OVERVIEW:
Bill James, a Republican, is
serving his seventh two-year term on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
Prior to his election, James
was the first Chairman of the City of Charlotte’s Privatization/Competition
Advisory Committee (1994-1996).
In 1995 he was appointed by the County Commission to its Capital
Budget Advisory Committee to review the 1995 CMS bond package.
He also served on the 1997 Bond Committee
supporting the passage of $415 million in bonds to renovate inner city schools
and build new public facilities for education and public safety.
He also has been involved in various
Arts & Science Council (ASC) fund drives, serving in prior years as a member
of the Arts & Science Council’s Vanguard Society, and representing the
Board of County Commissioners on the ASC Board for 1997. Commissioner James
believes that the arts, while important, are not a high priority use of public
funds.
In 1999 he
served as one of the founding members of the County's Audit Review Committee,
created as a result of the Bill Culp Board of Elections "Micro-Vote" scandal.
He served
as the Chair of County Commission's Effective and Efficient
Government (EEG) Committee for several years has been a member of the County's Community Health and Safety (CHS)
Committee since inception.
During the late 90's he was
involved in pushing for 'neighborhood schools', opposing CMS
(Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools) race based busing plan.
Recently, James has pushed
for tougher rules governing the hiring of illegal immigrants with government
money through employment, contractor hiring or sub-contractors.
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