Chapel Hill

Mayor (choose 1):

· Kevin Foy
· Kevin Wolff

Town Council (choose up to 4):

· Bill Thorpe
· Ed Harrison
· Jason Baker
· Laurin Easthom
· Mark Kleinschmidt
· Robin Cutson
· Will Raymond


 

Mayor (choose 1):

Kevin Foy

yard sign  
community service

 

contact info  
endorsements Sierra Club, The Independent Weekly, The Chapel Hill News, The Daily Tarheel, Hank Anderson Breakfast Club
top 3 priorities  
length of residence in Orange County  
profession  
voter registration record FOY, KEVIN C
donor summary  

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Kevin Wolff

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community service  
contact info http://hometown.aol.com/kwolffmayor/myhomepage/
endorsements  
top 3 priorities  
length of residence in Orange County  
profession  
voter registration record WOLFF, KEVIN ALAN
donor summary  

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Town Council (choose up to 4):

Bill Thorpe

yard sign Bill Thorpe
community service

elected: Two terms on Chapel Hill Town Council, 1977-81 and 1983- 1987
appointed:

other: Director of Apprencticeship and Training, NC Dept. of Labor

contact info http://www.billthorpeforchapelhill.com fourseasons709@aol.com
919-740-9180
P. O. Box 1273, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
endorsements Police Benevolent Association, The Independent Weekly, The Daily Tarheel, Hank Anderson Breakfast Club
top 3 priorities Protecting Neighborhoods; Affordable Housing; Creating a Less Car Dependent Community
length of residence in Orange County 36 Years in Chapel Hill
profession Retired from Governement Service
voter registration record THORPE, WILLIAM HENRY
donor summary As of end of October, raised about $4,000, spent about $3,500
info about amount raised, amount spent

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Ed Harrison (i)

yard sign Ed Harrison
community service elected: Chapel Hill town council 2001 - present, Durham soil and Water Conservation district Board of Supervisors 19990-2001
contact info http://www.edharrison.org/
endorsements The Chapel Hill News
top 3 priorities

1) a 21st century transportation system for Chapel Hill including a wide range of ways to get around town

2) create a collaborative relationship between the University and Town

3) careful choices on how to spend funds from the 2003 bond issue

length of residence in Orange County Harrison has lived in the CHapel Hill Town limits within Durham county for 15 years
profession sole practice environmantal consultant
voter registration record HARRISON, EDWARD C
donor summary raised $5193 per last report filed, $700 from each of his parents, $100 from Dorothy Verkerk and several other donations over $100
researched by OP volunteer Andrea Rohrbacher

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Jason Baker

yard sign Jason Baker
community service

appointed: Campus Affairs Director, UNC Young Democrats; Technology Director, NC Federation of College Democrats; National Council, College Democrats of America

other: Filibuster for Democracy, Students for the Judiciary, Campaign to End the Cycle of Violence, Democracy in the Classroom, Public Assembly, UNC Environmental Purchasing Workgroup

contact info

jason@jasonbaker.us; 919-338-1506; www.jasonbaker.us
A-6 Shepherd Lane, Chapel Hill

endorsements Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill
top 3 priorities Transportation, Environment, Affordable Housing
length of residence in Orange County 3 years
profession Student, UNC Chapel Hill; part time Event Management Coordinator for Spintacular Entertainment, a college events management and rentals company
voter registration record BAKER, JASON E
See explantion at http://orangepolitics.org/2005/07/welcome-to-the-jungle/#comment-25633
donor summary http://www.jasonbaker.us/index.php?s=file_download&id=1
is my latest filing. Notable donors since last filing: Gerry Cohen (former student member of council), Democracy for America, Justin Guillory (Mayor Meeker's campaign manager)

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Laurin Easthom

yard sign Laurin Easthom
community service

appointed: Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board, Town Horace Williams Citizens Committee, Orange County Adult Care Home Committee

other: Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth, Sierra Club, Orange County Democratic Women.

contact info http://laurineasthom.com/
606-0817 (cell) 305 Rowe Road, CH 27516
laurineasthom@hotmail.com
endorsements Sierra Club, Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Independent Weekly, The Daily Tarheel, Chapel Hill News
top 3 priorities

* Carolina North developed with Town interests at heart, such as demonstrating a commitment to the air/environment with significant reduction in parking and automobile emphasis, demonstrating fiscal equity with the Town, and permanent land conservation ;

* Improvement of Downtown Chapel Hill with emphasis on providing 4 more police officers downtown; attract business downtown other than restaurant/T-shirt shops (like Children’s Museum, boutiques, clothes, art galleries, another bookstore, interesting food shoppes, etc.) ; shared parking arrangements to increase available parking; wireless internet beginning downtown yet for spreading to all of Chapel Hill; improve lighting yet retain ambience; improve sidewalks and planters, etc.

* Affordable housing—continue work on inclusionary zoning with new Town committee; continue to work with developers, nonprofits and financial institutions on providing such housing; look at Town’s Comprehensive Plan’s areas of development opportunity and factor affordable housing into future plans for these areas.

length of residence in Orange County Three years. Have spent time on/off in CH since I was 12 years old, however.
profession Dentist and Mom
voter registration record EASTHOM, LAURINDA D
donor summary My first campaign finance report showed: Contributions: $3247.00 My operating expense (or spending) was $1219.88, of which half of money was for signs, roughly. So I had a total of $2109.12 at the end of the first reporting period. Today, (Oct. 22) I have an account showing $2513.12 available. I’m not actively fundraising at this point. My concentration is on getting people to vote.

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Mark Kleinschmidt (i)

yard sign Mark Kleinschmidt
community service

elected: Chapel Hill Town Council, 2001 to present

appointed:
I have been appointed to many Committees and as a Liaison to several Town Advisory Boards and Commissions, including:
Liaison to Housing and Community Development Advisory Board
Liaison to Public Arts Commission
Liaison to Human Service Advisory Board
Liaison to Technology Committee
Parking Lot 2 & 5 Redevelopment Committee

other:
Elected to ACLU of North Carolina Board of Directors

contact info http://kleinschmidt2005.blogspot.com/
markforcouncil@gmail.com
919-932-2810
875 Martin Luther King Blvd., #19 Chapel Hill, NC 27514
endorsements Sierra Club, Student for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Police Benevolent Association, Equality NC, The Independent Weekly, The Chapel Hill News, The Daily Tarheel
top 3 priorities Continue the Council's work on the Downtown Economic Development Projects
Advocate for Chapel Hill citizens during Carolina North negotiations with UNC.
Refine our affordable housing policies to, inter alia, add an inclusionary zoning ordinance and eliminate the small house ordinance.
length of residence in Orange County 12 of the last 17 years
profession Attorney at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation
voter registration record KLEINSCHMIDT, MARK JAMES
donor summary  

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Robin Cutson

yard sign Robin Cutson
community service other: several animal protection and rescue organizations
contact info http://robincutson.com/
endorsements none
top 3 priorities

1)budget mismanagement including rising taxes, public safety not receiving adequate funding, public art funding should be cut

2) increase commercial tax base

3) water supply protection and conservation, concerned about water use restrictions due to ongoing development, especially proposed Carolina North project

length of residence in Orange County 18 years
profession writer, has law degree from Wake Forest University
voter registration record CUTSON, ROBIN DONEL
donor summary candidate website states 'no donations are being solicited or accepted'
researched by OP volunteer Andrea Rohrbacher

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Will Raymond

yard sign Will Raymond
community service appointed: Technology Advisory Board
contact info http://willraymond.org/
campaign@willraymond.org 932-1380
209 Mt. Bolus Rd. , 27514
endorsements Sierra Club, Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Independent Weekly, The Daily Tarheel, Chapel Hill News
top 3 priorities

Environmental - Stronger stream, slope, tree protections; open space
acquisitions; Carolina-North

Economic - Economic Development Office; 5,10,20 year economic development strategy; Downtown revitalization; community-owned broadband network; spur jobs growth; new process for Town budget and increase tax efficiencies ("Live within our means"); work to double Human Services budgets.

Development - shepherding good growth; collaborate with UNC on
Carolina-North; "evergreening" Comprehensive Plan, etc.

length of residence in Orange County 14 years, more than 16 years in Chapel Hill mailing zone (couple years
living in Chatham).
profession current: Software Developer, before: CIO/CTO of RegEd.com
voter registration record RAYMOND, WILFRED E JR
donor summary Raised $1210, loaned self $1150, spent $1290.43.

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