Below is the complete list of questions YES! Weekly asked the candidates in the Greensboro 2007 Primary.
1. Greensboro and surrounding municipalities are participating in the EPA’s Early Action Compact program to reduce the area’s excess levels of smog and particulate pollution. Do you think the city is doing enough to curb air pollution? Would you suggest any changes to the compact?
2. How would you prioritize the following transportation projects: New roads, increased bus service, more bicycle facilities, and light rail. Why?
3. According to a report issued earlier this year by professor Keith Debbage, Greensboro’s economy is recovering slower than other cities in North Carolina and is still more dependent on manufacturing. What strategies would you propose for stimulating the economy?
4. Do you support the use of economic incentives? What factors would you consider when weighing an incentives request?
5. How can the city best support local businesses?
6. Do you support the initiative launched by the Greensboro Minimum Wage Committee to create an ordinance requiring businesses within Greensboro’s city limits to pay employees a new minimum wage of $9.36 per hour?
7. Do you support fringe development or would you favor reining in the expansion of the city’s geographical footprint? Why?
8. Do you support the Heart of the Triad concept? Why or why not?
9. Where do you stand on the city’s handling of allegations of racial discrimination under the administration of former police Chief David Wray?
10. Would you support the creation of a police review board with subpoena power? Why or why not?
2 comments:
I was a founder of the Old Greensborough Preservation Society not a cofounder as you wrote. Thanks Sidney
Guys, why no mention of Greensboro's gang issues? Is life so good on your end of town that you don't know they exist?
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