Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of Long Beach; District 9

Currently a Board Member of the North Long Beach Community Action Group (CAG) and involved with the North Long Beach `Project Area Committee'(PAC), Brad Shore brings years of community activism with him in his pursuit of the Long Beach 9th District city-council seat. Born and raised in Ohio, Brad graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelors degree in Education, and attained a Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of Dayton. Currently employed in Long Beach at St. Mary's Hospital, Brad is a psychotherapist in their `Passages' Department which specializes in treatment of the geriatric/senior population. In addition, Brad is a 25 year employee of American Airlines where he has worked in Flight Service, Sales, conducted numerous employee Critical Incident Debriefs (CID's) in conjunction with the Employee Assistance Program, and was a founding member of the Employee Diversity Programs at American. He has served on the Board of Directors with several non-profit organizations, founded a social group in 2001 that still gathers which has raised over $20,000.00 for local non-profits and is a member of the First Congregational Church. He is a homeowner in North Long Beach and a Long Beach resident since 2000.

Wanting to improve the quality of life in his district is Shore's primary motivation in running for city-council. After moving to North Long Beach he soon became aware of a growing desire to move to a more desirable section of the city; this was due to blight, high crime rates, gang problems and having to drive several miles into another district to find a major chain grocery store. Rather than move on account of these issues, Shore decided to stay, take a stand, and work on being part of the solution of improving life at the `Top Of The Town'. Shore states, "I look forward to listening to the residents of the 9th District and making positive changes as their city-councilman."