TO THE EDITOR:
Jamezetta Bedford’s experience and in-depth knowledge makes her the top choice for Orange County commissioner.
If you care about social justice concerns, Jamezetta is a parent of an autistic adult and had to become an advocate to deal with the challenges faced by the disabled people. Those hardships are the same ones faced by the disadvantaged community: discrimination, lack of support and lack of services. Jamezetta doesn’t just say she gets it; she lived it.
Her son works at a start-up right here in Chapel Hill. Again, Jamezetta’s understanding of the impediments to new, student-run business isn’t theoretical; it is based on actual family experience.
But family connections to real issues aren’t enough. Jamezetta has the professional background to evaluate and find solutions to Orange County’s problems. As the former chairperson of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education (with 12 years of total service to the board), her analysis of critical concerns facing schools is invaluable. As a CPA who works with local businesses, she is equipped to understand budget proposals and extricate the significant details. These distinctive abilities put Bedford in the position to marry personal and professional experience in order to find the funding and advance priorities for education, fiscal planning and economic development, social services and equity and sustainability. What more can anyone ask for?
Please put voting on your list of must-dos and vote for the candidate Indy Week described as having “a stunning knowledge of county issues and fiscal realities,” Jamezetta Bedford.
Del Snow
Former Chairperson
