
{"id":21830,"date":"2011-11-10T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21830"},"modified":"2011-11-10T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T15:58:01","slug":"pittsboro-elects-voller-newcomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/11\/10\/pittsboro-elects-voller-newcomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsboro elects Voller, newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2011\/11\/10\/pittsboro-elects-voller-newcomers\/elections11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21831\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/elections11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"elections11\" width=\"90\" height=\"35\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21831\" \/><\/a>By Brooke Parker<br \/>\nStaff Writer<br \/>\nPittsboro voters went to the polls Tuesday to select from two mayoral candidates and eight town commissioner candidates running for three open seats.<br \/>\nIn the mayoral election, incumbent Randolph Voller won with 516 votes, or 53.86 percent, to Jim Nass\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 437 votes, or 45.62 percent.<br \/>\nFor town commissioner, Bett Wilson Foley was elected with 530 votes, or 21.74 percent, along with fellow newcomers Beth Turner, with 501 votes (20.55), and J.A. Farrell, with 446 votes (18.29).<br \/>\nIncumbent Clinton Bryan finished with 395 votes (16.20); John Clifford earned 224 votes (9.19); Ray Kelley, 214 votes (8.78); Chris Grulke, 82 votes (3.36); and Jeremy Shaffer, 38 votes (1.56).<br \/>\nVoller said he felt that democracy had won in Pittsboro.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All of the candidates ran issue-oriented campaigns with a positive focus on the town and its future,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Although it is tough for me to see anyone lose, I am happy for the new town commissioners. The town and its citizens have a bright future.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The number of candidates who stepped up to run for Pittsboro town board and the high percentage of voters who turned out is such a positive reflection of our community,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Foley. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I admire the integrity of the candidates who all ran positive campaigns that remained focused on the issues.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\nTurner was also impressed with the turnout.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153This town really cares,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking forward to serving for a town that I consider home and love.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I wish the turnout had been a little better than what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said newcomer Clifford, adding that he felt he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d run the best campaign he could.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought it went well,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Kelly, saying he felt the candidates had all acted professionally throughout the campaign. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I congratulate all the winners, and I know that Pittsboro is in good hands.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsboro voters went to the polls Tuesday to select from two mayoral candidates and eight town commissioner candidates running for three open seats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21830"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21836,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21830\/revisions\/21836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}