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Fred Crawford

Unaffiliated · NC

Fred Crawford is a Unaffiliated candidate for SWAIN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS CHAIRMAN in the November 2026 general election.

Where Fred Crawford stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (2 records), Government Efficiency (3 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 2 support

  • Supported a temporary Swain County data-center moratorium and urged commissioners to write the ordinance tightly to avoid development-restriction loopholes.

    April 1, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: bpr.org

  • Was profiled as a Mainspring Conservation Trust board member after helping establish and manage the Colorado River Land Trust and managing 97,000 acres of LCRA real-estate assets.

    September 7, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: mainspringconserves.org

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 3 support

  • Urged Fontana Regional Library trustees to set aside a surplus-fund distribution vote, preserve assets during litigation, and plan for operating as a two-county system.

    July 13, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: smokymountainnews.com

  • Asked county commissioners to include internal labor when reporting the animal shelter’s cost and alleged that expensing it reduced transparency; subsequent reporting found expensing was permissible, the county had clean audits, and the accounting choice did not affect its credit rating.

    February 3, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: smokymountainnews.com

  • Asked the Swain County Tourism Development Authority to expand public-comment time from three to five minutes and restore YouTube video access for residents unable to attend midday meetings.

    July 9, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: assets.simpleviewinc.com

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 1 support

  • Represented the Lower Colorado River Authority as the applicant in an Austin rezoning request for the W.C.I.D. No. 17 water plant; the City Council approved public-district zoning.

    February 28, 2013Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: austintexas.gov

Track record — General

General · 1 record

  • Was profiled as a Mainspring Conservation Trust board member after helping establish and manage the Colorado River Land Trust and managing 97,000 acres of LCRA real-estate assets.

    September 7, 2020

    Source: mainspringconserves.org

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