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Wilmington City Council Race: Margaret Haynes

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Wilmington, NC – Early voting starts today and voters have nine candidates to choose from to fill three open seats for Wilmington City Council. WHQR's Michelle Bliss reports that candidate Margaret Haynes served on the council back in 2009.

Wilmington City Council members selected Haynes to finish Jason Thompson's term when he was elected as a county commissioner. Haynes was chosen from a pool of nearly 40 people and served for a year.

She says that the council needs to support current businesses and seek out new ones.

"They have an obligation to make it easier for people to come to the city, and to do some entrepreneurial things, to have small businesses, to maybe reduce red tape so there are not so many hoops to jump through. And just make the administrative process more user-friendly."

Haynes has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's in public administration. Election Day is November 8th.

Note: Haynes is a member of WHQR's Board of Directors.

WHQR's series on the nine candidates running for Wilmington City Council will continue Friday and Monday.

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After growing up in Woodbridge, Virginia, Michelle attended Virginia Tech before moving to Wilmington to complete her Master in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina in Wilmington. Her reporting and nonfiction writing have been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered, within the pages of Wrightsville Beach Magazine, and in literary journals like River Teeth and Ninth Letter. Before moving to Wilmington, Michelle served as the general manager for WUVT, a community radio station in Blacksburg, Virginia. She lives with her husband Scott and their pups, Katie, Cooper, and Mosey.