Jonathan is a lifelong resident of Southwest Louisville. He graduated from Butler Traditional High School and Lindsey Wilson College. Jonathan attends Southeast Christian Church (Southwest Campus).

Jonathan has been a teacher at Butler Traditional High School since 2015, where he teaches dual credit government, oral communications, and civics.

Jonathan Joseph's campaign for urban county council member is his first bid for public office.

As of August 20, 2024, Jonathan Joseph’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Taxes

Housing & Urban Development

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Supports allowing school administrators to lead their buildings and create long-term visions for their schools.

Believes in serving the community by leading a young adults home group and working with students at his local church, Southeast Christian Church.

- Supports allowing school administrators to lead their buildings and create long-term visions for their schools.
- Believes in serving the community by leading a young adults home group and working with students at his local church, Southeast Christian Church.

Public Services

Believes addressing crime is urgent to prevent further community decline.

- Believes addressing crime is urgent to prevent further community decline.

Public Safety

Supports small businesses, believing they contribute to local communities and families rather than "funding the pockets of CEOs on Wall Street."

Aims to attract both small and corporate businesses to the southend, particularly along the Dixie Highway corridor, and plans to actively engage with potential investors to demonstrate that "the time is now" for building and investing in the area.

Plans to actively engage with potential investors to encourage building and investing in the area.

Believes many businesses are choosing to build in other areas of town and have "seemed to 'give up' on the promise of the southend."

- Supports small businesses, believing they contribute to local communities and families rather than "funding the pockets of CEOs on Wall Street."
- Plans to actively engage with potential investors to encourage building and investing in the area.
- Believes many businesses are choosing to build in other areas of town and have "seemed to 'give up' on the promise of the southend."

Economy

Believes children's development begins at home.

Believes in prioritizing local schools, youth, and faculty to build a better future for Southwest Louisville.

Believes education is "the bedrock of our society and the answer to many of our issues as a community."

Believes teachers are "some of the very best, most selfless, and dedicated people" and supports them.

Believes real societal change begins in schools and supports long-term solutions for education.

- Believes children's development begins at home.
- Believes in prioritizing local schools, youth, and faculty to build a better future for Southwest Louisville.
- Believes education is "the bedrock of our society and the answer to many of our issues as a community."
- Believes teachers are "some of the very best, most selfless, and dedicated people" and supports them.
- Believes real societal change begins in schools and supports long-term solutions for education.

Education

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Jonathan Joseph

Jonathan Joseph is a lifelong resident of Southwest Louisville. He graduated from Butler Traditional High School and Lindsey Wilson College. Jonathan attends Southeast Christian Church (Southwest Campus). He has two sisters, one of whom is a teacher and the other is pursuing a career as a special education teacher.

Jonathan Joseph has been a teacher at Butler Traditional High School since 2015, where he teaches Dual Credit Government, Oral Communications, and Civics.

Jonathan Joseph's 2024 run for Urban County Council Member is his first bid for public office.

Aims to attract both small and corporate businesses to the southend, particularly along the Dixie Highway corridor, and plans to actively engage with potential investors to encourage building and investing in the area.

- Supports small businesses, believing they contribute to local communities and families rather than "funding the pockets of CEOs on Wall Street."
- Aims to attract both small and corporate businesses to the southend, particularly along the Dixie Highway corridor, and plans to actively engage with potential investors to encourage building and investing in the area.
- Believes many businesses are choosing to build in other areas of town and have "seemed to 'give up' on the promise of the southend."

As of September 4, 2024, Jonathan Joseph’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Urban county council members make up the legislative body of the Lexington-Fayette County government and are responsible for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Its legislative duties include enacting ordinances, levying taxes, and adopting a budget. 
- The city council has the authority to investigate all activities of the city government and its employees. 
- The urban county council has 12 district council members and three at-large council members. 
- Council members voted to represent a single district serve two-year terms and those voted at-large serve four-year terms. Elections take place in even-numbered years. 