Bill Knight
214 Ridgeway Drive, 27403
Age: 71
Campaign website: www.knightformayor.com
Occupation and employer: Retired CPA
Previous elective experience: Candidate for at-large council seat in 2007
Civic and volunteer experience: Board of directors, Greensboro Opera; Parks & Recreation Commission; board of directors, regional engineering firm; former positions held: president, Hamilton Lakes Lions Club; board of directors, Greensboro Jaycees; executive committee, Greater Greensboro Open Golf Tournament; finance committee, Goodwill Industries; honorable discharge, US Coast Guard; treasurer, Congressman Howard Coble
Education: BA in economics, UNCG
What is the town of your birth? Leaksville
Moved here: 1952
Paid consultants working on campaign: Bill Burckley
Campaign manager: Self
Money raised (Sept. 22): $15,211
Money spent (Sept. 22): $8,068 Core positions: Bringing back a business focus to city government • Receptive to proposals for privatized waste disposal operation at White Street Landfill
• The city should pay legal costs and issue an apology to former police Chief David Wray and his associates
• Would convene CEOs for advice, make sure real-estate and development community is heard on zoning matters
Quote: “I would like to be sure going forward that as we select new administration into the police department command group that we’re doing it based on ability and qualifications. We have had one chief selected because of race. We’ve had another interim chief — don’t know what his…. We had another chief who was basically forced out on racial issues. And we have a chief today who, in my opinion, is there primarily because of race.” — Piedmont Triad League of Women Voters candidate forum, Sept. 15
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