2006 Raven Society Candidate Position
Questionnaire – Dr. Bob Proffitt
1. What is your occupation? (Please list primary and
all secondary.)
M.D.
2. Please list all schools, colleges, and universities that you
have attended and all degrees you have earned.
Armona Elementary 1 - 8
Univ. of
3.
Why have you chosen to run for office?
1) Interest
in Government Local, State Natl
2) Feeling
that
4. What makes you qualified to hold this office?
Active and leadership positions in numerous
civic and professional organizations
5.
What do you see as the three most critical issues facing
(1) Education Eval
of facilities & staff, at all level
(2) Control of Growth & need for adherence to environmental concerns
(3) Transportation maintenance of roads traffic control, i.e.speed monitoring and
noise, i.e. mufflers that are loud
6.
How do you propose to address each of these three issues?
(1) Must work with the county school board, school administration to assess the needs, staff, and faculty qualifications
(2) Careful zoning looking @ population facts
(3) Blount county has many good roads, some are sub-par. Poor street signs. There is need for better speed control.
7.
Are you familiar with the Hunter Growth Strategy completed in 2005?
c Yes or c No Have studied the summary.
How
would you incorporate the results into your own decision-making in your new or
renewed position?
Immediate study of present
zoning regulations, some of which are not being followed. Then move to
adopt more rigid control.
8.
How would you assess the current pace of development in
c Too slow
c About right
T Too fast
9. Do you support the passage of an Adequate
Facilities Tax or other Development or Impact Fee? c Yes or c No
Why
or why not?
The passage of one of the above seems
critical. The question remains ‘till the
whole county tax structure is evaluated.
10. Are you familiar with the
Would
you support a measure to increase communication between our county
representatives to this body and our county legislative body? Why or why not?
Communication between the two would seem to
be a real plus!
11.
Do you support the extension of the
Please
explain why you support or oppose the extension.
Thr Pellissippi Extension would disfigure
prime farm land & is in effect a 4 lane road feeding to a 2 lane road in
the park.
12.
Would you support or oppose the Proposed Interstate 140 By-Pass (Southern Loop)
around
c Yes or T
No
Why?
Have not seen details of traffic data that
supports the “
13. What
do you plan to do to prevent or encourage the completion of the
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14.
How do you intend to address the development pressures these potential new
roads will bring, including impacts on Blount County's secondary roads, schools,
public services, air, and water quality?
1) Get
as many facts as possible
2) Call
on resource people in these areas to lend expertise. Many of these have witnessed the right and
wrong way.
15. What do you see as the best way to protect the
rural, natural, and historic qualities of
1) Pay
close attention to all factors that play a part in protecting our farm land and
are involved in residential and commercial development.
2) Education
at all levels of what we have and the importance of it
16.
What is your vision for
1) Preservation
of the natural beauty
2) City
schools & county schools on par
3) Better
access to primary health care
17.
What is your vision for
A county that has “stepped up to the plate”
and effected those measures that maintain our natural
resources.
DG