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Sammy Slade was elected to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in 2009 and his term ends in 2013. Before serving on the board Slade was chairman of the Local Living Economy Task Force and co-founded the Carrboro Community Garden Coalition, Carrborogreenspace and ‘LocalMotive.’ He coordinated the Orange County Democratic Party’s Get Out the Vote campaign in the 2004 and 2006 elections. He was Democratic chairman of Mason Farm Precinct and then the OWASA precinct. He has also been active in the community by advocating for issues related to community parks and their uses.
Carrboro mayoral and Board of Aldermen candidates answered questions about cross-town partnerships, town safety and economic development at a candidate forum Thursday night.
Carrboro Board of Aldermen candidates are carving out ideas for how to cater to the town’s dense and growing immigrant population.
At least 12.3 percent of the town is of Latino or Hispanic descent, compared to 5.6 percent in Orange County, according to El Centro Latino. And the refugee population continues to grow drastically.
Ilana Dubester, interim director at El Centro Latino, said Carrboro’s government should include more bilingual public officials.
She also said immigrants tend to lack work, language services and access to affordable health care.
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