Support Cora Cole-McFadden

Dear Friends,

Please join the sponsors listed below in supporting the re-election of Cora Cole-McFadden to City Council.

You can send a contribution in the mail. Make your check out to "Cora Cole-McFadden for City Council" and send it to the following address:

Cora faces a tough re-election challenge from Donald Hughes who has the endorsement of the Durham Committee, so your support is badly needed. Donald has never voted in Durham. He has been a strong advocate of the enormous, destructive development, the 751 Assemblage, threatening Jordan Lake. The Independent, People's Alliance, Friends of Durham and many others have endorsed Cora.

Here is what Tom Miller says about her:

"Cora Cole-McFadden is the council's most steadfast advocate for our Durham neighbors who have the least and need the most. She is thoughtful, approachable, practical, and persuasive. She is the council's progressive conscience.

Here is what the Independent said about her in its endorsement:

WARD I covers roughly the north and north-central neighborhoods. We endorse two-term City Councilwoman CORA COLE-MCFADDEN, whose concern for the environment and focus on crime reduction has earned her a third term.

She supports infill development, reduction of impervious surface, such as asphalt and concrete, and environmentally sustainable measures in city buildings, including water conservation and energy efficiency. She also is strong on social issues, stating in her questionnaire that "affordable housing and health care are basic rights." She also supports the half-cent transit tax, which excludes food, medicine, utilities and housing, "making it less regressive."

Cole-McFadden touts the economic development of the northeast-central neighborhoods, including $600,000 in federal grants to redevelop formerly polluted areas. However, we hope she uses her position on the Auditing Services Oversight Committee to monitor how that money is being spent. Considering the city has received nearly half a million dollars in funding, little has been accomplished in cleaning up and redeveloping those properties.

So please come to our fundraiser or send a check!

Thanks, from the sponsors: Lanier Blum, Julia Borbely-Brown, Dave Austin and Pam George, Carl and Lisa Rist, Kathryn Meyers, Carolyn McAllaster and Coin Page, Bob Schall and Susan Lupton, Marty Belin, Jenny Warburg, Judy Kincaid and Phil Lehman, Dabney Hopkins, Milo Pyne, Gretchen Cooley, Jennifer McGovern and Steve Unruhe, Tom and Kim Miller, Page McCullough, Steve Schewel and Lao Rubert

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October 6th & November 3rd

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