Mar 10 2008
Cabarrus Commissioners May Expand the Governing Body
CONCORD - The Cabarrus Board of County Commissioners may plan to seek a bill from the N.C. General Assembly to enlarge the five-member commission to a seven-member board.
“We’re going to become a community that needs the representation of (seven commissioners),” said Commission Chairman Jay White at a planning retreat Saturday.
Commissioners discussed the possibility that five board members could represent the five Cabarrus municipalities or districts, leaving two at-large seats.
However, the board said it would be important that all seven commissioners be elected through a countywide vote, so as not to strictly represent the interests of their respective districts.
I agree with their position on this. The Charlotte Metro area is booming with no slow down in site. More people will require more representatives and that will produce more effective representation. I have been an advocate for a long time of expanding the size of Congress for precisely this reason. How can a member of the House effectively represent 700,000 people?
