Chapel Hill

Mayor (choose 1):
· Kevin Foy
· Kevin Wolff
Town Council (choose up to 4):
· Bill Thorpe
· Ed Harrison
· Jason Baker
· Laurin Easthom
· Mark Kleinschmidt
· Robin Cutson
· Will Raymond

 
Mayor (choose 1):
Kevin Foy

yard sign
 

community service
 

contact info
 

endorsements
Sierra Club, The Independent Weekly, The Chapel Hill News, The Daily
Tarheel, Hank Anderson Breakfast Club

top 3 priorities
 

length of residence
in Orange County
 

profession
 

voter registration
record
FOY, KEVIN C

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Kevin Wolff

yard sign
 

community service
 

contact info
http://hometown.aol.com/kwolffmayor/myhomepage/

endorsements
 

top 3 priorities
 

length of residence
in Orange County
 

profession
 

voter registration
record
WOLFF, KEVIN ALAN

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Town Council (choose up to 4):

Bill Thorpe

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community service
elected: Two terms on Chapel Hill Town Council, 1977-81 and 1983- 1987
appointed:
other: Director of Apprencticeship and Training, NC Dept. of
Labor

contact info
http://www.billthorpeforchapelhill.com fourseasons709@aol.com
919-740-9180
P. O. Box 1273, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

endorsements
Police Benevolent Association, The Independent Weekly, The Daily
Tarheel, Hank Anderson Breakfast Club

top 3 priorities
Protecting Neighborhoods; Affordable Housing; Creating a Less Car Dependent
Community

length of residence
in Orange County
36 Years in Chapel Hill

profession
Retired from Governement Service

voter registration
record
THORPE, WILLIAM HENRY

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
As of end of October, raised about $4,000, spent about $3,500
info about amount raised, amount spent

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Ed Harrison (i)

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community service
elected: Chapel Hill town council 2001 - present, Durham soil and Water
Conservation district Board of Supervisors 19990-2001

contact info
http://www.edharrison.org/

endorsements
The Chapel Hill News

top 3 priorities
1) a 21st century transportation system for Chapel Hill including a
wide range of ways to get around town
2) create a collaborative relationship
between the University and Town
3) careful choices on how to spend
funds from the 2003 bond issue

length of residence
in Orange County
Harrison has lived in the CHapel Hill Town limits within Durham county
for 15 years

profession
sole practice environmantal consultant

voter registration
record
HARRISON, EDWARD C

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
raised $5193 per last report filed, $700 from each of his parents,
$100 from Dorothy Verkerk and several other donations over $100

researched by
OP volunteer Andrea Rohrbacher

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Jason Baker

yard sign

community service
appointed: Campus Affairs Director, UNC Young Democrats; Technology
Director, NC Federation of College Democrats; National Council, College
Democrats of America
other: Filibuster for Democracy, Students for the
Judiciary, Campaign to End the Cycle of Violence, Democracy in the
Classroom, Public
Assembly, UNC Environmental Purchasing Workgroup

contact info
jason@jasonbaker.us; 919-338-1506; www.jasonbaker.us
A-6 Shepherd
Lane, Chapel Hill

endorsements
Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill

top 3 priorities
Transportation, Environment, Affordable Housing

length of residence
in Orange County
3 years

profession
Student, UNC Chapel Hill; part time Event Management Coordinator for
Spintacular Entertainment, a college events management and rentals company

voter registration
record
BAKER, JASON ESee explantion at http://orangepolitics.org/2005/07/welcome-to-the-jungle/#comment-25633

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
http://www.jasonbaker.us/index.php?s=file_download&id=1
is my latest filing. Notable donors since last filing: Gerry Cohen (former
student member of council), Democracy for America, Justin Guillory
(Mayor Meeker's campaign manager)

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Laurin Easthom

yard sign

community service
appointed: Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Board, Town Horace Williams
Citizens Committee, Orange County Adult Care Home Committee
other: Neighborhoods
for Responsible Growth, Sierra Club, Orange County Democratic Women.

contact info
http://laurineasthom.com/
606-0817 (cell) 305 Rowe Road, CH 27516
laurineasthom@hotmail.com

endorsements
Sierra Club, Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Independent Weekly,
The Daily Tarheel, Chapel Hill News

top 3 priorities
  * Carolina North developed with Town interests at heart, such
as demonstrating a commitment to the air/environment with significant
reduction in parking and automobile emphasis, demonstrating fiscal equity
with the Town, and permanent land conservation ;
* Improvement of Downtown
Chapel Hill with emphasis on providing 4 more police officers downtown;
attract business downtown other than restaurant/T-shirt shops (like Children’s
Museum, boutiques, clothes, art galleries, another bookstore, interesting
food shoppes, etc.) ; shared parking arrangements to increase available
parking; wireless internet beginning downtown yet for spreading to all
of Chapel Hill; improve lighting yet retain ambience; improve sidewalks
and planters, etc.
* Affordable housing—continue work on inclusionary
zoning with new Town committee; continue to work with developers, nonprofits
and financial institutions on providing such housing; look at Town’s
Comprehensive Plan’s areas of development opportunity and factor
affordable housing into future plans for these areas.

length of residence
in Orange County
Three years. Have spent time on/off in CH since I was 12 years old,
however.

profession
 Dentist and Mom   

voter registration
record
EASTHOM, LAURINDA D

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
My first campaign finance report showed: Contributions: $3247.00 My
operating expense (or spending) was $1219.88, of which half of money
was for signs, roughly. So I had a total of $2109.12 at the end of the
first reporting period. Today, (Oct. 22) I have an account showing $2513.12
available. I’m not actively fundraising at this point. My concentration
is on getting people to vote.

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Mark Kleinschmidt (i)

yard sign

community service
elected: Chapel Hill Town Council, 2001 to present
appointed:
I have been appointed to many Committees and as a Liaison to several Town Advisory
Boards and Commissions, including:
Liaison to Housing and Community Development Advisory Board
Liaison to Public Arts Commission
Liaison to Human Service Advisory Board
Liaison to Technology Committee
Parking Lot 2 & 5 Redevelopment Committee
other:
Elected to ACLU of North Carolina Board of Directors

contact info
http://kleinschmidt2005.blogspot.com/
markforcouncil@gmail.com
919-932-2810
875 Martin Luther King Blvd., #19 Chapel Hill, NC 27514

endorsements
Sierra Club, Student for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Police Benevolent
Association, Equality NC, The Independent Weekly, The Chapel
Hill News, The Daily
Tarheel

top 3 priorities
Continue the Council's work on the Downtown Economic Development Projects
Advocate for Chapel Hill citizens during Carolina North negotiations
with UNC.
Refine our affordable housing policies to, inter alia, add an inclusionary
zoning ordinance and eliminate the small house ordinance.

length of residence
in Orange County
12 of the last 17 years

profession
Attorney at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation

voter registration
record
KLEINSCHMIDT, MARK JAMES

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donor summary
 

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Robin Cutson

yard sign

community service
other: several animal protection and rescue organizations

contact info
http://robincutson.com/

endorsements
none

top 3 priorities
1)budget mismanagement including rising taxes, public safety not receiving
adequate funding, public art funding should be cut
2) increase commercial
tax base
3) water supply protection and conservation, concerned about
water use restrictions due to ongoing development, especially proposed
Carolina North project

length of residence
in Orange County
18 years

profession
writer, has law degree from Wake Forest University

voter registration
record
CUTSON, ROBIN DONEL

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
candidate website states 'no donations are being solicited or accepted'

researched by
OP volunteer Andrea Rohrbacher

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Will Raymond

yard sign

community service
appointed: Technology Advisory Board

contact info
http://willraymond.org/
campaign@willraymond.org 932-1380
209 Mt. Bolus Rd. , 27514

endorsements
Sierra Club, Students for a Progressive Chapel Hill, Independent Weekly,
The Daily Tarheel, Chapel Hill News

top 3 priorities
Environmental - Stronger stream, slope, tree protections; open space
acquisitions; Carolina-North
Economic - Economic Development Office; 5,10,20
year economic development strategy; Downtown revitalization; community-owned
broadband network;
spur jobs growth; new process for Town budget and increase tax efficiencies
("Live within our means"); work to double Human
Services budgets.
Development - shepherding good growth; collaborate with UNC on
Carolina-North; "evergreening" Comprehensive Plan, etc.

length of residence
in Orange County
14 years, more than 16 years in Chapel Hill mailing zone (couple years
living in Chatham).

profession
current: Software Developer, before: CIO/CTO of RegEd.com

voter registration
record
RAYMOND, WILFRED E JR

quotation(s)
 

donor summary
Raised $1210, loaned self $1150, spent $1290.43.

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