20070221 Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate

Black History Month: Common Council hopeful’s family rooted in politics

JEFFERY DIXON

Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate

Ashley Reams 21.FEB.07

Jeffery Dixon lost when ran for a seat on the Westminster Common Council in 2005, but he’s hoping for an opposite outcome in this year’s election.

Although Dixon has not yet filed, he said he plans to run for city council again in May, and he said he’ll count on his community involvement and the relationships he’s built with local residents since his first campaign to get him in office.

“I’ve had the last two years to engross myself in the city and really understand how it works,” he said.

Dixon, 32, and his wife, Heather, both grew up in Westminster and moved back to the city from Silver Spring in 2003. They wanted to start a family, Dixon said, and they thought Westminster was the perfect place.

He began attending city council meetings to get a better feel for the community, he said. He also became a member of the Charles Street Improvement Association, a group dedicated to addressing issues in their community.

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He has also become a member of the Boys and Girls Club Advisory Council and will soon begin spending time with kids in the Westminster unit. He said he might also begin teaching a monthly science class there.

Dixon is a defense systems analyst at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, where he is leading a multi-million-dollar project.

If elected, Dixon would be the first black council member, according to Kevin Dayhoff, local historian and former Westminster mayor.

Politics run in Dixon’s family. Dixon’s uncle, Richard Dixon, was Carroll County’s first black delegate. He served from 1983-96.

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Dixon graduated from Westminster High School in 1992 and the U.S. Naval Academy in 1996.

After serving on two ships, Dixon entered the Navy Reserve in 2001.

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20070221 Common Council hopefuls family rooted in politics by Ashley Reams for the Westminster Advocate