Nanette Cook
Close Associates
Badges Earned
Endorsements
Major Donors
Notable Efforts
- 2022 Gay City Proclamation
- 2021 Gay City Proclamation
- $210,000 "Fitness Court"
- $1.5 MILLION for private apartment complex
- $4.2 MILLION to build a Racetrac Gas Station
- Co-Authored anti-business mask mandate
- Voted in favor of a 1% sales tax and a 2% sales tax increase in the Holy Rosary Institute Economic Development District
- Voted in favor of a 1% sales tax and a 2% sales tax increase in the Northway Economic Development District
- Voted in favor of a 2% sales tax and a 2% sales tax increase in the Trappey Economic Development District
- Voted in favor of a 1% sales tax and a 2% sales tax increase in the University Gateway Economic Development District
- Introduced and voted in favor of an ordinance transferring adjudicated property to SUN CHDO and/or Chris Williams
- Voted to Appoint Kenneth Boudreaux to Fire and Police Civil Service Board
- Voted to give a family member's business special wavers
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