Party: Republican
Slogan: "Less Government Control"
Profession: Owner of mail service
Residence: Black Mountain
Funding: $600-$700 raised. Pledged to raise no more than $1,000 for his campaign.
Endorsements: None reported
1. Do you favor A) creating a regional water authority, B) giving the existing system to the Metropolitan Sewerage District or C) leaving it under Asheville's control? Why?
I would prefer to have it under the Metropolitan Sewerage District and have it all under one because of so many situations, and to have it be where there is some consideration made that all the water you use does not go through that sewage system.
2. Do you support granting domestic-partner rights and/or benefits to Buncombe County employees? (Yes/No) Why?
No, I do not. It, for me, is a personal decision. I don't see that as a part of what as a society we need to be promoting. To me, by giving those, we're promoting something that I am totally against.
3. Do you favor offering tax breaks and other economic-development incentives to companies that agree to move here or expand existing facilities and hire local workers? (Yes/No) Why?
Depending on the circumstances. If it's tax breaks, that's one thing, but to go out and buy the property for them, take it off the tax roll, [and] reduce the value of property that was already on the rolls, as was recently done out in Skyland, I do not support that.
4. Do you think the county should make funding the Connect Buncombe greenways a high priority? (Yes/No) Why?
No, unless there is an excess of money. There are far more other things more important than greenways.
5. What’s the most important role of county government in job creation?
People who want to come here are [people who are] confident that they're not going to be overtaxed, [and] that their workers will be able to buy homes here that are not overpriced. ... The less government, the less control, the better off people are.
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Is this guy running for "grumpy old man"? I predict his votes will be directly proportionate to the number of family members he has.
By JMAC
05/03/2012
I hope he does not read these comments, he looks mad enough already.
By JMAC
05/03/2012
Wipe that smile off your face!
By Dionysis
05/03/2012
You damn Democrats get off my lawn!
By hauntedheadnc
05/03/2012
"Get off the lawn, you damn kids!"
By Barry Summers
05/03/2012
"that their workers will be able to buy homes here that are not overpriced"
And how will he propose he will control housing prices for 'their workers'?
By bill smith
05/03/2012
A very pertinent question. The candidate claims that "less government" and "less control" is the answer to providing affordable housing to workers.
Of course, as an analysis of the real estate debacle revealed:
"The 2008 financial crisis was an “avoidable” disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by Wall Street, according to the conclusions of a federal inquiry...
...the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, accuses several financial institutions of greed, ineptitude or both, some of its gravest conclusions concern government failings, with embarrassing implications for both parties.
The decision in 2000 to shield the exotic financial instruments known as over-the-counter derivatives from regulation, made during the last year of President Bill Clinton’s term, is called “a key turning point in the march toward the financial crisis.”
The report does knock down — at least partly — several early theories for the financial crisis. It says the low interest rates brought about by the Fed after the 2001 recession; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants; and the “aggressive homeownership goals” set by the government as part of a “philosophy of opportunity” were not major culprits.
On the other hand, the report is harsh on regulators. It finds that the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to require big banks to hold more capital to cushion potential losses and halt risky practices, and that the Fed “neglected its mission.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/business/economy/26inquiry.html
Every Republican candidate mouths the same worn-out mantra of 'less tax, fewer regulations' as the answer to everything. Not surprising, since it seems this is force-fed to every little GOPer as soon as they are hatched.
By Dionysis
05/06/2012