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I_ig],Il it �j 1112 R 3 (01 R'iL <br />142 <br />North Carolina ZIouse of Representatives <br />Representati ve Disriiet 50 — Caswell CT_ Orange Counties <br />P.O. Box 163 <br />Cedar Grove, -North Carolina 27231 <br />(91.9) 606 -6700 or (336) 694 -1616 <br />Fax (919) 439 -1439 <br />BiU@neleg.net <br />March 23, 2005 <br />Chairman Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Re: District Election for the Orange County Connnissioners <br />Dear Chairman Carey; <br />The residents of Orange County have for the second time in less than a <br />decade again petitioned the Board of County Commissioners to put before <br />the voters of the County a referendum on District Representation. When first <br />presented, the Board set up a Study Commission to investigate the matter <br />and report back to the Board with a recommendation. I am told both by a <br />member of the Study Commission and a former County Commissioner <br />Board member then serving that the Study Commission recorrunended <br />District Representation. <br />The demographics of the County certainly confirm the need for District <br />Representation. The County has tluee very distinctly different communities. <br />There is the urban connnunity of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the small town <br />communities of Hillsborough and Efland, and the very rural areas of White <br />Cross, Orange Grove, Cheeks precinct, Cedar Grove, and Caldwell. Each <br />community deserves a voice on the Board. It is not reasonable to assume that <br />any group elected primarily by one of these areas would be able to both <br />adequately and vigorously represent the interests of the other two and the <br />people who reside in those areas. <br />The County easily lends itself to division by districts. Yet, when the matter <br />first came before the Board, I am told by a former Board member then <br />