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Controlled growth key for newcomer Delnero
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Published: October 13, 2009
Charles Delnero is running for a seat on the Troutman Board of Aldermen.
But since shortly after he moved to the town a little more than two years ago, he has been kind of a de facto member of the board.
"I enjoy the meetings," he said. "I especially like the pre-agenda meetings because that's where all the action is."
And he rarely misses them. He even attended the two-day workshop for town leaders at Lake Norman State Park in February. He was the only person not employed by the town in some capacity to sit in on all the sessions.
"I like to know what's going on in Troutman," he said. "And I love Troutman. I just love it."
Delnero, 67, moved to the town from Union, N.J. in May 2007. He learned of the area from his friend, Bill Saul, whose daughter lived in Mooresville.
Delnero, who retired from Trans World Airlines after a 33-year career with the now-defunct air carrier, said he saw a photo of a house and asked his real estate agent where it was. She pointed him to the Barium Seasons development in Troutman and he said he knew he was home.
He said lower taxes, better weather and friendlier people brought him south.
"And now I do all the things retired people do," he said.
Among those things, in Delnero's case, is keeping his finger on the town's pulse.
"I'm from the Kennedy generation," he said. "I was going into the Air Force when JFK was elected. And, just like now the with Obama, a lot of young people got excited about politics, and I was one of them."
Delnero said he likes all aspects of the body politic.
"I like the interaction between board members," he said. "I like the idea of helping people. And I like the psychology of it; how if you listen intently, you can hear the real reasons people say what they say and do what they do."
Delnero's platform is one that revolves around the Troutman's pending growth.
He says a "close watch" needs to be kept on development so that it's not "just scattered all over (N.C. Highway) 150."
He also said the water and sewer rates are too high, the town needs a park and playground and that town leaders need to encourage more small businesses.
"If you lose small business," he said, "you lose the town."
Delnero is running against three other candidates for one of two at-large seats on the board: incumbents Mike Spath and Scott Feimster; and Curt Rogers.
The one-stop early voting period for the Nov. 3 non-partisan municipal elections begins this Thursday at the Iredell Board of Elections offices in Statesville, and runs through Oct. 31.
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