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	City of Atlanta Online
		Mayor Franklin currently serves as a Co-Chair of the 2008 National Democratic Convention, is a member of the Democratic National Committee and Treasurer of the Democratic Party of Georgia.
		Franklin previously served as the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for Mayor Maynard Jackson and was subsequently named Chief Administrative Officer and City Manager for Mayor Andrew Young.
		Mayor Franklin resides in southwest Atlanta and is a proud parent of three adult children, one daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
	www.atlantaga.gov /Mayor/Meet.aspx (1037 words)

	CNM: Campaign for a National Majority > 2005 Endorsees > Shirley Franklin
		Franklin to be a gutsy reformer who is not afraid of taking political risks in the name of needed change: weeks after taking office, Franklin cut 1,000 jobs from the city payroll, persuaded the City Council to approve several measured tax increases, laid off half of her staff and cut her own salary by $40,000.
		Franklin officially announced her campaign on September 9th and is well-supported with $771,507 in campaign funds as of June 30th.
		While Shirley Franklin is not in need of financial support in her race for reelection as Mayor of Atlanta, she is fast emerging as a Democratic leader in the South.
	www.nationalmajority.org /franklin.php (622 words)

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		Son of William Franklin and Ollie Boss Shirley, Franklin was raised in the Baptist Church and educated in the public schools of Kentucky.
		Franklin Shirley was also no stranger to the political sphere, serving on the Winston-Salem Board of Aldermen from 1963 to 1970, and as mayor of Winston-Salem for two terms from 1970 to 1977 (“Losses” 2).
		Dr. Shirley preferred to refer to debate as a cocurricular activity, as opposed to an extracurricular activity, arguing that debate was an educational enterprise, supplementing the classroom education of his students.
	groups.wfu.edu /debate/HistoryPages/ShirleyPaperPatrickSpeice.doc (3403 words)

	DLC: 100 to Watch: Shirley Franklin by Tom Mirga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Shirley Franklin began her first year as Atlanta's mayor staring down the barrel of an $82 million budget deficit.
		Franklin, Atlanta's first female mayor and the first African-American woman to serve as mayor of a major southern city, began getting a handle on the budget crisis through a partnership with the consulting firm Bain & Co., which volunteered to conduct a comprehensive study of the city's finances.
		Franklin describes herself as a practitioner of the politics of inclusion.
	www.dlc.org /ndol_ci.cfm?contentid=251617&kaid=104&subid=210 (606 words)

	Howard University
		Franklin served on his three-person transition team and in 1999 accepted the Governor’s invitation to serve on the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), where she was elected vice chair.
		Shirley Franklin offers the citizens of Atlanta experienced leadership matched with a vision and passion to making Atlanta a safer, cleaner city; creating a better city for families, seniors, and children; and creating a more open, responsive, and effective city government.
		Franklin’s outstanding career, she has been featured in Business to Business, Ebony, Jet, Heart and Soul, Savoy, and Glamour magazines, and the New York Times, and was recently chosen as one of Atlanta’s movers and shakers in Jezebel magazine.
	www.howard.edu /commencement/2002/honorees/shirley_clarke_franklin.htm (447 words)

	Georgia Institute of Technology :: News Room :: Mayor Shirley Franklin to Address Undergraduates
		Shirley Franklin became the fifty-eighth mayor of Atlanta in 2002.
		Franklin earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Howard University and was awarded her master’s degree in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.
		Franklin has been a resident of southwest Atlanta for nearly thirty-five years and is a proud parent of three adult children.
	www.gatech.edu /news-room/release.php?id=723 (696 words)

	Hall of Fame 2006 - Shirley Franklin
		She is secretary of the Board of the Atlanta Regional Commission and serves as Chair of its Ethics Committee and Secretary of the Executive Committee.
		Franklin previously served as the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for Mayor Maynard Jackson and was subsequently named Chief Administrative Officer and City Manager for Mayor Andrew Young.
		Mayor Franklin resides in southwest Atlanta and is a proud parent of three adult children, one daughter-in-law and two grandchildren.
	robinson.gsu.edu /corporate/hof/2006/franklin.html (766 words)

	GA Sierra Club: Shirley Franklin
		Shirley Franklin: I am very proud of our environmental record across the board, particularly as viewed versus where we were - we're not where we need to be by any stretch of the imagination, but we're making progress on a variety of issues.
		Shirley Franklin: I think the vision of the Beltline is one that can excite every segment of Atlanta, and certainly has the potential to reshape our City for decades to come.
		Shirley Franklin: Two years ago, I proposed the creation of a Parks Authority for precisely that reason - we need a dedicated revenue stream, and some degree of insulation from the political process if we are ever to have world-class greenspace in the City.
	georgia.sierraclub.org /legislative/council/Shirley_Franklin.asp (847 words)

	Shirley Franklin
		With her election, Franklin also became the first Atlanta mayoral candidate elected without a run-off and the first African-American woman to serve as Mayor of a major Southern city.
		Shirley Franklin’s public service career began in 1978 when she accepted the appointment by Mayor Maynard Jackson to become the city’s Commissioner of Cultural Affairs.
		Mayor Franklin’s commitment to her community is highlighted by her active service on more than 30 boards and committees.
	www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2005_06/house/kids/famous/shirleyfranklin.htm (539 words)

	Shirley Franklin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Shirley Franklin took over from Sandra Mute after her untimely death and together with Keith Cotterill formed the ambulance paramedic team until the end of series 3.
		When she returned home from her shift Shirley's estate was like a battlefield but her son was safe and well in the care of a neighbour.
		Shirley was an easy going sort of person (she had to be to put up with Keith's jokes) and she got on fine with everyone in the department.
	members.tripod.com /~BBCcasualty/shirley.htm (147 words)

	TIME.com: Restorer of Faith -- Apr. 25, 2005 -- Page 1
		Franklin inherited an $82 million budget deficit, which was about 20% of the entire city budget and $37 million more than she had been led to expect.
		Franklin, who was Atlanta's city manager from 1982 to '90 and served several key roles on its 1996 Olympics committee, is not just a rampaging reformer but also a skillful and diplomatic negotiator.
		For her achievements Franklin was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1050283,00.html (740 words)

	CAP/ADID - Mayor Shirley Franklin Announces Formation of the Commission on Homelessness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced today an endeavor is underway to analyze the issue of homelessness in Atlanta and to develop a plan on how the city can address the matter.
		Franklin has asked that the recommendations be presented to the City by the end of February.
		As with other initiatives she has launched that affect public policy, Mayor Franklin said public input would be sought as the process of developing the recommendations unfolds.
	www.lofttour.com /NewsShirleyHomeless.asp (425 words)

	Shirley Franklin \| Peach Pundit
		Those were Shirley Franklin’s central pledges in seeking another four-year term as Atlanta’s mayor.
		Franklin, on the other hand, should fairly be considered the gold standard for urban Democrat leadership in the country.
		I’m as dyed in the wool Republican as they come, and Franklin’s one of my heros…she’s done an incredible job, kind of similar to Sonny’s situation, in that she was elected and thrown face first into a pile of crap…she’s done extremely well in handling it.
	www.peachpundit.com /2005/11/09/shirley-franklin (968 words)

	World Mayor: Commenting on Shirley Franlin - Mayor of Atlanta
		Franklin is like the Energizer Bunny - - she never stops working for her city, including every segment of the population from kids to senior citizens.
		Mayor Shirley Franklin is an honest, forthright, credible and courageous leader who stepped into a position that had numerous challenges and has truly brought our city together, working on one accord.
		Shirley Franklin will not only be remembered as one of the first African American female Atlanta Mayors but she will be known as a Mayor who affected positive change in Atlanta during very trying times.
	www.worldmayor.com /voting05/comments_atlanta.html (2852 words)

	USNews.com: The pipe dreamer: Shirley Franklin
		For two years after she was elected mayor of Atlanta in 2001, Shirley Franklin talked sewers every chance she got.
		Franklin, a Democrat, knows sewers aren't sexy, but that's exactly the kind of policy problem she likes to focus on.
		Franklin says the social movements of the 1960s, and people like Coretta Scott King, still inspire her to have the energy and courage to push for reform.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/051031/31franklin.htm (664 words)

	The Sultan of Swing - Mayor Shirley Franklin again shows progressive stripes in action against Druid Hills, while golf ...
		But Mayor Shirley Franklin whacked the Druid Hills Golf Club two weeks ago and in one swing regained her stride as the city’s progressive leader.
		She took the advice of many gay leaders (and this newspaper) by enforcing the city’s Human Rights Ordinance and standing behind a Jan. 12, 2004, ruling from the Human Relations Commission that the golf club is violating the ordinance by refusing to grant equal benefits to the domestic partners of its members.
		Franklin proposed fining the club and will soon empanel a group to study the four-year-old ordinance to see if it needs tweaking for future cases.
	sovo.com /2005/1-7/view/editorial/sultan.cfm (1053 words)

	Shirley Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In October 2005, Franklin was included in the U.S. News and World Report Best Leaders of 2005 issue (Shirley Franklin: The Pipe Dreamer).
		On June 26, 2006, Shirley Franklin led the effort to have the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King given to his alma mater, Morehouse College, instead of being sold at auction:
		On September 5, 2006, Mayor Franklin, along with a group of representatives from the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, went on a business trip to China to help Delta Air Lines win a direct route to one of the world's fastest-growing economies and lobby officials to open a Chinese consulate in Atlanta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shirley_Franklin (736 words)

	Delano Ryan Home located in The Town Of Franklin
		The location of the Dennis & Shirley Delano Ryan home is Sugar Bush on New York Route 3 East, approximately 3 miles from the Clinton County line at the top of a long sweeping hill and 20 miles northeast of Saranac Lake.
		At one time, this was a model dairy farm with electric lights and drinking cups for the livestock in a large barn.
		In earlier times, lightning rods were, as a rule, installed on roofs and grounded at a lower level to act as a conductor and divert lightning from the structure.
	www.townoffranklin.com /delano.html (498 words)

	AccessNorthGa.com - North Georgia's Newsroom
		Franklin believes there is still room for improvement in the way the city is run.
		Franklin has concentrated on previously sidetracked issues, such as the decaying sewers and bringing the business community back into the city as a force.
		In 2001, Franklin was elected and replaced two-term Mayor Bill Campbell, whose administration was plagued by legal issues and ultimately was the subject of a federal investigation.
	www.accessnorthga.com /news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=67425 (373 words)

	Securing the Children
		Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, who serves as a CARE ambassador, recently visited Lesotho and South Africa to gain firsthand knowledge of CARE's work with women.
		In one town in Lesotho, Mayor Franklin learned how the CARE project Secure the Child is helping orphans and vulnerable children grow their own nutritious food.
		Mayor Shirley Franklin hugs Relebohile, an AIDS orphan, in her home in Mohales Hoek, Lesotho.
	www.care.org /newsroom/articles/2006/05/20060508_franklin_lesotho.asp (879 words)

	Blog for Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Shirley Franklin marked her successful 2001 bid for mayor of Atlanta with the slogan, "You make me Mayor and I'll make you proud." Mayor Franklin has certainly lived up to her promise - becoming the first ever African-American female to serve as mayor for a major southern city.
		Mayor Franklin won the Profiles in Courage Award at the Kennedy Library this year and was recently named one of the "5 Best Big-City Mayors in the U.S." by Time Magazine.
		The rationale behind Shirley Franklin getting this endorsement was to recognize incumbents who realize that "fiscal responsibility" is more than just a slogan.
	www.blogfordemocracy.org /archives/2005/04/mayor_shirley_f.html (345 words)

	Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin weighing Senate run - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
		Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin is weighing a run for the U.S. Senate, and a poll shows her beating U.S. Rep. Johnny Isakson and other likely candidates, a source said Friday.
		Franklin indicated early on April 11 she may consider a run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Zell Miller in 2004.
		Franklin beats Republican U.S. Rep. Mac Collins from Columbus, another possible candidate for Miller's seat, 45 percent to 35 percent, according to the poll.
	atlanta.bizjournals.com /atlanta/stories/2003/04/07/daily47.html (458 words)

	Georgia State Flag- Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin flagged at Democrat fundraiser ...
		How they set up Shirley Franklin was even better than their remote controlled bullhorn hidden in a water cooler.
		Today's flagging of Shirley Franklin at the Cobb County Democratic fundraiser proved just how easy it is to fool these people, and how little interest there is in Shirley Franklin outside 285.
		Shirley Franklin, Mayor of Hellanta who lobbied as hard as anyone against citizens getting any vote on the 56 flag.
	www.spofga.org /Updates/2003/sept/shirley_franklin_flagging.phtml (1053 words)

	Berry College Office of Public Relations
		The 58th mayor of Atlanta, Franklin is the first woman to hold the office.
		Although she had never run for public office before her election as mayor, Franklin’s public service career actually began in 1978 as commissioner of cultural affairs under then-Mayor Maynard Jackson.
		Franklin is the only two-time winner of the latter award.
	www.berry.edu /pr/news/pressdetail.asp?ID=236 (270 words)

	Shirley Franklin vs. Bernie Marcus \| Peach Pundit
		I know there are a lot of Franklin fans out there, some of which are on my side of the aisle; however, I wonder what would happen if Bernie Marcus ever decided to turn his focus to politics.
		Similarly, Shirley Franklin and many other mayors and governors have a lot to do with the business decisions made by the companies in their states and cities even though they aren’t actually the “CEO” of any companies.
		It doesn’t matter that Franklin didn’t think of the aquarium and it’s not that she didn’t do it herself.
	www.peachpundit.com /?p=487 (1891 words)

	Shirley's Franklin Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A more fun hypothetical question would be: Would there have been any way for Watson and Crick to be able to approach Franklin about sharing ideas in a way that might have been acceptable to her.
		Since you do not have her full notebook in front of you, you cannot see how close she really was to the entire solution.
		With the exception of her being lied to about women at King's and therefore reporting the situation inaccurately, the 1975 Sayre biography (200 pages or so) Rosalind Franklin and DNA is excellent, and she does a decent job of asking some of the scientific questions.
	www.ees.nmt.edu /~skurc/franklin_r.html (571 words)

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