Michael A. Joyce

Michael A. Joyce (born May 27, 1961) was a member of the town council of Cary, North Carolina

Born in Northridge, California and raised in Nashua, New Hampshire, Joyce works as an executive plumbing consultant. He is a published plumbing textbook author Fact|date=March 2008 and owns the plumbing website of www.plumbingpro.org, which has won numerous awards. Fact|date=March 2008 A resident of Cary since 1993, Joyce was elected to his first term on the Cary Town Council in 2003 as an at-large representative. He announced his resignation from this position in 2006. Joyce has close connections with the Republican Party. Fact|date=March 2008 He was a founding member of the Western Wake Republican Club and has served on the NCGOP Executive Committee as an at-large member.

During his term on council he led an educational effort to make citizens aware of a North Carolina constitutional change on their ballot that he opposed, which would give up their right to be asked if local government chose to use tax increment finance (TIF) bonds. The voters approved the constitutional amendment that was named Amendment One and he now maintains a web site to track the use of these bonds in North Carolina (see [http://www.nctifuse.com NCTIFUSE] ). The TIF issue is being challenged in court and Michael Joyce is a plaintiff in the suit. The North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law is leading the case. Their website is www.ncicl.org

External links

* [http://plumbingpro.org/ http://plumbingpro.org]
* [http://carypolitics.org/Joyce-Resignation.pdf Michael Joyce's letter of resignation]
* [http://www.ncicl.org/ARTICLES/INDEXES/AM_ONE.html North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law : Concerning Amendment One]