four other administrators on leave. Simama denied he was removed from his position with the college, and said at the time he was retiring. Simama also defended his tenure as President of GPTC, citing his positive performance evaluations, including regarding fiscal management, and citing having received a merit increase for the year prior to his departure. In 2019, Simama was one of nine candidates vying in a special general election for Atlanta's District 3 seat on the city council. Simama placed fifth, receiving 9.9% of the votes, compared to the top two candidates Antonio Brown and Byron Amos, who received 19.3% and 23.4% respectively, who went on to the general runoff election for the council seat. Simama is a consultant, senior fellow with Government Technology, education and government columnist for Governing Magazine, and writes a weekly blog on issues of politics, culture and maleness. Works Civil Rights to Cyber Rights: Broadband & Digital Equality in the Age of Obama, (2009) The Information Society and the Black Community, "Race, Politics, and Pedagogy of New Media: From Civil Rights to Cyber Rights" ed. John Barber, 2001 References Living people Hickman High School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American educators Atlanta City Council members American male writers