ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, February 26, 1997 TAG: 9702260044
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
Jim Moore, the District A representative to the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, will not seek re-election in November.
Moore, 71, is completing his second, four-year term on the Board of Supervisors.
"I told the Democrats I'd run for supervisor. I didn't say I'd make a career out of it," Moore said.
Moore made the announcement near the end of Monday's board meeting, when supervisors make reports and general comments.
After the meeting, Moore said that after eight years and seeing the renovation of the Blacksburg branch library through, it was "time for a younger supervisor."
Moore cast the deciding vote to put the library issue on the ballot in 1993.
"I notified the Democrats first so they could get a leg up," Moore said of his decision not to run again. District A includes a slice of downtown Blacksburg and several of its major residential neighborhoods, such as the areas around Blacksburg Middle School and Margaret Beeks Elementary. It also extends out to Roanoke and Craig counties and includes the Mount Tabor area, Preston Forest and the Catawba Valley.
Moore, a retired Virginia Tech industrial engineering professor, was first elected in 1989, defeating Republican George Bell by 81 votes. He succeeded James Shotts, who left the board after one four-year term. Moore ran unopposed in 1993, but still conducted a door-to-door campaign. Besides Moore's seat, Republicans Joe Stewart and Henry Jablonski will decide soon whether to seek re-election. Stewart, of Elliston, represents the Shawsville area and Jablonski's district includes Christiansburg and Riner. Both are completing their fourth four-year terms.
"I'm not ready to say anything just yet," Jablonski said when asked if he planned to run again.
Stewart said he was "leaning toward running again" but had not made a final decision.
LENGTH: Short : 47 lines ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO: FILEi. Montgomery County District A Supervisor Jimby CNBMoore. color.