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Office you seek: Town Alderman

Occupation: Service Manager

Age: 38

Education: A.A.S. Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement

Address: 318 S Joyner Street

Web site/blog/email address: http://www.myspace.com/73979622

Email: Tbarbar@triad.rr.com

Previous elective experience: None

Why have you chosen to run for this office? Hopefully I can be the voice of the unheard in the community.

Key qualifications you would bring to the job: Listener and investigator

Family: My lovely wife, Tina, and our first son, Alton T. Barber III “Buck”

What distinguishes you most from your opponents? Eagle Scout Award, Veteran of Foreign Wars, Lifetime Member, Girl Scout, Lifetime Member

Please list the top three issues in Gibsonville and your stances on those issues:
1. Water billing: I have to say the town manager is right. People need to allow time for the new billing to set in. With any change it takes time.
2. The Recreation Center: We need to allow bids to come in before we decided to throw in the towel and close our minds.
3. Downtown business: We need to bring back a grocery store; the elderly are having a hard time getting to one.

If you were to give Gibsonville a letter grade on its effectiveness in managing growth, what would it be? “C”

What vote or decision of the current council would you overturn? Why do you disagree with the decision? At the present time, I don’t have anything.