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2The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 29, 1992 Moses Carey By Maile Carpenter Staff Writer Moses Carey, a Democratic incum bent candidate and chairman of the Or ange County Board of Commissioners, said providing quality education was the most important issue in his cam paign. Carey, an eight-year member of the board, said he' supported the $52 mil lion school bond referendum for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County school systems because a need existed for Orange County Schools to be improved. "The future of our children is the most important issue," he said. ; Carey, a Chapel Hill resident, said voters should not be concerned about the representation by the board despite the fact that all board members were from Chapel Hill. "I think the current board represents Orange County in a fair manner," he said. The diversity of board members adds to the cohesiveness of the board, said Carey, who is theonly black member on the board of commissioners. Women also contributed to the diversity of the group, he added. (r: V' H Carey said he wouldn't address minority issues as separate issues in his reelection cam paign. "The concerns of the minority population are the same as the major ity: economic de velopment, better education and more funding for human services and public safety," Carey said. Carey said that the need for a landfill in Orange County was also an impor tant issue but that he did not have ideas for a specific site. "We just know we need one," he said. Carey, a member of the N.C. State Bar Association, now teaches health law in the School of Public Health at the University and also received his master's degree at the school. Carey later received a law degree from N.C. Central University. Before his election to the Orange County Board of Commissioners in 1984, Carey served as first vice chair man of the Orange County Democratic Party. Mark Marcoplos By Chad Merritt Staff Writtr Mark Marcoplos, the only indepen dent candidate running for the Board of Commissioners, said his main platform issue was the environment. Environmental issues facing the county include the need for a competent solid-waste management plan and a site for a new landfill, he said. Marcoplos, who has been endorsed by the Orange County Greens and the Sierra Club, said the commissioners were looking for a "mega-landfill" of 1,500 acres when all that was needed was a small landfill of about 200 acres. : ' "(This issue) has caused a lot of di vi si veness," he said. "If we follow models and adopt one, then we'll know what we need." ' On the $52 million school bond ref erendum, Marcoplos said it would be decided by the voters on Election Day and was not a very relevant issue in the commissioners' race. 'T m in favor of building more facili ties," Marcoplos said. "Otherwise, schools will bust out of their seams." Marcoplos also said his primary duty as commissioner if the school bond referendum passed would be to save as I MI"I " ' """ c much of the $52 million as pos sible. But if the refer endum was not passed, Marcoplos said he would find alternative ways to meet the needs of the school system. Marcoplos also said he had extensive ideas on eco nomic development. "We don't want to bring in large factory operations," he said. 'That would bring in a whole phalanx of out-of-state executives .... The money they make would go out of state. Our focus is a good quality of life, decent taxes and more jobs." Marcoplos also said rural communi ties had been looked upon as the "step children" of the county. Marcoplos said the most effective solution to representation problems would be to divide the county into nine 10,000-person districts. The plan would provide direct repre sentation to more people and would make engagement between local gov ernment and the people easier, Marcoplos said. Norman Haithcock By Andrea Bruce Staff Writs Norman Haithcock, a Republican running for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, said he thought choosing a landfill site was one of the most important issues facing the county. Haithcock said he believed the land fill should not be moved but instead should be expanded and upgraded. To prevent the landfill from being over used, the county could implement a privately run, full-scale recycling pro gram, he said. One of Haithcock's ideas would be to work with UNC on recycling ash waste for agricultural purposes. "I've talked to several fanners, and they said they can make use of the ash to help their soil," Haithcock said. "This sounds more logical than the University dumping it in the landfill and wasting space." Haithcock also said he would like taxes to be reduced for older adults. Retired citizens with fixed incomes less than $12,000 per year should receive tax breaks, he said. To cut down on bureaucratic waste, Haithcock said he would like to start a "time-study program." This program 1 . JJILJIIpiJljj.. Ij J.. ' would hire a pro fessional to re search every county agency and co-agency to see where they are over- or under employed and where waste could be reduced. Haithcock said if he were elected to the board of com missioners, he would look for small and medium-sized businesses to ex pand economic growth in the county. "We need to find land for new busi nesses, (give) tax breaks for the people and build job bases for everyone," he said. Haithcock said he believed he would have some trouble being elected be cause he was less known than other candidates. "I work in the southern part of the county and don't think I am as well known," he said. Haithcock said he was not supported by any special interest groups and did not plan to appeal to any certain group of people, but to the county as a whole. "If people think I have good ideas, then they'll vote for me." Don Willhoit By Will Huffman Staff Writer Don Willhoit, who is running for his sixth term on the Orange County Board of Commissioners, said education and land-use problems were two of the ma jor issues facing the county. Willhoit said he thought the Orange County Schools were "relics from the era of separate but equal" and some thing should be done to improve them. "I am very much in favor of the school bond referendum," Willhoit said, adding that school overcrowding was a major problem in the Chapel Hill Carrboro schools. Willhoit said that his support base had widened over the years but that southern Orange County remained his main area of strength. "I feel that I've done a good job of representing the people of Orange County, and Orange County has moved forward in the last year," Willhoit said. Underemployment, which is people working jobs that they are overly quali fied for, is more of a problem then unemployment in this area, Willhoit said. Willhoit said county government should work to attract jobs to the area iiim V. , 'I? that would utilize the well-educated work force of Or ange county. Because the Chapel Hill Carrboro area has little open space left, he said the main focus of eco nomic develop ment in this area was "promoting the area as a nice place to visit." Watershed protection is also an im portant issue to Willhoit, who said he feared that possible future state regula tions would weaken county standards. "It is important to refine the county regulations to do the job attended," Willhoit said. Willhoit said intergovernmental fighting between the board of commis sioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen was a major deterrent in resolving the landfill issue. He said he thought it was necessary to come up with a working plan between the groups. A member of the University's fac ulty of environmental sciences, Willhoit also serves as the director of health and public safety for the University. Johnny Kennedy By Richard J. Dalton Jr. Staff Writer Johnny Kennedy, a Republican can didate for the Orange County Board of Commissioners, said he would keep county residents more informed and involved if he were elected. "This county is run like a dictator ship," Kennedy said. Kennedy said citizen involvement was insufficient in the school bond ref-' erendum planning group, which was one reason he opposed it. He said he would have at least 50-percent citizen representation on such committees. "Educators are going to want every thing they can get," he said. "Why should we build schools equal to Holiday Inns when Red Roof Inns would do?" Kennedy, who owns a small busi ness, said he would handle budget poli cies and problems differently than the current commissioners. "A budget means you live with what you get," he said. "(The commission ers) set a deficit, and they collect taxes to fill that deficit . . ., and they refer to it as a budget. "It needs to be done the way I do my business," Kennedy said. He said he borrowed money for his business but d not think it was rJ equal to a defic which forced tl county to bono' Kennedy said was necessary change tl county's image boost econom development "No (businesses) want to look at (tl county) because of the red tape in tl planning department," he said. "By ti time you get through the red tape, yi could have started in another city." The current commissioners are an industry, Kennedy said. "The peop out here need jobs," he said. "Whi people graduate high school, they eith go to college or move elsewhere." Kennedy said the commissione should stay out of Chapel Hill's bu: ness to a certain extent. For example, he said that if Chap Hill wanted to spend more money schools, they should be permitted to i so without county intervention. Kennedy said he had wide suppo including many Democrats. "I can't win on the Republican vo I've got to get the Democratic vote.' Campus Calendar THURSDAY 10 a.m. Asian Students Association will be sell ing Halloween-O-Grams until 3 p.m. in the Pit. NOON: TARP will sponsor the Green Team can didates in the Pit 12:15 p.m. SEAC will select the 1992 Green Team, the best environmental candidates, in the Pit. 3:15 p.m. Hillel will meet to go visit Pritchard Park. 3:30 p.m. German House will hold Kaffeeklatsch in Dey fourth-floor Reading Room until 5:30 p.m. University Career Services will hold an informa tion session for seniors interested in interviewing in New York City in February with Atlantic Recruiting Alliance, in 210 Hanes. 4 pjn. UCS will offer basic information on how to use the UCS office to seniors and graduate students in 209 Hanes. 5 p.m. Rainforest Action Group will have an important meeting in the Campus Y upstairs lounge. 5:30 p.m. KASA will meet in 20S Union. 6 p.m. Association of International Students will carve pumpkins in 226 Union. "Brothers" discussion and support group for African-American male students will meet in the Hinton James first-floor lounge. Information: 962-2175. Lutheran Campus Ministry, behind ATO on Rosemary Street, will welcome Pastor Lou Bauer to discuss "Ethics." Amnesty International will have letter-writing meeting in Lenoir North Dining Room. Presbyterian Student Center, 1 10 Henderson St., will have a homemade dinner followed by a video on "World Population and People of Faith." Informa tion: 967-2311. UNC Skydiving will meet in 218 Union. 7 p jn. LDSSA will study the New Testament in the LDSSA building at the end of Country Club Road Students for the Advancement of Race Rela tions will have its general body meeting in the Cam pus Y lounge with a diversity workshop by Anne Presnel of N.C. Star at 7:30 p.m. The Writing Center will sponsor a workshop entitled "Writing an Analytical Essay" in ' Greenlaw. CHispA will meet in front of the tellers at the Un to drive to dinner at El Rodeo. 7:30 p.m. Self Knowledge Symposium will m in 213 Union. 8 p.m. Mangum Dorm will hold its Haun House to benefit the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center u 1 1 :30p.m. and on Friday from 9:30p.m. to 12:30a Tickets: $2 in advance and S3 at the door. Students for ClintonGore will meet in the Un Upstairs Lounge. Debate Tom pig dropping out of the race. Bishop si Clinton's inexperience with Washir ton was his biggest weakness. In the closing statement for the You Republicans, Allen said the preside had portrayed the stamina and profi sionalism that was necessary to lead t United States. Slomski stressed again the trout the nation faces from the national de and advised that Perot was the natior only hope for combating the problei Bishop reiterated Clinton's campai; theme by saying that "it is time for change" and poked fun at political ca didates who use air time to hawk thi personal phone lines by advising st dents to call "1-800-FOR-BILL" donate time or money to the Clinti campaign. (zeorafing Contest! When? friday.Oetdbjar30.t992 12 neon Where? The pit to front of the Student Stores Why? Because it's 4 j carijzat pumpkin- $20 Gift Certificate from the Student Stores funrt pumpkin from Carolina (Don$ rviee Most Original pumpkin- Qwpizz&pmcnblpmpizz& from Carolina ning lrviee Most flrfetie pumpkin- fi CaroSna T-rirt of your ehoiep from UNC !tudent !tonzs (McBizanpumpkirrbe from Carolina fining !ervie Pumpkin CarvingDecorating Contest Official Rules 1 . The contest is open to all students currently enrolled at UNC. 2. All pumpkins, carving utensils and black markers will be provided. 3. Teams of no more than 2 persons may participate. 4. Pumpkins are on a first-come first serve basis (limited quantity). 5. Each individual or team must fill out an entry form. 6. There will be 3 judges appointed by the Senior Class Officers andor Marshals. 7. The contest will start at 1 2 noon and end at 1 2:45 pm. 8. Judging will begin at 1 2:45 pm and prizes will be awarded shortly after. 9. Individuals and teams may keep their creations after the contest is over. 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