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[[category:US.NC.Durham]][[category:elections.city]]The elections to be held on 2007-10-09 in [[Durham, NC]] include the Mayoral election and a number of bond issues. | [[category:US.NC.Durham]][[category:elections.city]]The elections to be held on 2007-10-09 in [[Durham, NC]] include the Mayoral election and a number of bond issues. | ||
===Mayoral Election=== | ===Mayoral Election=== | ||
| − | * [[Bill Bell]], | + | * [[Bill Bell]], incumbent ([http://billbellformayor.com/ web site]) |
| − | ** endorsed by [[Durham People's Alliance]] ([http://www.durhampa.org/ web site], [http://www.durhampa.org/endorse2007.html endorsements]) | + | ** endorsed by [[Durham People's Alliance]] |
| − | * [[Thomas Stith]] | + | * [[Thomas Stith]], currently on the city council |
| + | ===Bonds=== | ||
| + | * city $20 million street and sidewalk bond | ||
| + | * county $210 million bond package for schools and other facilities | ||
| + | * ''is this list complete?'' | ||
| + | ===Endorsements=== | ||
| + | ====PA PAC==== | ||
| + | [[Durham People's Alliance]] aka PA PAC ([http://www.durhampa.org/ web site], [http://www.durhampa.org/endorse2007.html endorsements]) supports: | ||
| + | * '''All bonds''', with the following caveat: "We are concerned about the city's increasingly routine procedure of using bonds to fund ordinary maintenance, and using the budgetary process to pay for seemingly special projects, but until this situation gets rectified and there are other mechanisms in place to generate revenues, we support these bond issues. Fortunately, the stellar fiscal ratings of our city and county governments means that this indebtedness can be assumed with a minimum impact on our taxes." | ||
| + | * [[Bill Bell]] over [[Thomas Stith]] | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 27 September 2007
Overview
The elections to be held on 2007-10-09 in Durham, NC include the Mayoral election and a number of bond issues.
Mayoral Election
- Bill Bell, incumbent (web site)
- endorsed by Durham People's Alliance
- Thomas Stith, currently on the city council
Bonds
- city $20 million street and sidewalk bond
- county $210 million bond package for schools and other facilities
- is this list complete?
Endorsements
PA PAC
Durham People's Alliance aka PA PAC (web site, endorsements) supports:
- All bonds, with the following caveat: "We are concerned about the city's increasingly routine procedure of using bonds to fund ordinary maintenance, and using the budgetary process to pay for seemingly special projects, but until this situation gets rectified and there are other mechanisms in place to generate revenues, we support these bond issues. Fortunately, the stellar fiscal ratings of our city and county governments means that this indebtedness can be assumed with a minimum impact on our taxes."
- Bill Bell over Thomas Stith