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Peter Molleur touts financial, people skills in bid for city council
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Published: September 19, 2009
Peter Molleur says he knows numbers.
"I see the numbers, I can analyze the numbers and I understand how the numbers work," he said. "I can also determine how the numbers are derived and what factors they play in the government."
And that is one of the reasons, Molleur believes, he can be an effective member of the Statesville City Council.
Molleur is a computer software support specialist for Iredell County's finance department. He is in a six-man race for one of two at-large seats on the council.
Along with a business administration degree, Molleur also has one in psychology. That combination, Molleur believes, helps in dealing with the varied aspects of running a city: crunching numbers, planning ahead and understanding people.
"I bring all that to the table," Molleur said.
But what he mostly brings to the table, he feels, is a desire to bring change to the parts of Statesville that need it and to preserve those that need that.
Molleur is a big fan of the city's recently released Downtown & N.C. 115 Streetscape/Land Use Master Plan.
"I think the plan is great," he said. "The concept is there and so is the need. There is definitely a need."
Molleur also said the city needs to do more to improve the quality of life for people in South Statesville.
"I know we won the All America City," he said. "But it's not all-America there."
Molleur serves on the city's tree commission and once sat on the civil service board. He is also a member of Preservation Statesville.
After hearing his suggestions, Molleur said, other members and neighbors encouraged him to go for elected office.
"You keep getting more involved and coming up with more ideas and people would ask me why I don't run for city council. So finally I did."
He almost did two years ago when the Ward 3 seat opened following former Councilman A.E "Pete" Peterson's resignation. But he did not want to run against his friend and Mulberry Street neighbor Bonita Eisele, who subsequently won the seat in a three-person race.
"It was a toss-up as to which one of us would run," Molleur said.
Molleur said his low-budget campaign — of hand-painted signs and flyers — is a kind of metaphor for what his governing style would be.
"It's about being fiscally responsible," he said. "And what you can do yourself, you do yourself."
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