6The Daily Tar HeelThursday, November 3, 1983
Carrboro Board of Aldermen race
Candidates address town's problems, possible solutions
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Extra credit
Sunday night is extra credit night, a night for both students and pro
fessors to learn outside of the classroom. Murphy cubbyholes will be ex
changed for spacious houses; chemistry lectures for open discussions.
It's been dubbed "An Evening with the Profs," a chance for students
to hobnob with their teachers.
At 7 p.m., 20 or more students will gather at the homes of 20 UNC
professors and administrators. There, they'll discuss whatever comes to
mind: the invasion of Grenada, Carolina's football season or perhaps the
midterm scheduled for next week. As organizer Jon Reckford has said,
students and professors will sit and chat, much in the way they did in the
days of Lenoir Hall. Then, as any old-timer can tell you, students and
faculty met each morning for coffee, doughnuts and conversation.
Fifteen years have passed since the closing of Lenoir, but the need for
faculty-student interaction has remained the same. When a student and a
professor meet, new ideas are formed and academic thought is enhanced.
Professors make valuable teachers outside the classroom, most having
been students themselves for a great part of their lives. And students offer
new insights into teaching by coming up with new ideas, or simply asking
questions.
For these reasons, a new Lenoir Hall is scheduled to open next fall.
Until then, students should make a commitment to meeting and getting
to know the professors. This Sunday's "Evening with the Profs" is a
great way to start.
SUN-TIMES SOLD!!
Rupert Murdoch, head of a newspaper empire that stretches from
Australia to the United States, added still another market Tuesday when
he agreed to buy the Chicago Sun-Times, one of the top 10 circulation
papers in America. The price: a modest $90 million for both the paper
and Field Newspaper Syndicate, which distributes, among other things,
Ann Landers' column.
Murdoch is probably best known for owning the New York Post, a
tabloid of sensationalist headlines and pictures of women who could
qualify for the least-dressed list. Understandably, then, Murdoch's repu
tation made Sun-Times employees and crusty newspaper editors across
the nation drop their pica sticks. The Post was once a "respectable"
'newspaper, and many have feared that Murdoch would change the
Chicago tabloid to reflect its New York counterpart's journalistic in
tegrity. Such a change probably would be a smart business move. Under
its new format, the Post has nearly doubled its circulation since Murdoch
purchased it in 1976. The similar National Enquirer claims to have the
largest weekly circulation in America.
Yet Murdoch Tuesday promised Sun-Times employees that their paper
would remain largely unchanged and would retain its "own individual
character." For the time being, Murdoch's statement probably can be
taken at face value. Besides his sensationalist papers, Murdoch also owns
The Village Voicey New York magazine and, most surprising, The Times
of London. Since acquisition by Murdoch, these publications have re
mained basically unchanged, even improving in some cases. Hopefully,
then, the Sun-Times will continue to prosper as a legitimate alternative to
its wealthy rival, The Chicago Tribune, and preserve the competition be
tween the two Pulitzer Prize-winning newspapers.
A picture of Zona Norwood, candidate for the Carrboro Board of Aldermen,
was inadvertently run with the campaign statement of Nancy Preston, candidate for
Chapel Hill Town Council, in Wednesday's DTH The DTH regrets the error.
Following is the complete text of Preston 's statement, including her photograph.
Nancy Preston
I believe the Town Council will face
decisions in the years immediately
before us that will be critical in Chapel
Hill's development. These decisions
will determine whether the town's
physical environment and community
institutions re
tain a human
scale.
Our thor
oughfare plan,
our zoning laws
and our inade
quate water
supply are our
most press
ing concerns.
Others, such as
downtown
Preston
parking and
maintaining a sensible
budget that will continue to provide the
town's services without undue hardship
to the citizenry, follow as close sec
onds. We need to send a thoroughfare plan
to Raleigh so work can begin on those
roads, such as U.S. 15-501, that need
immediate improvement. However,
our thoroughfare plan must not include
the one-way pairing of Franklin, and
Rosemary streets. This one proposal
will do more in one quick stroke to
destroy the familiarity and character of
Chapel Hill than anything I can think
of. I stand unalterably opposed to one
way streets in downtown Chapel Hill.
Our zoning ordinance needs review.
The loosening of the economy and the
sudden explosion of building have
given us the chance to see what our
ordinance will allow. Developers are
not to blame for what is happening.
They are following the law we have ap
proved. Infill has become a bad word, but
there are many kinds of infill. One new
single-family home in a single-family
neighborhood is not a threat. However,
more than 50 units on a 1.6-acre site
next to single-family neighborhoods is
an entirely different matter. We need to
review carefully our development ordi
nance and amend those aspects that
will bring undesirable results.
At present, the town's resources for
evaluating development proposals are
strained to the limit. To assure sound
and thorough review of all proposals, I
feel the process for review should be
changed. I would recommend that our
planning staff accept new applications
at a predetermined pace that will give
them and all the various bodies in
cluding the public (especially the
public!) adequate time to give full
attention to every aspect of the
development. Moreover, I would also
recommend that for projects involving
a significant amount of land say two
to five acres developers be required
to publish in the newspaper both an ar
ticle and a map showing exactly where
and what they propose to build. This
will give the public a chance to know
what is happening in their town and a
chance to respond.
Our water supply must be increased.
I would support a short-term mora
torium on new tap-ons until we are
more certain of the future of Cane
Creek. University Lake should be
dredged while low, and the silt sold to
help pay for the work. Ultimately, our
water source will be Jordan Lake. We
should begin now to work with our
legislators to urge the cleaning of the
Haw River, since it feeds Jordan Lake.
I hope these suggestions will move us
in the direction of a middle ground that
will accommodate growth and yet be
sensitive to those aspects of Chapel Hill
its beauty, its history, its pace of life,
its variety of people that we all
value.
Finally, if elected, I hope all Chapel
Hillians would feel welcome to bring
their concerns about town affairs to
me, knowing they would receive a sym
pathetic hearing.
Nancy Preston, a Triangle area resi
dent for 25 years, has served as presi
dent of the Chapel Hill Preservation
Society and as a member of the His
toric District Commission and is a
candidate for the Chapel Hill Town
Council.
Doug Anderson
As stated at a recent forum held by the
League of Women Voters, "My stands on
the various topics relative to this political
campaign seem to be, for the most part,
very much in line with most of the can
didates." In view of the relatively low pro
file of this election,
a multitude of con
troversial topics are
not readily avail
able for conversa
tion. However,
there are a few
pressing issues for
us candidates to
address.
I feel strongly
that the citizens of
Carrboro must be
Anderson
well-represented on voluntary boards and
committees to improve the input of the
citizens to the operation of the town. I
wish to improve the communication of im
portant information to the citizens
through a more direct approach, i.e.,
delivered newsletters, meetings and ac
tivities lists on the cable TV channels, and
having a sign in front of the Town Hall
(large enough to be read from passing cars)
listing the various board and committee
meeting dates and times. When commit
tees or boards present their findings to the
Board of Aldermen, fulf consideration
should be given to those suggestions prior
to staff recommendations. Our hard
working volunteers must be heard.
I feel that all citizens of Carrboro,
whether students, senior citizens, blacks,
whites, etc. should be actively involved in
directing the Board of Aldermen to make
the appropriate decisions regarding all
items brought before them. I would pro
pose a time be set aside for the citizens to
have access to the board's ear in a more
relaxed situation than a board meeting or
hearing.
We must improve the traffic congestion
in the downtown area. It seems the
John Boone
Issues that I think are important in this
election are: 1) open and honest govern
ment, 2) the extension of Franklin Street
to West Main Street, 3) a proposal for the
improvement of traffic flow along the
N.C. 54 and U.S. 15-501 bypasses and 4)
downtown revitali
zation. If elected, I
will support all
these positions. I
would hope student
citizens would be
concerned about
these issues.
We all want open
and honest govern
ment. A town gov
ernment in which
Boone
people can tell they have a voice. A town
government that lets the citizens know we
care about their problems and concerns. A
town government that lets people know
they can get results when they come to
Town Hall.
I have been on the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen for the past 12 years. At the pre
sent time I am serving as mayor pro-tem. I
have served on various committees within
town government: Law and Finance,
Public Works, the Recreation Commission
and the Mayor's Task Force on Economic
Bill Koole
Recognizing the need for long-range
planning, the legislature provides that
municipalities have zoning jurisdiction be
yond their actual ; boundaries. Planning
authority in areas in which development is .
imminent is absolutely essential if Carr
boro is to achieve
the goals that its'
citizens have con-i
sistently articu
lated. Among those
goals are:
Maintenance
of high aesthetic
and quality stan
dards for develop
ment. Protection of
the distinctive
character of the community.
Provision of an adequate supply of
commercial services and sufficient private
sector activity to guarantee employment to
all.
Among the most serious threats to
orderly growth and development in Carr
boro is the confining character of our
planning district. Prevented from expand
ing to the south, west and east, Carrboro
truly has only one direction in which to
.grow. Moreover, our boundaries already
extend beyond the extraterritorial planning
area to the north. This problem has been
known for years, and yet the Board of
Aldermen has not acted to get the county
commissioners or the state legislature to in
crease our jurisdiction.
The needed orderly growth and
development of Carrboro is severely
threatened by the failure of our Aldermen
to make a serious commitment to plan
ning. The investment of valuable town
staff labor in comprehensive zoning plans,
extensive amendment of land use regula
tions and careful research and criticism of
proposed land development plans often
goes to waste as the aldermen put off mak
ing hard decisions, ignore the provisions of
town ordinances and base determinations
that affect the entire community on the
reactions of a small number of vocal
citizens or the interests of individual
developers.
The influx of student population that
Koole
Thoroughfare Plan is the most ap
propriate way. However, this plan must be
scrutinized to assure that the adjacent
neighborhoods are protected (buffered)
and that a minimum of family dwellings
are disturbed. In addition, the right of way
required by the state for such a plan must
be negotiated so as not to place any un
necessary problems on current property
owners. I also believe that we must at
tempt to entice more people-oriented
businesses into the downtown area and fill
up the vacant store fronts. I think the "old
town" atmosphere of Carrboro is unique
and must be maintained. I also feel that we
as citizens of Carrboro must assist the
town administration in assuring that the
appearance of Carrboro continues to im
prove and that the maintenance and addi
tion of shrubs and trees in various areas
around town must continue.
As a concerned citizen, I favor long
range planning in all aspects of town ad
ministration and government. We need to
establish realistic goals and objectives for
the town and make every effort to ac
complish themA municipality without a
. plan will flounder until it dies. We must
plan for growth; there is no other way to
control it. Growth and zoning must go
hand in hand and not on a continuance of
variations based on specific cases.
We as citizens must protect our water
supply through support of the recently
adopted proposed water quality ordi-
. nance. Once again, growth in the watershed
are must be scrutinized closely fbr the
good health of us all.
I support the development of a multi
year budget plan to allow the citizens and
board to view the future fiscal needs and
requirements of the community.
Doug Anderson, associate director in
radiology administration at N.C.
Memorial Hospital and a 4-year resident
of the area, is a candidate for the Board of
Aldermen.
Development. I am a member of the Carr-'
boro Methodist Church.
I have held various offices in my church.
At present, I am serving as chairman of
the Pastor-Staff-Parish Committee. I am
also a member of the Carrboro Lions Club
and have held various offices in this club.
At present, I serve on the Board of Direc
tors. I also serve on the Board of Directors
of the Carrboro Art t School and the
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Salvation Army Ad
visory Board.
I have always worked to have an open
and honest government in Carrboro. I
have worked to have an efficient town
government.
I have worked for a town government
that lets the citizens know we care about
their problems and concerns. That way
when they come to Town Hall with these
problems and concerns they can get some
results.
As a candidate for the Board of
Aldermen, I promise to be responsible to
all citizens of Carrboro. Working together,
we can have what we want for Carrboro.
John Boone, a lifetime resident of Carr
boro and a 12-year member of the Board,
is a candidate for re-election.
resulted from the uncontrolled building
boom in the early 1970s was the first stage
of an ongoing shift in the character of the
population of Carrboro. Much of the
building going on now is geared to a new
market of young professional people who
will contribute to achieving a better
balance of interests in the community.
The town of Carrboro supports many
public service and charitable organizations
such as the Rape Crisis Center, RSVP, the
Dispute Settlement Center and the Carr
boro Art School. I feel that these organiza
tions deliver far more to Carrboro in ser
vices to our citizens than these programs
cost.
Another topic that is discussed often is
the bus service. My opponents often voice
the opinion that this service must become
self-supporting. This is ridiculous. Fares
are already at an all-time high. Every time
fares are raised ridership declines. In order
for the bus service to earn a larger share of
its operating costs it must increase rider
ship. In order to do that the bus service
must be more convenient to use. We need
more Park and Ride lots, the routes need
to be re-evaluated and future developers
should be required to install bus shelters
and bus pads.
Among the most significant accomplish
ments of the town of Carrboro in recent
years is the adoption of the report of the
town's Water Quality Task Force. At great
expense in the labor of town staff and the
time of numerous volunteer citizens, an
ordinance was written that I believe will
adequately protect the quality of our water
supply, provided that it is properly en
forced. The citizens of Carrboro have a
responsibility to the much larger com
munity of OWASA customers to see to it
that we have conscientious elected officials
and a qualified professional staff to en
force our land use code. Short-sighted
budget-cutting in the town's planning,
zoning and inspection departments could
have severe implications for our future.
Bill Koole, an accountant with HKB
Associates in Chapel Hill and a 5-year resi
dent of Carrboro, is a candidate for the
Board of Aldermen.
Chapel Hill, Carrboro elections
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Today: In the Carrboro Board of Aldermen race, six candidates
are vying for the three available seats. Their platforms are
expressed today on this page.
. Friday: Incumbent Joe Nassif is running unopposed in the Chapel
Hill mayoral race, and two candidates are fighting to
become Carrboro's next mayor.
Endorsements: Also on Friday, the DTH endorses candi
dates for Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro
Board of Aldermen.
Monday: The DTH endorses a candidate for the Carrboro mayoral
race.
Doris Foushee
I am a candidate for the Carrboro
Board of Aldermen because I am a people
person and I am sensitive to the issues and
needs of the people in our community. I
am qualified for the position because I
have leadership and planning experience
and the will to use
what I have learned
to help others.
In the past I have
learned to listen, to
be patient and to
use sound judg
ment in my struggle
to be an asset to my
family and com
munity. For the
past eight years, I
have been a nursing
Foushee
and health care specialist counselor for the
City of Durham CETA program. The ex-r
perience, and my past experience as a
public health worker and member of
various community organizations, have
enabled me to work with a cross-reference
of community members. Working, learn
ing and growing together is the link that
cements understanding and trust necessary
for sound community planning.
' I will strive to improve immediate and
long-range management in city govern
ment. I believe that public officials should
work hard to help keep taxes down and
Zona Norwood
The Thoroughfare Plan and the
revitalization of the Central Business
District, in my judgment, are the two ma
jor issues with which Carrboro residents
are concerned in this election campaign.
A thoroughfare plan to provide safe and
easy traffic flow
through and
around Carrboro is
a real need due to
the serious traffic
problems that cur
rently exist. I sup
port the extension
of Franklin Street
and the widening
of N.C. 54 as the
best means of deal
ing with the volume
Norwood
of traffic.
The manner as well as the time frame in
which the Central Business District is to be
redeveloped is another area of concern to
many citizens. The Blue Ribbon Down
town Revitalization Task Force Report has
several recommendations, three of which
have been approved. I am supportive of
those three projects, and I agree with the
Board of Aldermen that additional office
space and parking areas are needed for the
Central Business District.
If elected to the Carrboro Board of
Aldermen, I will encourage the establish
ment of a Special Task Force to develop a
long-range plan for the town, to be
developed from citizen participation and
input through the following process:
by determining what the citizens want
the town to be,
B. Willis Wilson
Drinking Water
The quality and supply of University
Lake must be protected. Even when Cane
Creek Reservoir is built, its waters flow
through University Lake. Cane Creek
must proceed together with a cleanup of
Jordan Lake for
future use.
Growth Manage
ment We want our
community to grow,
but in an orderly
and predetermined
way. I support an
ongoing planning
process coupled
with Action. We -must
determine our Wilson
maximum growth now. We must also
decide how to protect the historical sec
tions of town before it is too late.
Zoning
The infill concept needs to be reworked
immediately. The idea is good, but it does
not allow adequate protection of existing
single-family neighborhoods. This prob
lem can be addressed through both careful
amendments to the zoning map and
amendments to the land use ordinance it
self. Something must be done now.
Public Transportation
Carrboro has the best bus system in this
state of any community its size and of
many that are much larger. I support it
and will work to make it available wherever
there is a demand. I am extremely con
cerned about the efforts of the Reagan ad
ministration the last two years to end
federal operating assistance. We must
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maintain our parks, trees and highways. I
favor greenways and growth that does not
impede our clean air, water and other
natural resources. I favor a revised thor
oughfare plan and will work to see that
there is transportation in areas outside the
city limits, if needed. I believe that volun
teerism should be encouraged in Carrboro.
Community members will work together
for a common goal when they feel wel
come to pitch in and provide some input to
the beauty and growth of Carrboro.
I will support the one-half-cent sales tax
increase if the Carrboro citizens pass a
referendum on the one-half cent increase.
I feel that OWASA should obtain land
around the watershed in order to protect
our water supply.
I am the parent of Andrea Foushee, a
junior at Chapel Hill High School, and
Jeffrey Foushee, a freshman at Liv
ingstone College. I earned a Master of
Public Health degree from the UNC
School of Public Health, a Bachelor of
Science degree in health from N.C. Cen
tral University and would like the oppor
tunity to serve my community in an of
ficial capacity.
Doris Foushee, a mother of two and a
radio host for WAFR in Durham, is a can
didate for the Board of Aldermen.
by identifying the needs and
establishing objectives, and
by fulfilling those needs and realizing
the objectives through planning expendi
ture of available resources.
Such a plan should be re-evaluated at
five-year intervals to provide an updating
of accomplishments as well as to set new
objectives.
I will work to see that a management
and operational study is made of the town
government organization to assure that we
are working through the most effective
and efficient system to meet the needs of
the citizens of Carrboro.
Because the bus system is invaluable to
many citizens and the E-Z Rider service
provides independence to many senior
citizens as well as to handicapped citizens,
I will support maintaining the services our
town now provides and expanding those
services as resources permit. The bike and
pedestrian paths in existence should be ex
tended and connectd to improve their safe
ty and access. And I will support a
thoroughfare plan that will provide safe
and easy traffic flow through and around
Carrboro.
In all phases of town government, I will
encourage active involvement and citizen
participation, for it is only with that kind
of input that elected officials are able to
represent all the citizens of the town.
Zona Norwood, a 14-year Carrboro
resident and the administrative assistant to
UNC President William C. Friday, is a
candidate for the Board of Aldermen.
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begin now to prepare for the possible loss
of these funds. We are already behind.
Fiscal Policy
Like a business, Carrboro must address
next year's fiscal needs as well as those of
years in the future. Anyone who tells you
. he promises not to raise taxes in the future
has not been to the grocery store in the
past few years. I promise that I will look
hard at Carrboro's finances, both for pre
sent and future. I will be tight with your
dollars and be listening to you when you
tell me what services you want from the
town and what you do not want. Some
long-range financial commitments must be
made for such things as right of way for
the Franklin Street extension, repaving
certain town streets. I will fight hard for
every dime Carrboro has coming to it from
the federal and state governments, and I
pledge to use these dollars for limited pur
poses such as capital improvements, since
they cannot be counted on from year to
year.
Franklin Street Extension
The Franklin Street extension is a real
necessity. Like it or not, our town stands
between where a lot of people work and
where they live. The best thing we can do is
face this fact and get these folks through
town with a minimum of disruption to the
rest of us, who could then enjoy our
downtown. This can be done with mini
mum impact on existing neighborhoods, if
we make the commitment to do so.
B. Willis Wilson, pastor of the St. Paul
African Methodist Episcopal Church in
Chapel Hill since 1982, is a candidate for
the Board of Aldermen.