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One of the most amusing treats of the election season is the News & Observer annual candidate guide, which asks the important question: What's your favorite movie?
Here are each candidate's selections:
Chapel Hill Mayor
· Kevin Foy: none listed
· Kevin Wolff: didn't respond
Chapel Hill Town Council
· Bill Thorpe: Ray
· Ed Harrison: none listed
· Jason Baker: American: Beauty
· Laurin Easthom: The English Patient
· Mark Kleinschmidt: Brazil, Lord of the Rings, All About Eve
· Robin Cutson: Dancer in the Dark starring Bjork
· Will Raymond: Lilies of the Field
Carrboro Mayor
· Alex Zaffron: Schindler's List
· Mark Chilton: Matewan
Walking around downtown Hillsborough last night, my partner and I came across this flyer on a public bulletin board:
A mayor who's a realtor
Has a cloud in his vision:
When he looks at his town
He must see a commision.
Three cups of Joe
Just might lead to a wreck
A tall, cool Tom Something
Is a REALTY check
I'm not sure if poetry is an effective political vehicle in this case, and the accusation is a little shallow, but it certainly is different. You would think after someone being the mayor for two terms you'd have more to complain about than his profession.
Based on neighborhood yard signs, Tom Stevens definitely seems more popular than Joe Phelps in the downtown historic district. Not surprising since Tom lives there.
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So I noticed that the elusive mayoral challenger Kevin Wolff suddenly has a number of yard signs around town. Then I got this e-mail from a friend:
Kevin Wolff got signs, and they're popping up everywhere. I didn't think he'd bother - he hasn't done much so far. But also, I got my Orange County Republican Party Newsletter today... and they included a link to Wolff's website: http://hometown.aol.com/kwolffmayor/myhomepage/
And Ginny recently posted this message from the College Republicans listserve:
In today's Chapel Hill Herald, Ed Harrison defends his acceptance of $1400 in campaign contributions from his parents by saying:
"Neither my parents nor I are interested in flouting the spirit of the [limit]"
Both Jason Baker and Laurin Easthom made reference to this "spirit" in explaining why they have not accepted such large contributions and, in Jason's case, object to Ed doing so.
Given Harrison's long association with the Sierra Club, one might expect him to know that, in 1995, the Sierra Club along with the Orange County Greens initiated a program of voluntary contribution limits. They asked Chapel Hill and Carrboro candidates that year to accept no more than $100 from any individual or PAC. Since that was a voluntary limit, there were no exceptions such as those provide for under state law. 10 of 18 candidates took the pledge. Several others expressed agreement with it in part.
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