In Attracting More Industry To Local Area
By Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Ask Democratic County Com
mission candidate T.L.. “Foun
tain” Odom to define the crucial
issues Mecklenburg County will
face in the 80s, he’s likely to
respond encouraging industrial
growth and maintaining good
living conditions among than.
During a recent interview Odom
recommended removing the
manufacturing inventory tax in
Noth Carolina to attract more
industry here.
“Growth at a planned rate,” is
his objective and along with that
improving the livability condi
* tions.
Odom, 42, advocates preserving
farms and upgrading housing and
the quality of the streams and air.
He foresees a need for promoting
mass transit. Mecklenburg County
needs higher density near main
r ss
arienes wiui more multi-family
homes or smaller single-family
units Odom said.
As chairman and member of the
Mecklenburg County Park and
Recreation Commission, Odom
supported the $20 million park
bond which the voters approved in
1978.
Black communities in particular
have received funding, Odom said,
for upgrading McDowell Park and
enhancing the quality of other
- recreational facilities.
Does Odom, an attorney, favor
tax increases? Yes, if they are to
maintain current levels of human
and social services, hospitals,
police and courts.
We could use cutbacks in build
ing and construction, he added.
There is “unnecessary duplica
tion for people to get permits and
inspections,” he said. They could
have those inspections done all at
once instead of by separate
agencies.
Born in Rocky Mount, N.C.,
Odom was raised in the BeiTyhiil
Township on the westside and has
lived in the Steele Creek commun
ity since 1965.
Odom emphasized he is a life
time resident of Mecklenburg
County and be is the “only
candidate that was raised and
educated and still lives on the
westside of Mecklenburg County.”
He is a member of the West
Charlotte Rotary Club, Greater
CharloUeChamber^^Commeree^
and President of the Kennedy
Junior High PTSA as well as an
elder and former deacon at Plea
sant Hill Presbyterian Church.
After attending Charlotte Col
lege, Odom graduated from UNC
Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill
Law School.
The candidate is married to the
former Jane Lowe of Charlotte and
they have four children
VOTE,
r shut up.
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