HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-02-2006-6bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 2, 2006
Action Agenda
Item No. ~ ~-h
SUBJECT: Resolution To Recognize Bob Hall for Community Involvement and Political
Reform and Oversight
DEPARTMENT: BOCC
PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Yes -Resolution
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Baker, (919) 245-2130
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution recognizing Bob Hall for his volunteer work in Orange
County and political activism across the State of North Carolina.
BACKGROUND: Bob Hall has had a positive impact on changing politics in the South. From
fighting racism in his younger years during the early 1960s to driving campaign finance reform
today, Bob Hall has improved the Iccal democratic process. As a resident of Orange County,
he has been appointed by the BOCG to serve on the Economic Development Commission, the
Jury Commission, and the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Committee. Bob Hall has provided
research to bring to light the use of special-interest money in U.S. Senate races, hog farming,
and road-building and continues, to this day, to fight to improve campaign funding regulations,
FINANCIAL IMPACT: NONE
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adapt the attached
resolution recognizing Bob Hall for community volunteer involvement and his active role in
campaign finance reform across the State of North Carolina,
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE BOB HALL
FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND POLITICAL REFORM AND OVERSIGHT
WHEREAS, Bob Hall has served the citizens of Orange County and the State of North Carolina
through his political activism and volunteer efforts; and
WHEREAS, he was a civil rights activist during a time of social turmoil fighting racism on the
front lines; and
WHEREAS, Bob Hall was the founding editor of Southern Exposure magazine examining
culture and politics in the South; and
WHEREAS, he has served through appointment by the Orange County Board of Commissioners
on the Economic Development Commission, including serving as Chair, the Jury
Commission, and the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Committee; and
WHEREAS, in the best progressive tradition of Orange County, Bob Hall has charged forward
as a crusader to transform campaign financing rules for candidates for public office;
and
WHEREAS, while serving as Executive Director and Research Director of Democracy North
Carolina, Bob Hall has focused on electoral refornl and the pernicious influence of
money in politics; and
WHEREAS, as a campaign watchdog, he has demonstrated his passion to reform money-driven
politics and the role ofspecial-interest money from hog farming to road building;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does
hereby recognize Bob Hall and acknowledge his hard work and endless hours of
research in pursuing campaign finance reform for North Carolina and volunteering
to serve the people of Orange County and the entire State of North Carolina..
This the 2"`~ day ofMarch 2006,
Barry Jacobs -Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners