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Candidate Information: District 6, Horry
County Council
For candidate questionnaire responses, click
here.
For candidate contributions, click here.
For
information on Horry County Council District 6 boundaries, click
here.
For information on individual candidates, questionnaire responses or
candidate contributions, click the candidate name or desired item in the
table below:
Robert P. Grabowski
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President, Myrtle Beach Lighting, Inc. Former USAF
Supervisor: Air Traffic Control. Former Socastee Neighborhood
Coalition Director of Public Affairs and Candidates Night Master of
Ceremonies. Member and Master of Ceremonies for Save the Socastee
Swing Bridge Committee. Member: Knights of Columbus, Cowboys for
Christ - Coastal Riders for Christ, Saint Andrews Catholic Church.
Graduated from Myrtle Beach High School. Attended: Erie
Community College, Buffalo. NY and Horry-Georgetown Technical College.
Arthur Thompkins Jr. (R)
| 236-3060 (D) |
| 236-2327 (N) |
Owner-operator of Thompkins and Associates, a company that installs
pilings, recycles concrete and sells coquina from its own coquina pit.
Member of the Solid Waste Authority. Previously on the Horry County
Board of Zoning Appeals, the Storm Water Committee, and the Horry County
Planning Commission. Past master of Masonic Lodge 381 and president of the
Conway Junior Chamber of Commerce. Licensed Unlimited General
Construction Contractor. Degreed Highway Engineer.
Marvin G. Adams (D)
Retired. Former owner/manager of the Beach Wagon in Myrtle Beach for
221/2 years. Retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1977. Member: Masonic
Lodge, Shriners, Socastee Baptist Church.
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Candidate Questionnaire
Responses
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Adams |
Grabowski |
Thompkins |
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| 1.
Do you favor impact fees? |
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Yes |
Yes Note 2 |
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| 2.a. Do you believe that a minimum impact fee on single
family residential properties, other than those designated as affordable
housing, in the unincorporated parts of Horry County of $750 is reasonable? |
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No |
TBD
Note 3 |
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| 2.b What such minimum impact fee do you believe is
reasonable. |
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$500 |
Note 3 |
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| 2.c. Do you believe that the taxes on properties in the unincorporated parts of Horry County generally pay for the public facilities and services that they require? |
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Yes |
No Note 4 |
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| 2.d. Do you have data supporting this? |
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No |
Not Yet |
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| 2.e. Source? |
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-- |
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| 3.a. Do you believe population growth is
economically advantageous to the overall local population? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 3.b Can you cite supporting studies or
statistics? |
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No |
No |
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| 3.c. Source? |
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-- |
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| 4. Do you believe that other property owners
have rights, including aesthetic consideration, that should be protected
when a property is planned for development? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 5. Do you believe there should be at least a
four foot high opaque (to block automobile headlights) landscaped buffer between commercial and
residential properties? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 6. Do you believe there should be at least
twenty-five feet deep landscaping between residential properties and
commercial properties? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 7. Do you believe that the heights of
buildings should be restricted to no more than twice their distance from
residential properties? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 8. Do you believe that aesthetics including
tree preservation, landscaping, and sign control are important
considerations in county planning and rezoning decisions? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 9. How many feet minimum setback do you feel
residential housing should be set back from the front of a lot? |
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30 |
40 |
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| 10. How many feet do you feel residential
buildings should be set back from each other? |
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15 |
30 |
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| 11. What do you consider the maximum number
of single family homes per acre should be -- excluding wetlands and road
right of ways? |
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2 |
3 |
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| 12. Do you believe that a development
should be approved if it causes the capacity of adjacent roads to
exceed 100%? |
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No Note 1 |
Note 5 |
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| 13. Will you respect the positions of other
district council persons and the wishes of the people they represent
unless they are manifestly unfair or there are overall county issues
involved? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 14. Do you believe that areas in
planned development districts should comply with the same heights,
setbacks, and densities as correspondingly zoned districts (e.g.
should residential areas in PDDs comply with the same restrictions as residential
zoning?) |
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Yes |
Yes
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| 15. Do you believe that such
facilities as asphalt or concrete plants should be isolated from
residential areas? |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| 16. Do you believe that community appearance
boards made up of residents abutting commercial areas should have
approval rights on design features of the commercial area such as building and sign colors? |
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Yes |
Note 6 |
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Note 1: Unless a plan is in
place that will increase the road capacity within a reasonable time.
Note 2. I favor the current
study on impact fees
Note 3: To be determined by
the current study
Note 4: Currently many
properties such as lower valued homes in the unincorporated parts of the
county do not but they should or services should be cut to maintain a
balanced budget.
Note 5.This
should not be a factor for approval of construction of a few homes,
but a large development should not be approved without plans in place
to alleviate the situation with additional roadways.
Note 6. Such residents
deserve a voice, but they should not have veto power.
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Candidate Contributions
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Robert Grabowski Campaign Contributions |
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Sunbelt Associates |
$ 500.00 |
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Sunbelt Homes |
$ 500.00 |
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Lin Paul |
$ 500.00 |
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B. Highsmith |
$ 250.00 |
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O.A. Jeffcoat |
$ 250.00 |
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CLK Builders |
$ 200.00 |
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Seacoast Custom Homes |
$ 200.00 |
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Dan P. Gray |
$ 200.00 |
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Arthur Thompkins Campaign Contributions |
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Rayford Voreen |
$ 250.00 |
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Walter Carrell |
$ 200.00 |
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Wayne Gray |
$ 200.00 |
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Wilma Terrell |
$ 101.00 |
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Ronald Eldridge |
$ 100.00 |
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Phil Elvis |
$ 100.00 |
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Tom Cannon |
$ 100.00 |
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Hazel Hatchell |
$ 50.00 |
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