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KINNAIRD
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will lose his influential position as
co-speaker of the House.
“Every mainstream church
has signed on businesses and
governments all over the state,”
Kinnaird said.
Legislators against the death
penalty weren’t denied re-election
for their stance, even though oppo
nents sometimes painted them as
“soft on crime,” Kinnaird said.
“If you voted for it, it was not a
political liability.”
The House might still put up
resistance for personal reasons,
Kinnaird said. Four of the 120
representatives have had a family
member murdered. But Kinnaird
said she thinks public support
might outweigh opposition.
Kinnaird said she is less hope
ful about legislators’ willingness
to regulate how special interest
groups can court elected officials.
Reformers ask for less bribery and
more accountability, but Kinnaird
said courts probably will have to take
away the legislators’ lobbying gifts
before they relinquish them.
“It’s just a part of the culture,” she
said. “A series of little victories over
time is probably all you can do.”
But Don Carrington, vice presi
dent of the John Locke Foundation,
said Kinnaird isn’t always fighting
against the grain of state politics.
Some of her initiatives, including
her anti-lottery stance, are main
stream. Her opposition to business
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incentives puts her in a different type
of minority, one more populated by
Republicans than Democrats.
Kinnaird wants to stop the
state’s tradition of using money
to lure businesses to the area, and
she might become part of a largely
conservative movement to do so,
Carrington said.
She abides by personal beliefs
instead of political ideology and has
demonstrated her willingness to
defy party leadership, he added.
“Lots of people get labeled, but
you still need to look at things
issue by issue,” he said. “She’s an
independent person.”
Also high on Kinnaird’s to-do
list is the elimination of electronic
voting; higher standards for “natu
ropathic” doctors, who rely on
natural methods instead of mod
ern medicine; clean records for
reformed, nonassault felons after
about 10 years; and arrangements
for biological parents to see chil
dren put up for adoption.
Kinnaird said her forward
thinking represents her district
well. “Nobody’s more progressive
than Orange County,” she said.
Durham, Wilmington and
Asheville sometimes side with
Chapel Hill’s proposals, but
Kinnaird said getting legislation
through is often like pulling teeth.
“It’s a hard sale if it comes from
Orange County,” she said. “I spend
a lot of time convincing and per
suading.”
Sen. Cecil Hargett, D-Onslow,
said Kinnaird communicates her
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ideas exceptionally well.
“She’s successful at times in con
vincing and persuading others. She
makes us think, re-examine our
values and what we believe in,” he
said. “She’s sort of a conscience.”
Kinnaird, who is an attorney
in Chapel Hill, relays her strong
convictions while maintaining
good relations with her colleagues,
Hargett said.
“If she was a man, I’d call her
a gentleman,” he said. “She’s not
abrasive in style.”
Kinnaird said the key to passing
fringe legislation is knowing who
has to be convinced. There can be
no illusions that good legislation will
win unanimous support, she said.
“You go there as a freshman
thinking this will help society, this
is important and people will want
to do it. Wrong.”
The business community is
against Kinnaird’s push for a more
environmentally friendly disposal
of electronic waste such as comput
ers and iPods. “(Business lobbyists
are) opposed to anything that puts
a burden on business, and they’re
very powerful,” she said.
She said power often correlates
with how much interest groups fund
legislators’ campaigns, adding that
the influence of these interests often
quiets the voice of the powerless.
“People who are on death row
don’t give a lot of money to cam
paigns,” she said.
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future conditions which are not
present or anticipated today will
be addressed using the target,” the
letter states.
Carey, in discussing Stuckey’s
concerns with the commission
ers, said the county should better
clarify the need for the target.
The commissioners agreed that
they need to prioritize their needs
so both school systems understand
spending decisions.
“If we want to build trust, we
need to take the first step and prove
that when there is a need, we have a
process,” said Commissioner Valerie
Foushee, who served on the city
schools’ board for seven years.
Carey said tracking student
enrollment projections for both
systems is one way to monitor
funding needs.
Commissioner Stephen H.
Halkiotis said he supports discus
sion about tracking enrollment,
but not about reasons for the
changed target.
“We’ve had a vote on this. We
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environmental awareness in other
ways as well. Dearmin plans to
reduce dependency on plastic foam
take-out containers on campus.
Blackwell’s platform calls for green
space to balance with construction,
and both Ballard and Jensen outline
methods to reduce paper usage.
The Young Democrats also want
a candidate who will promote race
relations, diversity and minority
issues, Tinti said.
Ballard noted that students must
take a broad approach to diversity.
“We have to expand our idea of
diversity to include race, ideology,
religion, geography and socioeco
nomic backgrounds,” he said.
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debated on this,” Halkiotis said. “I
have to say very clearly, we’re not
going to fail anybody. We haven’t
failed anybody.
“If there is a change in enroll
ment, we’ve always responded.”
Although the commissioners
will use enrollment projections in
future capital spending decisions,
a few of its projects will need to
proceed before that.
City schools’ 10th elementary
school, the last schools project to
be included in (finding plans from
the 2001 bonds, will come before
the commissioners tonight.
Jacobs said the commissioners
could decide to delay the project
and instead use the funding for
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law school and will oversee several
areas, including Greek affairs, judi
cial affairs, educational interven
tions and community relations.
“There is this renewed excite
ment, renewed energy and
renewed commitment to academ
ics,” he said. “The division will be
Ballard said he plans to support
the development of a multicultural
advisory board to promote minor
ity issues.
Dearmin’s platform calls for
recruiting a racially diverse Cabinet.
“There are excellent leaders out
there, and we shouldn’t just sit back
and expect them to come to us.”
Jensen said he plans to continue
working with campus and town
groups to ensure that Franklin Street
businesses do not discriminate.
Blackwell’s platform calls for
student government to maintain
its relationship with the Office of
Minority Affairs and for the educa
tion of students. “We want to push
the sentiment of mutual respect
across campus,” she said.
The group also wants the next
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budget overruns on city schools’
third high school and county
schools’ third middle school.
Carey said the next step for
the commissioners is to ensure
that they communicate with both
school systems on issues related to
capital ffinding.
But while Halkiotis said that he
supports openness, he emphasized
that the commissioners have to
make the spending decisions.
“I’m speaking as a county com
missioner. (Stuckey’s) speaidng as
a school board member. That’s two
different things.”
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more streamlined to help each and
every student develop into the best
student that they can be.”
Jablonski expressed her optimism
for anew director of development
and external relations to bolster
(find raising, communications and
publication, and alumni relations.
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president to foster a positive rela
tionship between the University and
the town, Tinti said.
Jensen noted his prior experi
ence in working with town offi
cials as chairman of Students for
a Progressive Chapel Hill.
“I can use these existing rela
tionships to foster a better rela
tionship between the town and
the University,” he said.
All candidates acknowledged
the importance of working with
town officials to accomplish mutu
ally beneficial goals.
For the past two years, the
Young Democrats’ endorsee has
gone on to win the election.
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