Wib Gulley

Wib Gulley
Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	Charles Markham
Succeeded by	Chester L. Jenkins
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-31) July 31, 1948 Little Rock, Arkansas
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic

WIlbur P. (Wib) Gulley (born July 31, 1948) is an attorney and former state and local elected official from Durham, North Carolina.

Mayor

Gulley served as Mayor of Durham for two terms, from December 1985 to December 1989. As Mayor, Gulley initiated Durham's affordable housing program, led neighborhood protection and center city revitalization efforts, and negotiated the City's acquisition of the local bus system from the Duke Power Company.

Gulley had won election in 1985, was reelected in 1987, and lost reelection in 1989.

State Senator

Beginning in 1993, he served six (two year) terms in the North Carolina Senate, where he represented constituents in Durham, Granville and Person counties. During his time in the state Senate, Gulley sponsored legislation that led to North Carolina's and the nation's first public financing of election campaigns for judicial office (for NC Supreme Court and NC Court of Appeals seats), as well as numerous campaign law reforms. He also led the Senate's Transportation Appropriations committee for five years, working to expand overall transportation funding with an emphasis on public transit and road maintenance. Gulley also sponsored and led efforts to prohibit predatory lending in North Carolina, helping end "payday" lending in the state, as well as several key environmental measures.

Triangle Transit

In March 2004, Gulley announced that his retirement from the General Assembly, effective 19 March 2004, to become the General Counsel for the Triangle Transit, the regional public transit agency. In that capacity he is helping lead regional efforts to initiate passenger rail service and expanded transit options.

References

• Rice, Lewis (Summer 2007). "Going Public". Northwestern Law Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-24.