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Stallings, Grother file for town council
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
One incumbent and one hope
ful candidate filed Monday for
seats on the Edenton Town Coun
cil on opening day of the filing pe
riod that closes Friday, July 17 at
noon. The election will take place
Nov. 3.
Councilman Jimmy Stallings
filed for re-election to the First
Ward seat he has held for almost
16 years (4 terms). Stallings said
he hoped to be re-elected to help
see projects on wlrich he has
worked come to fruition, includ
ing the relocation of the Edenton
Police Department as welhhs the
redevelopment projects for the
North Oakum Street and Moseley
Street neighborhoods.
“I’m really looking forward
to seeing those things finished,”,
Stallings said.
George Grother filed to oppose1
incumbent Sambo Dixon for the
Second Ward seat
Dixon currently
holds. Grother un
successfully ran
for the at-large
seat on the coun
cil currently held
by Bob Quinn.
Quinn was elect
ed to the seat in
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2010 after defeating Grother and
incumbent Jerry Parks.
Grother, who has a history of
volunteering in the community
with organizations such as Chow
an-Perquimans Habitat for Hu
manity and the Edenton-Chowan
Food Pantry, said he planned to
run on the same platform he did
last time he ran for office — one
centered on integrity.
“If elected I promise to put the
people’s best interests ahead of
anything else,” he said.
Grother said that as a town
See FILING, 2A
PHOTO COURTESY PAM STALLINGS
Jimmy Stallings, Edenton’s
mayor pro tern, files for
re-election to town council
with help from grandaughter
Hailey Roberson. To the
right is Rebecca Lowe, the
county elections director,
who is registering Stallings
| as a candidate in the Nov. 3
i Municipal Election.
Civitas backs group pushing wind rogs
From staff reports
The Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom Is ad
vising a group of Chowan County residents who believe the
county’s current ordinance regarding wind turbines does
not adequately account for the health, safety, and property
rights of county residents. The partnership Is part of CLFs
ongoing mission to provide free legal representation to
North Carolinians who face difficult legal and policy issues,
according to a press release from CLF.
hi October of 2013, Chowan County passed an ordinance
to govern wind energy facilities. However, a group of con
cemed citizens felt the ordinance did not properly account
for the health and safety of county residents. For example,
the citizen group maintains that the ordinance dot's have
sufficient property setback, volume limit, and escrow ac
count requirements to assure that die interests of residents
are accounted for, according to the CLF release.
The residents are concerned that the commission’s intent
to write laws dial attract wind energy developers has led to
an ordinance dial does not adequately protect die county’s
people and land, according to CLF
See WIND REGS, 4A
Jackson thanks commissioners for funding
BY REBECCA BUNCH
AND REGGIE PONDER
Staff Writers
Edenton-Chowan
Schools Superintendent
fiob Jackson Monday night
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thanked the Chowan Board
of Commissioners for work
ing with school officials on
a multi-year solution to
school facility needs.
Jackson said that just as
the schools teach their stu
dents to do, and just as he
teaches his own children,
he wanted to say thank
you’ to the commissioners
for their support.
Jackson made his re
marks during the public
f.
comment period at the
commissioners’ meeting
Monday night.
The superintendent said
he is proud to be a citizen
of Chowan County and
coasiders it an honor and
privilege to be superinten
dent of die Edenton-Chow
an Schools.
As superintendent, it Is
his duty to speak up for the
children in the school sys
tem, he said.
The county coinmission
el's this year included some
$600,000 in the 2015-2016
county budget for schools
capital outlay. That is three
times what has been allo
cated for capital outlay for
the schools in recent years.
The capital outlay budget
request from the schools
this year included a list of
prioritized capital needs
i
See THANKS, 4A
Board postpones
decision regarding
tighter wind regs
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
The Chowan County
Board of Commissioners
voted unanimously Mon
day night to table to a fu
ture meeting a propositi to
make the county’s wind en
ergy ordinance substantially
stricter.
Lin Bond presented the
petition (tn behalf of Citi
zens for Protective Wind
Ordinance.
Bond noted the Planning
Board had recommended
six changes to the existing
wind ordinance.
The petition has garnered
more than 645 signatures,
according to Bond.
Commissioner Alex Ke
hayes briefly chaired the
meeting Monday night after
Lauren Womble, the county
attorney, recommended
that Chairman Jeff Smith
not vote due to a conflict of
interest.
Womble said her re
search, which had included
consultation with the School
of Government at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, had led her to
the conclusion that Smith
should not vote on legisla
tive matters related to wind
energy because of his own
ership interest in a family
corporation that has entered
into negotiations with Apex
Clean Energy Inc. regarding
the Timbermill Wind Energy
Project.
See DECISION, 4A
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