2002 Candidate Position Questionnaire

1. What is your occupation? (Please list both primary and all secondary.)

2. Please list all schools, colleges, and universities that you have attended and all degrees you have earned.

3. Why have you chosen to run for office?

4. What do you see as the three most critical issues facing Blount County?

(1)

(2)

(3)

5. How do you propose to address each of these three issues?

(1)

(2)

(3)

6. What is your vision for Blount County/Maryville in 5 years?

7. What is your vision for Blount County/Maryville in 20 years?

8. Do you support the extension of the Pellissippi Parkway from Old Knoxville Highway (SR 33) to US 321?

c Yes or c No

If you checked "yes", is it because (check all that apply):

c You believe it is a "done deal" with T-DOT, and that the County government cannot affect the outcome either way.

c It will benefit commuters to Knoxville, both for shopping and employment.

c It will enhance Maryville/Alcoa businesses.

c It will open up new areas for development, both because of access and because the sewer lines will follow the interstate.

If none of these apply, please explain why you support or oppose the extension.

9. How do you intend to address the development pressures this extension will bring, including impacts on Blount County's secondary roads, schools, public services, air and water quality?

10. Would you support or oppose the Proposed Interstate 140 By-Pass (Southern Loop) around Maryville and within the County? Why?

11. What do you plan to do to prevent or encourage the completion of the Southern Loop?

12. Are you familiar with the County's Five Primary Planning Guidelines, which were formulated from a Land Use Study conducted in 1998? How would you incorporate the results into your own decision-making in your new or renewed position?

13. What is your position on the annexation compromise (Public Charter 1101)?

14. What is your opinion of the Cities and the County working together in land use planning? (As the Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Authority operates.)

15. What do you see as the best way to protect the rural nature of Blount County?

16. What do you see as the best way to protect the unique environmental features of Blount County (Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, etc.)?