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Looking Back at Nancy McFarlane’s 2011 Campaign
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We took a trip into the past to see what current Raleigh mayor Nancy McFarlane wanted to accomplish if elected in 2011.
Raleigh Public Record (https://theraleighcommons.org/raleighpublicrecord/page/108/)
We took a trip into the past to see what current Raleigh mayor Nancy McFarlane wanted to accomplish if elected in 2011.
Deborah Prickett
District: Wake County School Board District 7
Age: 59
Occupation: Program Administrator/Education Consultant with Department of Public Instruction
City of Residence: Raleigh
Incumbent: Yes, 4 years
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Do you have children in the district? If so, explain. I do have a child, and my child just graduated from Wake County Public Schools. So he has attended all Wake County Schools throughout his entire K-12 years with the school system. The school board has been divided over partisan politics in recent years.
Donald McIntyre
District: Wake School Board, District 1
Age: 64
Occupation: Lawyer
City of Residence: Wake Forest
Incumbent: No
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Do you have children in the district? If so, explain. I have one child who attends Franklin Academy in Wake Forest. The school board has been divided over partisan politics in recent years. How do you think that’s affected how the district has been run?
An $810 million school bond on the ballot this year could be a test for voters on whether they feel like the economy has improved enough for the county to take on more debt and increase the property tax rate.
Neither candidate for District D responded to requests for interviews.
Jim Kemp Sherron
District: City Council, District C
Incumbent: No
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Thomas Crowder
District: City Council, District C
Occupation: Architect
Incumbent: Yes
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As a result of a new state law to redistrict the Wake County School Board, candidates running for the school board this year will have to serve shorter terms and run for entirely different districts come 2016. On Oct. 8, Wake County voters will elect School Board members to Districts 1, 2, 7 and 9. Under the new state law to redistrict the Wake school board, Senate Bill 325, ratified June 13, those districts and the rest of the nine current school districts have been turned into seven districts and two new at-large seats that will represent the county as a whole. This is the second redrawing of the Wake school board in two years and a dramatic redrawing of the school system’s political map.
Robert Weltzin
District: Mayor
Age: 44
Occupation: Chiropractor, Army Reserve
City of Residence: Raleigh
Incumbent: No
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What do you see the role of the mayor as in Raleigh city government and how would you be the most effective mayor? I see Raleigh right now at a crossroads. What we need to be doing is trying setting up Raleigh for success in the near future as a leader. A leader not just in the United States, but in the world. Many issues taken up by the state legislature have a direct impact on Raleigh.
Important Dates
Sept. 13: Deadline to register to vote for the October election. Sept. 19: Early voting begins for October election. Oct.
Nancy Caggia
District: Wake School Board, District 9
Age: 53
Occupation: Treasurer for company owned with husband/Homemaker
City of Residence: Cary
Incumbent: No
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Do you have children in the district? If so, explain. Yes. My husband and I, married, 25 years, we have three children, three daughters, all products of Wake County public school systems. One graduated and is a sophomore at NC State and the other two are in high school in the Wake County Public School system. The school board has been divided over partisan politics in recent years.
This candidate is running unopposed. Bonner Gaylord
District: City Council, District E
Age: 35
Occupation: General Manager of North Hills
Incumbent: Yes, 4 years
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