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Art earned his bachelor's degree from Ohio State University, attended the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, and completed his residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Art is a former anesthesiologist who served as an attending anesthesiologist at Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, and specialized in neuroanesthesiology at Southeast Anesthesia in Charlotte. Additionally, he has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina and was appointed to the North Carolina Medical Board, where he became President in 2006. Art also served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 10 years, achieving the rank of E-5 Sergeant.

Arthur McCulloch's campaign for Mecklenburg County Commissioner for District 5 is his first run for public office.

As of June 7, 2025, Art McCulloch’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes in limiting taxation and spending growth while ensuring essential services. Supports conservative values and effective public services like education, healthcare, and police.

Wants to limit taxation and spending growth while ensuring essential services.

Believes in a balanced conservative stance on taxation and spending.

- Wants to limit taxation and spending growth while ensuring essential services.

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Supports "appropriately funding and enhancing the effectiveness of public schools."

- Supports "appropriately funding and enhancing the effectiveness of public schools."

Education

Supports law enforcement and advocates for adequate police funding to ensure community and officer safety.

Supports law enforcement and advocates for adequate funding to ensure community and officer safety.

- Supports law enforcement and advocates for adequate funding to ensure community and officer safety.

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Housing & Urban Development

Wants to support accessible and high-quality healthcare services.

- Wants to support accessible and high-quality healthcare services.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Laura is originally from Charleston, South Carolina. She earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Appalachian State University and her master's degree in secondary education and teaching from Winthrop University. Laura has 2 sons. She currently lives in Dilworth and attends Avondale Presbyterian, where she is an elder.

Laura has previously worked as a teacher and a portraiture photographer.

Laura Meier currently serves as Mecklenburg County Commissioner for District 5. She was first elected in 2020 and is serving her second term.

Supports expanding green spaces and revitalizing neglected parks in Mecklenburg County.

Supports increasing funding to maintain county parks and plans to create more green spaces through land acquisition.

Believes access to green spaces and community recreation is essential for well-being and supports investing in the greenway system to benefit the community.

Believes Mecklenburg County's green space and parks land are insufficient despite improved ratings from the Trust for Public Land.

Supports advocating for parks, green spaces, and greenways.

- Supports expanding green spaces and revitalizing neglected parks in Mecklenburg County.

Believes addressing poverty due to inequity is essential for improving Mecklenburg County's economy.

Believes addressing poverty due to inequity is essential for improving many of Mecklenburg County's problems.

- Believes addressing poverty due to inequity is essential for improving many of Mecklenburg County's problems.

Believes children in lower-income areas need equal access to resources for success. Supports a budget for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools that ensures safe, equitable schools with uniform access to materials, career programs, arts, counselors, teaching assistants, and advanced placement classes.

Supports a budget for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools that ensures safe, equitable schools with uniform access to materials, career programs, arts, counselors, teaching assistants, and advanced placement classes.

Believes in advocating for safe, equitable schools with uniform access to materials, career and arts programs, counselors, teaching assistants, and advanced placement classes.

Believes building relationships with the CMS school board will create harmony for children's futures. Supports better pay and respect for teachers, essential for children's futures, despite budget challenges due to political issues in Raleigh.

Supports the county’s Pre-K program to ensure children start school with the necessary tools for success. Believes lack of Pre-K access causes children to struggle academically.

Supports the county’s pre-kindergarten program, which ensures children start school with the necessary tools for success. 

Supports additional funding for mental health staff in schools, emphasizing the urgent need to address children's mental health.

Believes mental health is as important as physical health and supports accessible counseling and mental health resources for all children, regardless of income.

Believes mental health is as important as physical health and supports increased access to counselors and mental health resources for children, regardless of income.

Believes a child's mental health is as important as physical health and supports improving mental health services for children.

- Supports a budget for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools that ensures safe, equitable schools with uniform access to materials, career programs, arts, counselors, teaching assistants, and advanced placement classes.
-  Supports increasing teachers' salaries.
- Supports the county’s pre-kindergarten program, which ensures children start school with the necessary tools for success. 
- Supports additional funding for mental health staff in schools, emphasizing the urgent need to address children's mental health.

Believes it is imperative to address youth violence and ensure children feel safe in schools and neighborhoods. Plans to work with local and state leaders to develop a plan to reduce rising crime rates.

Believes it is imperative to address youth violence to ensure children feel safe in schools and neighborhoods.

Believes it is important to address youth violence to ensure children feel safe in schools and neighborhoods.

- Believes it is important to address youth violence to ensure children feel safe in schools and neighborhoods.

Supports NOAHs and rental subsidies, plans to collaborate with city officials and developers to address housing issues, and aims to prevent displacement and promote homeownership.

Believes rising property values and rental rates make it unaffordable for essential workers like teachers, police officers, and firefighters to own or rent homes in many areas.

Believes in collaborating with city officials, developers, and civic leaders to address housing issues and ensure homeownership is attainable for everyone. Plans to prevent people from being forced out of their homes.

Plans on collaborating with city officials, developers, and civic leaders to address housing issues and ensure homeownership is attainable for everyone.

Believes land-use plans should benefit all citizens, not just a few.

Believes Mecklenburg County's growth and prosperity are beneficial but also cause displacement of residents.

- Plans on collaborating with city officials, developers, and civic leaders to address housing issues and ensure homeownership is attainable for everyone.

As of June 7, 2025, Laura Meier’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- 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.

Mecklenburg County Commissioner, District 5

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