Bruce E. Weekes Surprises Council Colleagues By Announcing His Departure from Atlantic City post
BY CLYDE HUGHES | AC JosepH Media
ATLANTIC CITY – First term at-large City Councilman Bruce E. Weekes surprised his fellow Atlantic City council members when he announced he was leaving his position because of a new job on Wednesday night.
In a night dominated by public opposition to the Atlantic Shores Wind project, Weekes, the son of the late trailblazing Atlantic City Municipal Court Judge Bruce F. Weekes, said his new job would “directly conflict” with him serving but he did not mention the new position.
City Council President Aaron “Sporty” Randolph and Vice President Kaleem Shabazz, appeared to be shocked by the announcement. It came at the same meeting that council named Mohammad Huq to replace Muhammad “Anjum” Zia in the Ward 5 council seat.
Zia was removed from council after an Atlantic County judge ruled last month that he lived outside of his district after his November 2023 election opponent Maria Lacca challenged the election. A new election for the seat will be held next month.
Weekes was first elected to city council in 2021 on a ticket that included Mayor Marty Small Sr. Since then, Small had a falling out to Weekes politically and at times have played foil to the Small administration.
Weekes was born in Atlantic City and graduated from Howard University, where he received a bachelor’s in business administration with a concentration in finance. His professional career began in 2008 as a financial analyst for SecondMarket, Inc., located in New York. In 2011, he was promoted to associate and obtained his Series 7 and Series 63 FINRA licenses.
Weekes returned to Atlantic City in 2016, as he worked as a senior accountant for the city, as well as the constituent services director for the administration. His passion for community development led to his induction as a LEAD Atlantic City Tomorrow Fellow, as well as to a Senate Citation from the Second New Jersey Legislative District.
In 2014, he was recognized by the Greater Atlantic City Jaycees and Atlantic City Weekly as one of the area’s Top 40 under 40. He was also named to the Front Runner New Jersey’s initial 30 Under 40 Top Young African American Leaders of SJ in 2022.
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