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Sharlene is originally from Washington but relocated to Gastonia, NC in 2017. She earned a bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies and a master's degree in Biblical Counseling from Fort Wayne Theological Seminary Bible School and is currently working towards a bachelor's in business administration at Trinity Washington University. She has engaged in prison ministry over the last three years.

Sharlene founded a non-profit organization, Unity 4 Us Outreach, in 2018. She has also worked as a coordinator at the Howard University Hospital and as a quality analyst for AmerisourceBergen.

Sharlene Mullings' campaign for County Commissioner in Gaston County is her first run for public office.

As of June 14, 2024, Sharlene Mullings’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes in community-driven tax policies shaped by resident input and collaboration.

Supports addressing key economic issues such as taxes, affordable housing, and sustainability to ensure a thriving community.

Plans to address key economic issues such as taxes, affordable housing, and sustainability to ensure a thriving community.

- Believes in community-driven tax policies shaped by resident input and collaboration.
- Plans to address key economic issues such as taxes, affordable housing, and sustainability to ensure a thriving community.

Economy

Believes ensuring fair education opportunities is crucial for creating a more equitable society. Supports addressing access to quality education, resources, and support for students from diverse backgrounds.

- Believes ensuring fair education opportunities is crucial for creating a more equitable society. Supports addressing access to quality education, resources, and support for students from diverse backgrounds.

Education

Supports allocating funds to develop a crisis response service to aid crime victims, ensuring they receive necessary support and resources.

Wants to allocate funds to develop a crisis response service to aid crime victims, ensuring they receive necessary support and resources.

Believes in the transformative power of faith and the potential for positive change within the criminal justice system. Supports prison ministry as a means to offer hope and serve individuals in correctional facilities.

Believes in the "transformative power of faith" and the potential for positive change within the criminal justice system. Supports prison ministry as a means to offer hope and serve individuals in correctional facilities.

- Wants to allocate funds to develop a crisis response service to aid crime victims, ensuring they receive necessary support and resources.
- Believes in the "transformative power of faith" and the potential for positive change within the criminal justice system. Supports prison ministry as a means to offer hope and serve individuals in correctional facilities.

Public Safety

Believes advocating for accessible and affordable housing solutions is vital to address rising housing costs and limited affordable rental units.

Believes advocating for accessible and affordable housing solutions is vital to address "rising housing costs" and "limited availability of affordable rental units."

Believes the county faces challenges with rising housing costs, limited affordable rental units, and insufficient funding for affordable housing development.

Supports affordable housing, fair taxation, and sustainable urban development for Gaston County.

Supports sustainable urban development for Gaston County.

Supports empowering the community through "Affordable Housing, Reasonable Taxes, Infrastructure Growth, Education, and Sustainable Practices." Believes in shaping a brighter future for Gaston County.

- Believes advocating for accessible and affordable housing solutions is vital to address "rising housing costs" and "limited availability of affordable rental units."
- Supports sustainable urban development for Gaston County.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports understanding and improving infrastructure, including roads, bridges, public transportation, and utilities, to enhance county growth and connectivity.

Believes in understanding and improving existing infrastructure, including roads, bridges, public transportation, and utilities.

- Supports understanding and improving infrastructure, including roads, bridges, public transportation, and utilities, to enhance county growth and connectivity.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Sharlene Mullings

Sharlene Mullings is originally from Washington but relocated to Gastonia, NC in 2017. She earned a Th.B. in Biblical Studies and a Th.M. in Biblical Counseling, and is working towards a BA in Business Administration. Details about her family, the specific school she attended, and the church she is a part of are not provided.

As of July 8, 2024, Sharlene Mullings’s website did not contain information on this issue.

The candidate's website says, "Fueled by her passion for making a positive impact, Sharlene founded a non-profit organization, Unity 4 Us Outreach in 2018. This initiative serves as a powerful expression of her dedication to community service, striving to uplift individuals facing challenges and promote empowerment through a variety of outreach programs in Gaston County and surrounding cities."

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay property and sales tax rates, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners can create, change, or abolish offices, positions, departments that are not required by law. 
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms, with no term limits. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.