Incumbent Seeks Second Term
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By Audrey C. Lodato
Post StaH Writer
City Council Incumbent Richard
Vlnroot is running fair reelection to
his second term.
One of three at-large Republican
candidates, Vlnroot describes him
self as a '‘middle-of-the-roader”
who is "willing to be educated" on
the issues and who has provided
“even-tempered Judgment" to a
broad rang* of concerns during his
first two years on the Council.
- Vlnroot is proud of the fact that
this City Council has worked well
. together. When there have been dis
agreements, there have been no
“potshots," he says. The preeent
Council, he adds, is a good balance
*of sensitive, thoughtful members
and “some like me who want to get
on with It."
The candidate believes the biggest
issue to face the new Council will be
one of priorities: “how we will cope
with the loss of funds from revenue
sharing." The City, he says, will be
forced to either find alternate sourc
.’he of income (such as some form of
taxation) or cut back on services
Vlnroot foresees the Council strug
gling “long and hard” over Otis
Among specific areas he tw»w«
are of particular Importance:
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Hickory Grove Preebyterian
Church, 4; Third Proabytorian
Church, S; New Covenant ARP
Church, 29; Hidden Valley School,
49; Grace Baptist Church, 43;
Shamrock Gardens Elementary
School, 44; Windsor Park School, 48;
feriarwood School, 80; Shamrock
Drive Baptiet Church, 61; Greenville
Memorial AME Zion Church, 89.
fi 5« DISTRICTS •
Amity Presbyterian Church, Pre
cinct 6; Randolph Junior High, 7;
Eastway Junior High, 33; Oakhurst
School, 94; Cotawold School, 96;
Providence Baptiet Church, 38; Tri
nity Preebyterian Church, 47; Albe
marle Road Elementary School, 62;
Idlewild School, 61; Bast Mecklen
burg High School, 64; Sardis Proe
byterian Church, 66; Rama Road
School, 66; Albemarle Road Presby
terian Church, 83; Albemarle Road
JiadirBUli, 64; Charlotte Christian
High School, 85.
'DI8TRICT7
Park Road Moravian Church, 87;
Starmouot School, 58; Lanedowne
School, 87; St. Stephen United Me
thodist Church, 88; Okie Providence
School, 86; Carmel Baptiet Church,
70; Carmel Presbyterian Church,
»; Beverly Woods School, 79;
mmton Baptist Church, 75; Hunting
towne Parma Elementary School,
36; Carmel Junior fflgh, 85; CPCC
learning Center (10761 Park Rd ),
47; Living Savior Lutheran
Church, 46; Messiah Lutheran
Church, 90; McKee Road Baptist
Church, 91.
Democrats
Continsed Prom Page IA
bang later this fall, but details are
still being finalised.
AccartBhg to SI man, money Is
vital to the Democratic Party’s
ability to sngage la a two-party
fight, a new experience in North
Carolina This state used to be all
Democrats.*’ ha remarks. “gWe
That there is a'chSenge now and
will be in the future cannot be
denied. But, comments Siman,
"there’s a new spirit eoming Into the
Democratic Party” to moat the
Looking ahead to ism, the toST
Democratic goal will be to raise
*100,000, which the party will use to
support candidates and help local
camwa, aa well aa nm the office.
; What Is Simaa’a long-term goal,
say three years from now? "I'd like ,
to have organised the people who are
Democrats so that, not only era they
giving on a regular besia. hut more
importantly, that they aea them
Just whenthqnttfe IndectKi’^*
To accomplish (Ms goal, Simaa
plans donor duba at varying levsla
of giving, hem the Renaissance
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opment, employment, development
in the northwest, construction of s
beltway on the western end north- •
em perimeters connecting the air
port and UNCC, and “coping with
growth.”
The 3006 Plan, he points out, is
“full of very specific ideas and very
big Investments.” A controversial
item, which interests Vinroot is the
“district planning system" wherein
the city-county would be divided into
district for planning purposes.
He has no regrets about his
position on various Issues before the
Council in the past. To the con
trary, results were sometimes
better than he expected, he says.
• Among positions ha has taken: far
a downtown site for a paw coli
seum; against a proposed income
tax; for expanding the City’s
M-WBE policy; against selling City
owned land to a private developer
rather than to the County for human
services programs,
t T Vinroot believes Council some
times gets too bogged down in the
details of running the City. Defer
ring some of these details to the City
Manager TOM staff would provide
Council with more time to look at
long-range planning and goal
setting, be maintains.
During his first two years, the
Council member has served on
committees for transportation, plan-'
ning and public woAa, Joint capi
tal needs, and planning liaison with
the County.
A native Chariottean who has
lived here all his Life “except for the
Army and law school," is a partner
in the law firm, Robinson, Brad
shaw and Hinson, P.A. He is in
volved In numerous community ac
thritas, serving on the boards of
directors of the YMCA, Spirit
Square, and the Mint Museum. A
Morehead Scholarship recipient at
. UNC-Chapel Hill, Vlnroot is on the
board of his alma mater’s General
Alumni Association, is vice chair
man of the university’s Board of
Visitors, and is a member of the
Central Selection Committee of the
Morehead Scholarship Program.
He and his wife, Judy, have three
children, Rich, 16, Laura, IS, and
Katy, eight. Vinroot is a ruling elder
in Myers Park Presbyterian Church
and a senior high Sunday School
teacher.
Richard Vioroot 1
.At-larfe candidate v
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