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   2001-01-12: Jerry Abramson


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The Jewish Citizen

Abramson, ex-mayor of Louisville, likely candidate as mayor of newly created super-city government

San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage, Jan. 12, 2001

 
Jerry Abramson, the popular former mayor of Louisville, was successful last November winning approval of a proposal consolidating the governments of the City of Louisville and surrounding Jefferson County into a "metro-city government." 

Currently in private practice as an attorney, Abramson had been barred by term limits from succeeding himself as Louisville mayor. Now however, Abramson is considered the odds-on favorite to become the first mayor of the new super-government after elections in 2002. 

While he hasn't announced his candidacy yet, he hasn't been exactly coy about his interest in the job. When a friend from University of Kentucky college days, Louisville resident Harry Jacobson-Beyer, urged Abramson to run, Abramson promptly persuaded Jacobson-Beyer to volunteer in his campaign. -- Donald H. Harrison