TO THE EDITOR:
Mark Marcoplos is the best candidate for the at-large Orange County Commissioner seat. He has been involved in the community for decades, both as a business owner and an active, politically aware citizen who has served on multiple boards and the OWASA. He has creative ideas to improve this community, including getting the county involved in the recently legalized hemp industry. As a business owner, he has worked to help promote sustainability through green construction projects and has pushed for a living wage, and he could be expected to continue on both of these issues as a Commissioner.
Marcoplos is running because he loves this community. He doesn’t see this position as a steppingstone in his own political career, nor is he doing it for status or recognition. He is running because he wants to give back to the place he calls home, a place that all of us at UNC love: Orange County. Some of us will stay here after we graduate, but many more will leave. However, almost all of us will come back and visit this great place where we have spent some of the most important years of our lives. We should do everything we can to make sure that we leave this place in the hands of those who care, of those we know will do a great job of preserving this place we love and making it even better. Mark Marcoplos is someone we can trust to take care of this place for us.
David Page
Junior
History and Political Science
