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Post Staff Writer
The field for the District 2
county commissioner race la
getting larger by the week, with
businessman Naatf Majeed
ready to toss his hat In the ring.
Majeed said he will make an
official announcement later In
the month concerning his bid,
following an organizational
study and consultation with
prospective campaign workers.
Although he hasn't officially
declared his candidacy, he's
•ending all the signals of a can
didate. talking aalf he s ready to
campaign.
»"We're going to give it a good
.* Majeed said. "We're about
percent sure that we're going
to run."
With Mqjeed’# Impending an
nouncement, the Democratic
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nera now na* two candidates,
with optometrist Raleigh By
num already in the race. Inc
mumbent Bob Walton has not
officially declared, but will
make an announcement later
this month.
Candidates can register with
the Mecklenburg Board of Elec
tions starting Jan. 4.
Citing his involvement In the
local community on a business
and personal level, Majeed said
he was approached by residents
who felt he should seek the Dem
ocratic nomination.
Long active in the black com
munity, Maleed Is a member of
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Housing Authority, Project Cat
alyst and the West Charlotte Op
timist Club, which he said ex
posed him to the needs of Dis
trict 3.
“With my Involvement in the
community, you get to see a lot
of things.* he informed. "It Just
happened to mesh. It wasn’t an
intentional type of thing."
Majeed. who owns a fast food
Aibnght To Stay At J.C. Sr lth
where I want to be," he sakl. "
Texas Southern, the third larg
est black college In America,
with about 7,300 students.
an attractive offer, Albright
aald. with an annual salary of
$115,000 ahd a hone, life insu
rance and car allowance that
came to $350,000. Although his
yearly deal with Smith, which
amounts to $70,000 yearly Is
"considerably less" than TSU’s.
Albright aald he deckled to with
draw after friends and commu
nity leaden asked him to stay
on.
"That outpouring of support
Justified the belief that we have
at Johnson C. Smith." he al
lowed.
Albright said that whan he
took the lob at Smith he prom
ised the board that he'd stay at
least five yean and probably'
will stay at least until some of
the biggest university protects.
Including an honors college and
Project Catalyst, an nallty.
That may take another ibur or
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live years, ne saw.
When asked If he would enter
tain other offers, Albright didn't
close the door, but he didn't open
It. either.
1 say never say never to any
thing. It's hard lor me to say," he
explained. ^
Since assuming the presidency
in 1083, Albright has Initiated
an "era of excellence" at JCSU,
raising entrance standards and
requiring research papers and
requiring students to pass com
petency tests at the end of the
sophomore end senior year.
With those changes In place.
NAACP Works Hardy Hooks Says
NASHVILLE. Tenn. (API — The
executive director of the NAACP
••ye the civil rights organisa
tion has never been more euc
cesehd or worked harder.
"It all depends on what news
want to write about I've
got hundreds of programs, like
Job preparation. We've been
the devil but none
Hooka, who has boot head of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
■Ince 1970, said seme strategies
have changed over the years.
We need to continue building
coalitions to solve problems of
racism. There are times when we
may need to march, but It de- ,
pends on the circumstances.
There must always be a reason
for It," he said. #
Cutting Social Security Benefits
Squeezes The Poor, Sanford Claims
WASHINGTON. D.C. - Trying to
reduce the deOcK by cutting
bock on Social Security cost-oT
living adjustment* would be
‘•queering nickel* and dime*
from the pocket* of the poorest
of the elderly." Senator Terry
Sanford said recently.
Tt will be the government
equivalent of sending a Mother’s
Beard with postage due.* Son
Mid in a speech on the Sen
ate floor. \ V>!
Sanford pointed out that So
cial Security benefits are paid
from an Independent trust fond,
on* that Is running a surplus,
and that the COlAi would be
paid from that surplus.
"But (he deficit Is not part of
the trust frmd." Sanford said. Tt
Is part of the debt we owe for
public expenditures outside the
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Albright said the school has
made progress in Improving its
academic standing, but there Is
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restaurant and is president of
the West Trade-Beattles Ford
Road Merchants Association,
said his top priority as a candi
date is to bring better services to
District 2. a predominately
black area that has reelected
Walton to four consecutive
terms.
"We^re generally in the process
of looking at the area of Improv
ing the quality of life in District
2. particularly In human servic
es and economics." he said.
There's a lot that can be done in
those areas."
Majeed said the race should
provide a good bit of debate
among the candidates until the
May primary and the real win
ners will be the voters.
"I think that's healthy. That's
Just wholesome In the democrat
ic process." he stressed. "I'm
rooking at being able to inform
people of our record and based
on that record make an In
formed choice."
District Court Judge Fulton
To Run For Superior Court
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Post Staff Writer
District Court Judge Shirley
Fulton has declared that she
will make a bid for the Demo
cratic nomination to a newly
created Superior Court seat.
Fulton, 35. served as an assist
ant district attorney In Char
lotte from 1982 until Gov. Jim
Martin appointed her to her cur
rent position In January.
Fulton Is a 1977 graduate of
N.C. A&T where she majored In
Business Administration. After
earning a law degree from Duke
Untverstly in 1980, Fulton land
at a Durham law firm
assistant dls
and Republican
the seat next May.
superior court Judges
travel outside their districts to
hear cases across the state, the
election will be dlecided In a
statewide election next Novem
ber.
Filing for elected offices begins
Jan. 4.
Fulton said that although she
hasn't been In her new Job very
long, running for a superior
court seat Is an opportunity that
cant be passed up.
Judge Shirley Fulton n°4oB'<*MnI)-'«—
It s something I want to do,"
she said.
The election process forjudges
differs from other officials In
that there Is hardly any parti
san politicking or debating con
troversial Issues, such as the
death penalty or abortion.
"There are restrictions that
aren't applied to other officials,"
Fulton explained. "All you can
really say Is that you’ll be fair to
both sides.”
Fulton said she doesn't de
scribe herself as a liberal or con
servative because that clouds
what being a Justice Is about.
"I don't know what those words
mean," she assessed. "I basically
think of myself as being fair."
s Support By Sponsoring Parade Float
Urfcan League '■ Float, fcatiMai
Jones. Teresa Smith and Janie
Smith. -
"We know that the Urban
League has done a lot of good
things In this community." says
Dr. Dennis Watts, "and we want
ed to help them In letting more
people know about the League
and Its prtyams."
Watts also said that sponsor
ing the Urban League's participa
tion In the parade eras another
means of showing the communl
ty he serves that he supports
them. Located at 3501 Beatties
Ford Road near Interstate 85. a
large segment of his patients Is
black
"We have enjoyed support from
all segments of the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Community." says
Fails, ’ and we welcome any ad
ditional friends such as Dr.
Watta."
Of the thousands who viewed
the parade on television or from
Lit Gov. Appoints Richardson
RALEIGH'** Lieutenant Gov
ernor Bob Jordan haa appointed
Senator Jamee F. Richardson
fl>- Mecklenburg) to the Social
Servtcea Study Commission and
as Senate Co Chairman of the
North Carolina Study Commis
sion on Aging.
“Senator Richardson will do
an outstanding lob on these
Commissions ana I am pleased
he Is vMMSg to assume these re
sponsibilities," Lt Oov. Jordan
stated In making these appoint
ments.
Senator Richardson, who to
serving hie first term In the Sen*
•as ■Mnrdesn On A^ps 1A
the curb, the Urban League hopes
many new supporters also come
forward.
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