The Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) announces its endorsement of Hongbin Gu for Chapel Hill Mayor and Adam Searing and Vimala Rajendran for Chapel Hill Town Council.
The interview and selection process comprised the following:
- All candidates were invited to participate;
- Interview questions, developed by the group, were given to the candidates in advance;
- The questions and video recorded interviews were made publicly available online;
- We invited over 100 town residents to participate in the two-day selection event, of whom approximately 25 participated and several others sent in written comments;
- A trained facilitator was recruited to run each meeting;
- We established the rule that, to receive CHALT’s endorsement, a candidate needed to have support from at least 2/3 of those participating in the selection process. As it turned out, each of our three endorsees received support from more than 95% of the participants.
We encourage all voters to view the video-recorded interviews at https://bit.ly/3oq1433 and to read CHALT’s full endorsement statement, which can found at https://bit.ly/3uyhW8Q
CHALT is a diverse group of residents who bring neighborhood concerns and constituent issues to the attention of elected officials for evaluation and resolution. CHALT advocates for responsible land-use planning and promotes equity, inclusion and data-based decision-making in all facets of Town government.
For more information, please contact: Julie McClintock mcclintock.julie@gmail.com, Linda Brown lkbrown9478392@gmail.com, or Virginia Gray vagray@email.unc.edu