents’ quality of life. The way I have currently addressed this concern is as follows:

1.) I created The Clean Up Newton Project, which offers monthly District 2 road cleanup events.

2.) I set up the Homeless/Homeless Employment and Housing Initiative, which allows our homeless population to train at Georgia Piedmont Technical College and immediately receive a job placement with a local Newton County business earning between $16 and $28 per hour. Plus, working with the Covington Housing Authority to help find local affordable housing for our unsheltered community.

3.) I also improved Denny Dobbs Park by ensuring the completion of the first and only Splash Pad, established the first and only Skate Park, established the annual “Movies in the Park” at Denny Dobbs Park in partnership with the small company of District 2 Vendors and Believers Fellowship Church, and laid out the plans for the future multi-generational aquatic recreation center at Denny Dobbs Park.

4.) I’ve set up Facebook Live Chats to help educate Newton County residents about community conversations, legal series, and economic exchanges.

5.) I created the District 2 Home Owners Association Alliance and the District 2 Young Leadership Alliance

• Finally, what do voters need to know about you? :

I would like the constituents of district 2 to know that I have a bachelor of science in business administration, I have an honorary doctorate in humanitarianism for the work that I have done as a county commissioner, currently vice president of Community, Economy and Workforce National Association of Counties Development Steering Committee, Chairman of the Newton County Board of Commissioners Public Facilities Authority, I served as 2020 Vice Chairman of Newton County Board of Commissioners, former Congressman for the Newton County Democratic Party, former Chairman of Destined for the Board of Greatness, Inc., and former Vice President of Education for the Coca-Cola Chapter of Toastmasters International.

These business and community degrees, along with my past and current leadership roles, make me the best candidate to continue to improve District 2 and the Newton County community as a whole.

I want to personally thank the residents of District 2 for their continued support and partnership in making District 2, and the entire Newton County community, a better place to live, work and play.