INC NEWS - Letter: Neighborhood Advocate needed (today's Herald-Sun)

[Rev.Melvin Whitley]

I can support the creation of a Neighborhood Advocate if the Advocate works
for the Council and Commissioners, independent of Management.

Mel

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Subject: INC NEWS - Letter: Neighborhood Advocate needed (today's
Herald-Sun)

Letter: Neighborhood Advocate needed
Herald-Sun, 26 March 2008
 
I agree whole-heartedly with the Durham People's
Alliance's request of City Council to hire a
neighborhood advocate with legal and planning
experience (Forum, March 21). Citizens should not have
to spend substantial resources and funds (in addition
to their taxes) for their voices to be heard. 

Anyone who attempts to read (and understand) the UDO
will have no trouble agreeing that the neighborhoods
need, at the very least, a knowledgeable resource
person from whom they can seek advice, education and
assistance with neighborhood concerns and initiatives.


The most practical way forward is to create an
independent, city/county shared position since a lot
of development, and all school issues go to the
county, not the city. Of course, there is the
possibility of this independent person being beholden
to government officials, but that's the downside of
the real world and definitely a risk worth taking. 

Melissa Rooney
Durham
 


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