- Patrick Smathers
Patrick Underwood "Pat" Smathers has served as the
Mayor ofCanton, North Carolina since 1999. He ran for Lieutenant Governor of his state in 2008.Career
He has made his living as an
attorney for 27 years. He is the attorney for the Haywood County School System andHaywood Community College . He also serves in the North CarolinaArmy National Guard as a Lieutenant Colonel, and is a graduate from the United StatesArmy War College Class of 2006. [Mountaineer;Waynesville, North Carolina ;June 26 ,2006 ; Pat Smathers, 50, is the son of the late Loranzo and Frances Smathers. He is an attorney and owns Smathers Square retail building and Imperial Plaza in Canton, plus 23 apartments for low-income elderly and handicapped people. 1972 -- Smathers graduates from Pisgah High School and earns a football scholarship to Duke.]Smathers is a graduate of
Duke University , where he played football under an athletic scholarship. He is also a graduate of theWake Forest University School of Law.Political and Community Involvement
He is a member of the North Carolina Local Government Commission, a member of the Haywood Rotary Club, and is involved in the
North Carolina Democratic Party Task Force on Western North Carolina. He was Haywood County's Rotary Citizen of the Year in 2003 and was elected to the Pisgah High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. He also serves as the Vice president of the Haywood County Democratic Men's Club, was chairman of the 2003 Vance-Aycock Dinner, and is a former County party chair.His 2008 campaign slogan was "Local Leadership, Statewide." Smathers came in third in the May 6, 2008 primary, behind winner
Walter H. Dalton and runner-upHampton Dellinger .References
External links
* [http://www.patsmathers2008.com/ Campaign site]
* [http://www.cantonnc.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={E3F93C02-DD94-49EE-9BBF-890EECFF1FF6} Canton Mayor and Board of Alderman]
* [http://www.bluenc.com/blog/psmathers2008 2008 Lt. Gov Platform]
* [http://www.themountaineer.com/archives/2007/03/05/topstories_cantonhonoredascoolc.html Canton Honored as "Cool City"]
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