Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:35:04 -0400
From: virginia penley
Subject: Positive Vision for a new Chatham County Commission
*Limited government is their code for stripping America for parts.-Tom Sullivan, Asheville Citizen Times, 8/24/14*
Telling the citizens that we produce government that is streamlined and efficient with little or no regulation does not speak to the qualitative aspect of governance nor its moral imperative.
History is replete with government that is efficient and effective but not necessarily morally centered or good for a vast majority of the community.
My point is simply that we need elected commissioners in Chatham County who will commit to a vision that has a moral center with values that will benefit the working class, the middle class, students, young people, retirees and professionals.
Jim Crawford, Diana Hales and Karen Howard will commit to investing every year in Goldston, Pittsboro and Siler City, working on strategies to avoid the land use conflicts that we are witnessing around Goldston and the Goat House Refuge, investing more capital in Economic Development, our tourism industry, pedestrian, cycling and transit as well as arts, culture and our beautiful environment and countryside.
They will protect the air we breathe and water we drink so we can experience sustained prosperity in our county without despoiling our environment.
In addition they want our schools and community to compete to be among the best and they understand the value of investing in our people.
We need leaders who will not equivocate about our hispanic community or the contentious issue of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking†.
Howard, Hales and Crawford oppose fracking and will fight for our county, while the GOP has clearly pursued the agenda of forcing this industry upon Chatham and Lee county.
In conclusion, for commissioners who will invest heavily in a great education system, dynamic and vital downtown districts, arts, culture, travel, tourism, recreation, training, transit and the Economic Development while opposing fracking vote for Howard, Hales and Crawford.
Virginia Penley