User:Mandolynrain/Elaine O'Neal (politician)

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Source The reason why she said that because probably that city really need somebody to help and be here for them.

I feel that Elaine O'Neal knows what is going on with the city and I feel like she want to be there to help the community out and make sure things are good there and just keep giving people advice and I feel like the reasons why she said that her biggest concerns was those things because she just don't want nothing bad to happened she want to be a good politician.

In Elaine O'Neal's first ever State of the City address, she said that her three biggest concerns for Durham were reducing crime, developing small businesses, and enhancing transportation.

One of O'Neal's main concerns with reducing crime was curbing gun violence.

In Elaine O’Neal’s first state of the city address, she said she had a plan to help reduce crime in Durham. That plan was to allow kids and young adults to have access to things like mentoring, therapy, and after school programs. The goal of these programs is to help clear the records of the young people of Durham in order to help them succeed in life.

Durham North Carolina is a weak mayor system. Because of this, Elaine O’Neal has less powers than those of a strong mayor system. This also means she is one of the members of the city council committee.

Since O’Neil’s inauguration, the number of shootings in Durham has steadily decreased yearly. The city saw 817 shootings in 2020 and has managed to decrease that number to 650 as of November 5, 2022.

O'Neal's supporters believe the lifelong Bull City resident knows Durham like nobody else. To them, the person most qualified to help run the city is the person nurtured and trained by the city the self proclaimed. "daughter of Durham."

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Elaine O'Neal received 25,707 votes or 84.69% of the vote. In 1994 she served as a judge in North Carolina's District Court and in 2011 she served in the 14th District on the Superior Court Bench. From 2018 until 2020 Elaine O'Neal was employed as interim dean of N.C Central University School of Law.