Candidate Questionnaire: Cristobal M. Palmer, Carrboro Town ...

Cristóbal Palmer | Carrboro, NC - Official Website

Cristobal Palmer is from Carrboro, North Carolina. He has a master's degree in information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives with his wife and their two children in Carrboro.

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Cristobal is currently a member of the Carrboro Town Council. 

Believes Carrboro's reliance on residential taxes is problematic and supports the Land Use Ordinance (LUO) rewrite to increase housing supply and affordable commercial real estate.

- Believes Carrboro's reliance on residential taxes is problematic and supports the Land Use Ordinance (LUO) rewrite to increase housing supply and affordable commercial real estate.

Economy

Wants to improve access to parks and green spaces.

- Wants to improve access to parks and green spaces.

Public Services

Believes changing zoning, permitting, and planning processes will make it easier to build accessible and affordable housing.

Supports providing pre-approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) designs to speed up affordable housing construction.

Supports reviewing options for adding to Carrboro's affordable housing fund.

- Believes changing zoning, permitting, and planning processes will make it easier to build accessible and affordable housing.
- Supports providing pre-approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) designs to speed up affordable housing construction.
- Supports reviewing options for adding to Carrboro's affordable housing fund.

Housing & Urban Development

Wants to focus on anti-racist learning and practice.

- Wants to focus on anti-racist learning and practice.

Public Safety

Believes equitable transportation requires safe and accessible infrastructure for all modes of travel.

- Believes equitable transportation requires safe and accessible infrastructure for all modes of travel.

Transportation & Infrastructure

As of September 4, 2025, Cristobal Palmer’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Danny Nowell | Carrboro, NC - Official Website

Danny Nowell is from Carrboro, North Carolina. He has a bachelor of arts in English and creative writing and a bachelor of arts in music from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He lives with his wife, Sallie, and their two children in Carrboro.

Danny is a freelance copywriter, a fiction writer, and a musician. 

Danny is currently a member of the Carrboro Town Council and serves as the Mayor Pro Tem. 

Supports revising the Land Use Ordinance to ensure new buildings reflect community values and promote economic vitality.

- Supports revising the Land Use Ordinance to ensure new buildings reflect community values and promote economic vitality.

Believes in using town resources to organize efforts that empower citizens and bring underrepresented voices into leadership.

- Believes in using town resources to organize efforts that empower citizens and bring underrepresented voices into leadership.

Supports adding diverse housing types to meet demand, but believes the market won't provide affordable housing at the needed scale.

- Supports adding diverse housing types to meet demand, but believes the market won't provide affordable housing at the needed scale.

As a council member, convened a Community Safety Task Force to research how municipalities are reducing negative impacts from public safety and policing while putting care and well-being at the center of our approach.

- As a council member, convened a Community Safety Task Force to research how municipalities are reducing negative impacts from public safety and policing while putting care and well-being at the center of our approach.

Supports prioritizing the Safe Routes to School plans and the Carrboro Bicycle Plan in upcoming budget cycles.

Supports connecting development with alternative transportation modes to reflect Carrboro's pedestrian-friendly character and climate priorities.

- Supports prioritizing the Safe Routes to School plans and the Carrboro Bicycle Plan in upcoming budget cycles.
- Supports connecting development with alternative transportation modes to reflect Carrboro's pedestrian-friendly character and climate priorities.

As of September 4, 2025, Danny Nowell’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Fred Joiner earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies and a master's degree in fine arts from Lesley University. He lives in Carrboro with his wife and their two daughters. 

Fred works as a service desk specialist at the UNC School of Government. He served as the poet laureate for Carrboro from 2019 to 2022. 

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Fred's campaign for Carrboro Town Council Member is his first entry into politics. 

As of September 4, 2025, Fred Joiner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports public art and artists, and wants to find more ways to capture and highlight local creativity.

- Supports public art and artists, and wants to find more ways to capture and highlight local creativity.

Supports creating intergenerational neighborhoods and affordable housing.

- Supports creating intergenerational neighborhoods and affordable housing.

Plans to learn more about climate change, land use, and affordability to help the town address those issues.

- Plans to learn more about climate change, land use, and affordability to help the town address those issues.

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As of September 4, 2025, Fred Joiner did not have a website or any information online.

Supports public art and artists, and plans to work on artists' spaces and housing issues in Carrboro.

Supports sensory conservation as a means of refuge and sovereignty.

- Town council members serve as the governing body of the town, along with the mayor. 
- The town council members make policy decisions for the town, including creating ordinances, policies, and making agreements with other governments. 
- The town council can amend and revise town policies, as well as approve or reject the town budget. 
- The town council is also in charge of the appointment of advisory boards, commissions, task forces, committees, the town manager, and the town attorney. 
- Members of the town council are elected to staggered 4 year terms. 