2008 Orange County Elections

Orange County Board of Commissioners
Valerie Foushee
Pam Hemminger
Bernadette Pelissier
Kevin Wolff

Steve Yuhasz

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Pam Hemminger
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Legend:
Y
= Yes, N = No, U = Undecided

1.) Will you lead efforts to ensure water and sewer extension to the identified economic development districts?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

Y

U
Y
Y

Y

 

2.) Would you support North Carolina counties having the local option to levy a ½ cent sales tax to fund transit and transportation systems?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

Y

Y
Y
U
U

Y

 

3.) Do you support the development of the Horace Williams Tract into a mixed use research campus that would include the UNC Innovation Center and Carolina North?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

Y

Y
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

4.) Do you support the use of tax credits to attract appropriate new businesses to Orange County?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

U

Y
Y
N

Y

 

5.) Do you support increasing permitted residential density for projects containing affordable housing?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

U

Y
Y
U
Y

Y

 

6.) Do you support the development of the Buckhorn Flea Market site into the proposed Buckhorn Village?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

U

U
Y
Y

Y

 

7.) Would you support creating a set of criteria for desirable development projects and then expediting the approval process for projects that meet those established objectives?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

Y

U
Y
Y
Y

Y

 

8.) Will you vote to always fund school capital costs appropriately so that the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) is never triggered?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Chamber
Position

Foushee

Hemminger
Pelissier
Wolff
Yuhasz

U

Y
U
U

Y

 

9.) How will you lead efforts to implement the Orange County Economic Development Commission’s Strategic Plan of creating 5,000 new private sector jobs and $125 million in new commercial investment in Orange County over the next five years?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Foushee

 

10.) What role should the updating of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan play in encouraging appropriate commercial development?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Foushee

 

11.) What specifically will you do to support the Orange County Economic Development Director upon his/her hire?

Orange County Board of Commissioners

Foushee