(From 'Friends of Affordable Housing' press release.)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 23, 2003
Affordable Housing Group Endorses Strom, Ward and Greene
The affordable housing advocacy group Friends of Affordable Housing announced their endorsement of three candidates for the Chapel Hill Town Council Tuesday morning. The group based its decisions on voting records, questionnaires and responses to questions at the Northside neighborhood forum. Incumbent Council Members Bill Strom and Jim Ward were endorsed, as well as challenger Sally Greene.
The organization's spokesperson Rich Leber said, "Bill Strom has been one of North Carolina's leading lights in the realm of affordable housing." The group recognized his leadership on requiring affordable housing in new real estate developments in Chapel Hill and held his work out as a model for other elected officials in North Carolina.
The group also recognized the strong support that Council Member Ward has given to affordable housing organizations in the last four years as a council member. "The nonprofit community looks forward to working with Jim for another four years," said Leber.
While the organization found that the ten challengers in the November 4th election included many candidates who had given strong responses to the organization's questionnaire, it was only able to point to one candidate that clearly rose above the others. "Sally Greene is not only the candidate who best understands the affordable housing issues that face our community, but she is also the candidate who has a proven record of advocacy on housing issues," said Leber, recognizing Greene for her past advocacy on behalf of housing for the disabled.
The group also recognized the supportive responses for affordable housing it received from candidates Dianne Bachman, Thatcher Freund, Cam Hill, Rudy Juliano, Mike McSwain, Andrea Rohrbacher, and Terri Tyson. Candidates Woody Barfield and Doug Schworer did not respond to the organization's questionnaire.
CONTACT: Rich Leber 919-942-3181. A copy of all candidate responses is available.
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It's too bad Doug Schworer
It's too bad Doug Schworer didn't respond to this questionnaire so they didn't get a chance to nail him to the wall for fighting the Habitat development at Sunrise.
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