Raleigh’s high quality of life and embrace of education, technology, and innovation has led to rapid growth over the last twenty years. More people are calling Raleigh home than ever, and the pace is not expected to slow. This growth has also placed us at a crossroads, and Raleigh must take several strategic steps to ensure a bright future. Stepping up job growth downtown, building strong neighborhoods, and building a reliable transportation system will ensure that Raleigh is a destination city for years to come.

I believe that today is the day to make bold moves to secure Raleigh's future. While the recent recession should cause us to reevaluate our priorities as a city, it also gives us a wonderful opportunity to keep moving forward while other cities sit and idle. Raleigh's leadership showed vision in the past to create many of the luxuries we take for granted today. In 2009 I believe we need to exhibit that same kind of vision for Raleigh's tomorrow. I look foward to serving Raleigh as your city councilor. Let's build Raleigh's Future Together.

Lee Sartain
lee@sartainforraleigh.com

• Is a member of the Democratic Party.
• Lived in the Raleigh area since 1999. Alumnus of North Carolina State University.
• Raised in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina in the Lake Norman area.
• Serves on the Wake County Library Advisory Commission.
• North Carolina political heros: Governors Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt
• Works in Education Technology at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on North Carolina State's Centennial Campus. Lee's work focuses on innovating North Carolina classrooms to produce 21st century students ready for the jobs and world of today and the future. Additionally Lee's work has provided over $1.2 Million in additional funding for connectivity in Wake County Schools.
• Previously Lee worked with Staples providing regional leadership to their Copy & Print division. Lee's work led the company in the growth of their Copy & Print services.
• Started his first technology company, FutureTechNC in 1996 at age 15. As a high school student, he installed the first computer network in his school. Later producing some of the state's first school district websites.
• Lee is active in the life of White Memorial Presbyterian and Pullen Memorial Baptist Churches. He has served in various capacities including Youth Leader, Interim Minister of Young Adults, and worked on several technology initiatives undertaken in the life of those congregations.
• Sartain is also an avid swimmer and cyclist. He serves as faculty advisor to NCSU's Swim Club.