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New face to fill District 1 seat: Bentley, Ross say voters' focus on growth, schools.

The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC )

| October 25, 2006 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Carrie Levine

Oct. 25--In some ways, District 1 is a wild card. It's the only seat on the nine-member Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners with no incumbent seeking re-election. The district's current representative, Republican Jim Puckett, is running at-large. Republican Karen Bentley and Democrat Thurman Ross, a Cornelius town commissioner, are vying to replace him. Both Ross and Bentley say voters in the north Mecklenburg district are talking about schools and the impact of growth. Last year, voters in the district -- now the county's largest, and growing fast -- turned out to help defeat a school construction bond they said was too…

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