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~~~5 ~o~- o~ y' <br />3 -a -dam <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ~~ <br />RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE BOB HALL <br />FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND POLITICAL REFORM AND OVERSIGHT <br />WHEREAS, Bob Hall has served the citizens of Orange County and the State of North Carolina <br />through his political activism and volunteer efforts; and <br />WHEREAS, he was a civil rights activist during a time of social turmoil fighting racism on the <br />front lines; and <br />WHEREAS, Bob Hall was the founding editor of Southern Exposure magazine examining <br />culture and politics in the South; and <br />WHEREAS, he has served through appointment by the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />on the Economic Development Commission, including serving as Chair, the Jury <br />Commission, and the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Committee; and <br />WHEREAS, in the best progressive tradition of Orange County, Bob Hall has charged forward <br />as a crusader to transform campaign financing rules for candidates for public office; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, while serving as Executive Director and Research Director of Democracy North <br />Carolina, Bob Hall has focused on electoral reform and the pernicious influence of <br />money in politics; and <br />WHEREAS, as a campaign watchdog, he has demonstrated his passion to reform money-driven <br />politics and the role of special-interest money from hog farming to road building; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br />hereby recognize Bob Hall and acknowledge his hard work and endless hours of <br />research in pursuing campaign fmance reform for North Carolina and volunteering <br />to serve the people of Orange County and the entire State of North Carolina. <br />This the 2"d day of March 2006. <br />,~ <br />p ~ <br />~ ~ ~ ~i~ '~'...~ I . it ~ ti <br />ry -~~ ~ •, <br />~ ~ }~` 47_1` ~~ ~~ l~ <br />~. % Y <br />F / <br />