
{"id":25243,"date":"2012-04-19T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=25243"},"modified":"2012-04-18T17:11:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T21:11:17","slug":"candidates-urge-better-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/04\/19\/candidates-urge-better-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates urge better communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rose Laudicina<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c All three candidates running for two vacant District 1 seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners agree that in order to achieve more for the county, the different governing boards need to work on working together.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There has been a bad history of communicating between the governments,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d incumbent Pam Hemminger said at a candidate forum held last Wednesday at Carrboro Town Hall, sponsored by the Orange County Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to let go of this bad history and realize we have to work together,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she added. Candidate Mark Dorosin, a former mem- ber of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, offered as a recent example the county and the board of aldermen having difficulties in their attempts to site a library in southern Orange County, partially due to poor communications. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need engaged leadership that is com-<br \/>\nmitted to having collaboration that has to happen up front,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dorosin said.<\/p>\n<p>Penny Rich, a candidate who currently serves on the Chapel Hill Town Council, also admitted being frustrated with a lack of communication. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Being on the Chapel Hill Town Council I sometimes get really frustrated with the county commissioners,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rich said. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve felt like the communication lines weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always open, but this frustration has been going on too long,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she added. <\/p>\n<p>Candidates discussed a wide range of topics, including the proposed Orange County transit plan and the rural buffer, and shared ideas on issues such as how to generate positive economic development and what to do with the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trash.  <\/p>\n<p>All three candidates expressed their approval of the proposed transit plan and its light-rail component and said they would be supportive of putting a transit tax on the November ballot. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153My belief is we need to put the transit tax out there to improve transit in general, because there is no money in the towns or county to increase transit,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hemminger said. <\/p>\n<p>The candidates also found themselves in agreement about the rural buffer, saying they liked the concept but would be in favor of discussions to make certain it was working as effectively as intended. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think the idea of the rural buffer is a good one,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dorosin said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but we need to consider whether it is still working the way it was intended to.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We should look at if there are ways the community would support using parts of it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he added. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about what to do with the county\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trash, each expressed disappointment with the current, temporary decision to ship it to Durham \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and once again the discussion focused on communications among the governmental entities. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The solid-waste issue has been going on for just way too long,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rich said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153but every time groups get together, nothing happens.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think we need to come up with a 21st century solution and I think we need to be forward thinking,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n<p>To help improve not only relationships among the different governmental bodies but the entire Orange County community, Dorosin gave a suggestion that garnered a lot of smiles in the room.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to have a county fair,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dorosin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Something that celebrates \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 the diversity and the unique range of interests in the county.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><em>For elections and voting information, see page 3. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARRBORO \u00e2\u20ac\u201c All three candidates running for two vacant District 1 seats on the Orange County Board of Commissioners agree that in order to achieve more for the county, the different governing boards need to work on working 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