Archive for the ‘Carrboro’ Category
Monday, April 28th, 2008 |
Nothing’s confirmed, but town is readying for a major rally and rock show May 2 at Town Commons
By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
No official confirmation yet, but Carrboro officials are planning for one of the largest crowds in town history after the board of aldermen greenlighted a request by the Barack Obama campaign to hold a major event Friday afternoon, May 2 at the Town Commons.
Town Manager Steve Stewart said the event, a concert and rally for the Illinois senator and leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, would be unprecedented since it will happen during business hours, while typically large events at Town Commons are held on weekends. The Obama campaign asked for the time slot, he said, because they want to be able to encourage attendees to take advantage of the early-voting site nearby at Town Hall.
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007 |
Lydia Lavelle (left) shares a laugh with her partner, Alicia Stemper. Lavelle was elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, receiving the most votes of any candidate
By Kirk Ross
Staff Writer
Lydia Lavelle, a first-time officeholder and resident of the newly annexed northern portion of Carrboro, gathered the most votes in the election for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen.
Lavelle took 1,656 votes, or roughly 25 percent of the vote, to top the list of alderman candidates. She was followed by two-term incumbent Joal Hall Broun and Alderman Dan Coleman, who was appointed to the board in 2006 and was running for election for the first time. Broun received 1,457 votes, or 22 percent, and Coleman won 1,305 votes — 20 percent.
The winners were followed by Katrina Ryan, running for the second time, with 927 votes, for 14 percent of the vote, and planning board member Sharon Cook, who received 861 votes, or 13 percent.
Frank Abernethy received 256 votes, or 4 percent.
In the mayor’s race, 74 percent opted to return incumbent Mark Chilton, who won a total of 1,709 votes. Challenger Brian Voyce received 426 votes, or 18 percent, and Chuck Morton received 158 votes, for 7 percent.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 50 (but I look younger)
Neighborhood: Downtown, next to the Town Commons for 15 years (since before there was a Farmer’s Market)
Family: Married to Wendy Wenck on May 5, 2005 after 20 years of togetherness. No children, but we have two terrier dogs and a yellow cat.
Profession/Business: Recent graduate in accounting, still looking for a real job. I have worked with Tarheel Takeout since August 2006.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 37
Neighborhood: Downtown Carrboro
Family: Married with two boys, ages 6 and 8.
Profession/Business: Attorney and broker
Education & Experience: Juris Doctor NCCU School of Law 1997; Bachelor of Arts, UNC-CH, Geography, 1993. Chapel Hill Town Council, 1991-1997; Carrboro Board of Aldermen, 2003-2005; Mayor of Carrboro, 2005-present.
Endorsements: The NC Sierra Club; The Hank Anderson Breakfast Club; The Independent Weekly; The Chapel Hill News; The Carrboro Police Officers Association
What do you hope to accomplish if elected?
I want to help make Carrboro a more environmentally, economically and socially sustainable community by addressing the issues listed in response to the next question.
What are the top two or three critical issues facing Carrboro?
1. Diversify Carrboro’s tax base through careful downtown re-development and revisions to the Northern Small Area Plan.
2. Make Carrboro the most pedestrian and bicycle friendly town in North Carolina by completing bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Estes Drive Extension and Smith Level Road and creating a Bolin Creek Greenway and a Morgan Creek Greenway.
3. Complete revisions to the Northern Small Area Plan with an emphasis on diverse housing, economic development, open space preservation, stream protection and farmland conservation.
What have you learned about our town in the campaign?
This is my third time running for office in Carrboro in the last four years. That means that I have walked along almost every street in Carrboro three times and I have knocked on thousands and thousands of doors. I have had the chance to speak with a huge number of residents and collectively they seem to agree on three points: 1) We need to limit Carrboro’s property taxes. 2) We need to make Carrboro a more walkable community. And 3) we live in the greatest town in North Carolina.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 40
Neighborhood: Highlands
Family: Husband, Randolph; daughters, Lara & Courtney; cat, Fred
Profession/Business: Pastry Chef, La Residence; Local Business Owner, Sugarland, Chapel Hill
Education & Experience: President, Orange County Democratic Women; founding member, Texas Abortion Access Network; media strategist, Bill Clinton for President 1992; media relations mgr., Ann Richards for Governor 1994; Bill Bradley Campaign 2000; John Edwards Iowa Primary staff 2004; BFA, Northwestern University; Diplome D’Etudes Culinaire- La Varenne Villecien, France
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 46
Neighborhood: Spring Valley Subdivsion
Family: Married to Jonathan E. Broun, two children
Profession/Business: Attorney; director, North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Lobbying Compliance Division
Education & Experience:
Two-term incumbent, seeking my third term. I am a graduate of Wake Forest University, B.A. History, 1983; Wake Forest School of Law, J.D., 1986. I previously served on the Orange Water and Sewer Authority for 5 years and I am a former member of the board of directors for the Orange County Dispute Settlement Center.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 46
Neighborhood: Fox Meadow
Family: Partner, Alicia Stemper; children, Riley (12) and Avery (9)
Profession/Business: Attorney/Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, North Carolina Central University School of Law
Education & Experience: B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College (1983); M.R.R., North Carolina State University (1985); recreation supervisor & recreation manager, City of Durham (1986-1993; 1996); J.D., North Carolina Central University (1993); City of Durham Recreation Advisory Committee (1994-1996); City of Durham Open Space and Trails (DOST) Commission and Trails Committee (1994-2003); chaired the Carrboro New Horizons Task Force, a temporary group created to serve as a liaison and communication conduit between the town and the newly annexed residents (May 2006 - June 2007); member, Carrboro Planning Board.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 55
Neighborhood: Fairoaks
Family: married with two children
Profession/Business: Develop database software for nonprofits
Education: Brown University; UNC School of Business Administration Program for Technical Managers
Experience: Board of Aldermen, Economic Sustainability Commission, Carolina North Leadership Advisory Council, Transit Partners Committee, Long Range Transit Study Committee, Orange County Economic Development Commission, HOME Consortium, New Horizons Task Force, Triangle J Council of Governments, Metropolitan Planning Organization (alternate), Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Group, Orange County Affordable Housing Task Force
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 53
Neighborhood: Highlands
Family: My husband, Bill, and I have been married for 23 years. We have three teenage children.
Profession/Business: For the past 18 years, I’ve been a homemaker and community volunteer working in a wide range of community organizations where I regularly apply my writing, research, leadership, organization and team-building skills.
Education & Experience: BA in Journalism, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1981. Member of the Carrboro Town Planning Board and representative to the Greenways Commission; participant in Northern Study Area community forums; petitioned the Legislature to create the Hogan Farms precinct; led petition drive to modify the Carrboro Town Charter to favor election over appointment of town officials; member of the Friends of Bolin Creek; advocate for the Rogers Road neighborhood; led grassroots effort to establish and served as representative to the Homestead and High School Road Safety Task Force; co-chair of the Smith Middle School-School Governance Committee; Orange United Methodist Church Youth Local Missions and Services coordinator; tutoring and other volunteer work in the city schools.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007 |
Age: 49
Neighborhood: The Village Apartments off Smith Level Road
Profession: Unemployed due to disability
Education and Experience: B.A. in Psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Former board member Disability Council; volunteer with Orange County Skills Development Center, Helpline and United Methodist Church; Governor’s award for outstanding volunteer of the year
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