Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

• City Council Member for 9 Years
• Mayor Pro Tem since 2005
• Member - Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority Board of Directors
• Member - Lower Cape Fear Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors
• Chairman - City Boards and Commissions Appointments Committee
• Chairman - 2020 Plan Oversight Committee
• Chairman - Evaluation Committee for City Manager, City Clerk, and City Attorney
• Member - Wilmington/New Hanover County Ports, Waterway, and Beach Commission
• Past President of Wilmington Downtown, Inc.
• Former Member Historic Preservation Commission
• Former Member N.C. State MPO Transportation Advisory Commission

As your councilman I have been working on several projects for years.  Many of them are now a reality and some just now coming to fruition.  In the completed category:  The PPD project in the Downtown; the City Future Land Use Plan and rewritten Zoning Ordinances to include revised CBD regulations; and several of the City Parks Projects,  which were a part of the Parks Referendum.  Others are still under way:  The Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority has finished its first year of life and as a member of the board of directors I will work to make it the best of its kind; the new Convention Center is under construction and will need work, especially in this economy; The former Almont Shipping property on the Northern River Front has yet to be developed; and there are still Parks Projects which must be completed.

As always there are the ongoing challenges of meeting our transportation needs, assuring safe neighborhoods, controlling spending, and keeping taxes down while making sure Wilmington remains the wonderful place to live that it has always been. As your city councilman for over nine years I know how to do the job.  Experience Does Matter.  I would like to have your vote in November so I may continue to serve the citizens of the Great City of Wilmington.