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VOLUME ill, ISSUE 102 SENDING UNC A MESSAGE Voters elect Greene, Hill, Strom, Ward to stump for neighborhoods during critical era of University expansion BY JENNY HUANG, NICK EBERLEIN AND RYAN C. TUCK ASSISTANT CITY EDITORS After months of intense candidate forums, fund raising and policy debate, incumbents Bill Strom and Jim Ward and newcomers Sally Greene and Cam Hill were elected Tuesday to the Chapel Hill Town Council. A resident who gained prominence during debates over UNC’s controversial proposal to build a parking deck and a chiller plant near the Ghimghoul neigh borhood called the results “a wake-up call” to the University and town. “We elect people who have no ties to the University,” said Gene Pease, president of the Ghimghoul Homeowners Association. “The single thing that’s going to change this town is UNC’s development over the next few years. What I hope is that both the (Town Council) and the University get smarter about development.” Pease is a founder of the newly formed Coalition of Neighbors Near Campus. The group advocates for protection of area neighborhoods and paid for half page ads touting Greene, Hill and Strom that ran in the days before the election. Hill has been the election seasons most vocal critic of University develop ment policy, while Strom was one of two council members who voted against the changes to UNC’s Development Plan. SEE TOWN COUNCIL, PAGE 5 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL LJ Sally Greene 4,618 votes 16.8% Ef Cam Hill 3,594 votes 13.1% ET Bill Strom 4,582 votes 16.7% ETjimWard 3,447 votes 12.5% □ Dianne Bachman 2,431 votes 8.8% [ J Andrea Rohrbacher 2,127 votes 7.7% LJ Rudy Juliano 1,958 votes 7.1% 0 Doug Schworer 1,380 votes 5.0% ( J Terri Tyson 1,248 votes 4.5% LJ Thatcher Freund 1,176 votes 4.3% 0 Mike McSwain 746 votes 2.7% Woodrow Barfield 154 votes 0.6% "Write-in candidates make up the remaining percentage of the votes. CHAPEL HILL s KEVIN FOY Incumbent mayors to remain in office BY CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN STAFF WRITER Both local mayoral incumbents, Mike Nelson of Carrboro and Kevin Foy of Chapel Hill, will retain their positions after both won victories in Tuesday’s election. Carrboro mayoral challenger Jeff Vanke gave Nelson a run for his money Tuesday, collecting more than 40 percent of the votes cast in the race. Vanke, a wiite-in candidate, was pleased with the results of the elec tion despite his loss. “I am very glad I ran, and I think a message has been sent,” he said. Vanke’s campaign ended in the best showing for a write-in candi date in recent Carrboro history. The last write-in candidate for MORE ELECTIONS COVERAGE: PAGE 2 ONE NEW VOICE ON CHCCS BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTERS APPROVE LOCAL BOND REFERENDUM Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ms Bailu (Bar Itel m SALLY GREENE new- jgMjMA IfiWfflfci^flLkl L,., v ■■■l mm uy "Xm - * ■■ - ' r .L.:,,/L . DTH PHOTOS/GARREn HALL AND LAURA MORTON Jennifer Strom, incumbent candidate Bill Strom's wife, posts the results of the Town Council election as the Orange County Board of Elections reads her the individual precinct voting results. Candidates Strom, Cam Hill and Sally Greene waited at Crook's Corner on Tuesday night as the election results came in. All three won seats on the council. CARRBORO MIKE NELSON CHAPEL HILL MAYOR 0 Kevin Foy 5,419 votes 92.8% Ll Pat Killian 164 votes 2.8% CARRBORO MAYOR EJ Mike Nelson 1,423 votes 58.1% □ Jeff Vanke 995 votes 40.7% "Write-in candidates make up the remaining percentage of the votes. mayor, former UNC student Joel Zimmerman, received less than TO percent of the votes in 1999, when he was a junior. Newly elected Carrboro Alderman Mark Chilton said, “(Vanke has) certainly done a very credible job of running as a write in candidate. And that’s a mighty' SEE MAYORS, PAGE 5 www.dailytarheel.com CAM HILL Fresh face joins aldermen Broun, Zaffron retain posts; Chilton wins open seat on Carrboro board BY SHANNAN BOWEN AND LAURA HIRST STAFF WRITERS Incumbents Joal Broun and Alex Zaffron retained their seats on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, while candidate Mark Chilton replaced Alderman Mark Dorosin, who did not seek re-election. Candidate and former Alderman Steve Rose came in fourth place with 21.4 percent of the vote. Chilton, who led voting with 27.13 per cent, said he believes he won the most votes because he represents a “middle ground” between Rose and the incumbents. “I think there were a lot of people who felt that (Rose) was running to be directly at odds with the board, and that wasn’t what they wanted to see,” Chilton said. “He w as good in a lot of ways, but I think in the end, the fact is that most of the voters sup port the current board.” Chilton also attributed his win to the amount of door-to-door campaigning he has done, a tactic he said has served him well in two past elections in Chapel Hill. “We’ve probably canvassed 90 percent of the neigh borhoods in town,” Chilton said. “I’ve run for office twice before, and I’ve done that twice before, and I’ve won.” Rose said he believes there still is a dis crepancy in the results at the North Carrboro voting precinct. He said that because counted ballots were mixed with ones that needed to be counted by hand and because of a machine malfunc tion, several votes might be in question. “I’m still waiting for the right results,” he said. “I’m laughing because that’s all you can do for now.” SPORTS R.E.S.P.E.C.T. The Tar Heel football team is searching for respect despite its 1 -8 record and three major losses PAGE 7 L m%. WWF . | ;• J■p. BILL STROM CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN Eli Joal Broun 1,649 votes 26.2% ED Mark Chilton 1,709 votes 27.1% 0 Alex Zaffron 1,551 votes 24.6% D Steven Rose 1,348 votes 21.4% ’Write-in candidates make up the remaining percentage of the votes. Rose said he will consider a protest if the votes are not counted correctly. Alderman John Herrera said he thinks voters were attracted to the ideas Chilton will bring to the board. “Mark’s message was very' positive and adds to the mix and the diver sity of Carrboro," Herrera said. “Steve's mes sage was one of. We need to put a stop on all this growth.’ It was one of dissent.” Alderman Diana McDuffee also said neg ativity was an issue in Rose's campaign. Rose, an attorney for the N.C. General Assembly, is representing the plaintiffs in litigation against the aldermen over the approval of the Pacifica development. “I don’t know wbat kind of dynamics you have on a board with a member suing you,” McDuffee said. McDuffee added that Rose was a serious think the number of votes that Steve got reflects that there is a difference of opinion," she said. “I think the worst thing that Carrboro can have is an uncontested election. There was a lot of good debate and a lot of good ques tions raised.” Broun said the results of the election are proof of voters’ approval of the board’s work. “Normally you hear criticism more than the accolades, so the election process SEE ALDERMEN. PAGE 5 W_ JIM WARD IHHHHHg % * s aWM?* A V. jJmk Wm J9I I Hfl TODAY T-storms, H 79, L 59 THURSDAY Rain, H 77, L 51 FRIDAY Cloudy, H 69, L 43 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2003 "Normally you hear criticism more than the accolades, so the election process proves we are doing a good job. ' JOAL BROUN “We've probably canvassed 90 percent of the neighborhoods in town. I've run for office twice before, ... and I’ve won." MARK CHILTON "(Aggressive advocacy) is part and parcel of getting the job done and being effective." ALEX ZAFFRON
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