Council Member At-Large· 2023-01-03–2027-01-04; exact dates from Ballotpedia John_Gianola page (assumed office and term end for the Nov 8 2022 council cycle); applied to the whole cycle, individual pages not read
Joe Solomon
Charleston
About
Joe Solomon's platform focuses heavily on political reform and governance in Charleston, specifically advocating for ballot reform and the introduction of term limits for City Council members to invite new ideas and voices into local government.
Campaign promises (2)
- transparencyJoe Solomon campaigned on implementing ballot reform in Charleston.
- transparencyJoe Solomon advocated for implementing Charleston City Council term limits to bring in new voices and ideas.Related votes
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 46:36
- Avg per meeting
- 3:06
- Segments
- 588
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The OpenCity MCP for Claude.ai answers questions like “what has Solomon said about housing this year” with one prompt — full speaking history, with YouTube timestamps.
Top issues during term (4)(Business Jobs)
Mountaineer Food Bank takes over West Side ARPA project
$440,000 in ARPA funds already spent on the property get a second life instead of going unused.
Downtown Business Improvement District fees
$1.27 million BID budget; assessment rates unchanged from prior years.
Downtown BID Lighting Improvement Project
City puts in no direct funds — just administers $252,000 in grant money as fiscal agent.
Downtown revitalization at 101 Capitol Street
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Solomon was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
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Voting record (0)(Business Jobs)
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