Michael Beauregard, who announced his candidacy for Chapel Hill Town Council earlier this summer, wrote in a Substack post last Friday that he will no longer be running for a seat on the council.
Friday was the last day to file for candidacy for Chapel Hill Town Council seats. Beauregard did not file for candidacy.
Because 10 candidates have officially filed and only four seats are up for grabs, Beauregard said in the Substack post that it would be "self-defeating" to run against other pro-development candidates.
"If there are indeed only four spots on the council, a particular side of the pro-/anti-progress aisle taking on more than four candidates would be self-defeating," he said in the post. "And of the candidates on our side of the aisle, we have reached that cap."
Beauregard noted that, since he announced his candidacy, the LUMO text amendment change has passed and a number of anti-rezoning candidates have announced their candidacy for the council, along with Adam Searing's candidacy for mayor.
"I have faith that four of the candidates who have filed to run — Theodore Nollert, Erik Valera, Jon Mitchell, and Melissa McCullough — will make far better members of the Town Council than any of their opponents," Beauregard said in the post. "Chapel Hill is at a nexus point in its history, and we must ensure that those who hold the reins in our Town Council are those that will see to it that Chapel Hill continues on the path of change."
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