Read Across America Day at Grady Brown Elementary School Excellent schools Prevent school overcrowding by providing new public school facilities for both districts in a timely manner, following SAPFO (Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance) Provide fair funding for both school districts, thereby promoting a high quality of education for our children Ensure the maintenance and renovation of older schools, so that these older schools will become substantially equivalent to the newer ones Complete our new county campus of Durham Technical Community College in Hillsborough Environmental protection and wise land use Protect our natural resources, including watersheds and groundwater, and air quality Support the county's "Lands Legacy Program," and wisely allocate the bond and other funds already budgeted for land acquisition Encourage recycling and other sustainable growth policies Protect our communities - urban, rural buffer, rural - through responsible long-term land use planning. Respect the Rural Buffer surrounding Chapel Hill and Carrboro Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional transportation and multi-jurisdictional cooperation Promote wise transportation planning, with particular attention to improving regional transit and finding other alternatives to cars Monitor transportation projects for compliance with air quality objectives Foster town-county and regional cooperation, and continue multi-jurisdictional partnerships Responsive county services Provide caring human services for people, including young children and teenagers, and those with lower incomes. Make sure they have access to those county services Complete the two new senior centers, and provide services for seniors Promote affordable housing Provide community parks and recreation facilities Encourage meaningful citizen participation in county government for all of the diverse members of our community, inclusive of women and men, and people from all over the county Efficient and effective county government Promote effective and fiscally responsible government Ensure public safety and prompt emergency response Facilitate thoughtful economic development to provide quality jobs for county residents, and to create new jobs Support our local farms and local businesses, and promote the Buy Local Campaign Complete, on an aggressive schedule, the projects authorized by bond voters for recreation and parks, sewer and other promised projects TOP Paid for by the Alice Gordon Campaign, PO Box 2425, Chapel Hill, NC 27515