Zack Thompson has resigned from the Gainesville City Council.
The former Ward 2 councilman made the announcement Thursday, June 26, at the latest Council work session, sharing he intends to focus on his mayoral campaign.
Thompson was first elected to serve the City of Gainesville, Georgia in November 2015, with his most recent term expiring in December 2027.
He shared the following resignation letter with fellow councilmembers, City management and media present at the work session:
𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦,
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥 2 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦 27, 2025, 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳.
𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦.
𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 – 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 – 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭.
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳: 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.
𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵) 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳.
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