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Wants to ensure everyone's voices countywide are heard and county services are accessible to all residents.

Want to expand access to recreation services and supports the "recently voted-on Pitt County Parks and Recreation Department."

- Wants to ensure everyone's voices countywide are heard and county services are accessible to all residents.
- Want to expand access to recreation services and supports the "recently voted-on Pitt County Parks and Recreation Department."

Public Services

Wants to foster economic development that aims to benefit county residents from all financial backgrounds and areas of the county.

- Wants to foster economic development that aims to benefit county residents from all financial backgrounds and areas of the county.

Economy

Wants to ensure public schools are strong, well-resourced, and provide an education that allows students to become skilled workers, well-informed and engaged as adults.

Believes the county must fully support public schools and community colleges because they are "crucial resources for our people and contributors to the vibrancy and quality of our community life."

Supports efforts to recruit new teachers and retain current teachers by "paying them like the professionals they are."

Wants more more support for "essential school workers, including bus drivers, nutrition staff, custodial staff, administrative staff, and classroom aides."

Wants more funding for school infrastructure and social support.

- Wants to ensure public schools are strong, well-resourced, and provide an education that allows students to become skilled workers, well-informed and engaged as adults.
- Believes the county must fully support public schools and community colleges because they are "crucial resources for our people and contributors to the vibrancy and quality of our community life."
- Supports efforts to recruit new teachers and retain current teachers by "paying them like the professionals they are."
- Wants more more support for "essential school workers, including bus drivers, nutrition staff, custodial staff, administrative staff, and classroom aides."
- Wants more funding for school infrastructure and social support.

Education

As of June 14, 2024, Bob Edwards did not have a website or any information online.

Public Safety

Wants to expand housing and renting options for "the 50% of Pitt County Households who make $55,000 per year or less."

- Wants to expand housing and renting options for "the 50% of Pitt County Households who make $55,000 per year or less."

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to rebuild the “Main Streets” in the community, which he believes "have been left behind in recent decades."

Wants to establish a more widely accessible transit system that is less dependant on location.

- Wants to rebuild the “Main Streets” in the community, which he believes "have been left behind in recent decades."
- Wants to establish a more widely accessible transit system that is less dependant on location.

Transportation & Infrastructure

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Supports the newly created county recreation department.

Supports repairing Lake Glenwood's dam and transforming it into a community park after addressing "concerns about property rights, and funding... with those whom it directly affects."

- Supports the newly created county recreation department.
- Supports repairing Lake Glenwood's dam and transforming it into a community park after addressing "concerns about property rights, and funding... with those whom it directly affects."
- Wants to improve mental health services.

Advocates for selling county property downtown to private developers and believes it will "foster growth, job creation, and community revitalization."

- Advocates for selling county property downtown to private developers and believes it will "foster growth, job creation, and community revitalization."

Believes managing the education budget "requires intense fiscal management... responsible budgeting, [and] prioritizing core educational needs by demanding transparency. [Then, we] could explore private sector partnerships and lower tax burdens on hardworking citizens."

- Believes managing the education budget "requires intense fiscal management... responsible budgeting, [and] prioritizing core educational needs by demanding transparency. [Then, we] could explore private sector partnerships and lower tax burdens on hardworking citizens."

Said, "The issue of public safety is paramount; to uphold law and order in Pitt County. This includes bolstering law enforcement resources, supporting community policing initiatives, and prioritizing crime prevention strategies to safeguard residents and promote a secure environment."

- Said, "The issue of public safety is paramount; to uphold law and order in Pitt County. This includes bolstering law enforcement resources, supporting community policing initiatives, and prioritizing crime prevention strategies to safeguard residents and promote a secure environment."

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

In regards to a new Pitt County administrative building, recommends considering location, accessibility, and environmental impact and gathering funds from "a combination of current tax revenues, outside grant sources (state and federal) and debt service."

- In regards to a new Pitt County administrative building, recommends considering location, accessibility, and environmental impact and gathering funds from "a combination of current tax revenues, outside grant sources (state and federal) and debt service."

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