Roger Hosey, a Landis police officer, said he is running to serve the residents of China Grove.
“It seemed to me that meetings were more for for council members to air grievances that to get anything done,” Hosey, 26, said.
He served as a non-paid reserve officer for China Grove and got to know the people there before he moved to the town.
Running for public office for the first time, Hosey said he wants the town to work with the state Department of Transportation to get a new interchange built on Interstate 85.
“The one we have now at N.C. 152, it’s an odd exit and it throws a lot of traffic into the north end of town,” Hosey said. “I’d like to see an interchange built at Pine Ridge Road. That’s ideal — it would throw traffic into the center of town.”
Hosey said the council should not micromanage town department heads.
“There is a town manager that runs day-to-day operations,” Hosey said. “The council sets the policy and the department heads execute that policy. That is how it should be.”
-Ben McNeely
