Last night’s candidates forum was informative and quite a success. About 55-60 people showed up at Rabobank last night to learn more about the candidates for CCSD Director. After the Chamber-sponsored forum, it was clear that the candidates have a lot in common – with the exception of Clive Finchamp, the candidates all support implementing the Water Master Plan, including the desalination project. My goal in organizing this forum was to give the candidates an opportunity to differentiate themselves from the other candidates and get a more individualized picture of each of the candidates.
With the help of co-moderator Steve Cole, we sorted through nearly 70 questions submitted before the event by email and by those in attendance and asked almost 20 questions of the candidates. We started out with each candidate answering a question focused on the theme: “What differentiates your from the other candidates?”
In the coming days, I will be posing some of the questions we didn’t have time for to the candidates and will post any responses I receive.
KTEA-FM 103.5 will be broadcasting the forum…stay tuned for date and time. It will also be available for download right here on AboutCambria.com soon.
I’d like to thank Rabobank for providing the space; Steve Cole for helping me fine tune the format and rules and for co-moderating; the volunteers who helped ensure everything went so smoothly: Jeff Hellman and Boyd Hogan as sound techs, Cheryl McDowell and Jackie Hogan as timekeepers, Bruce Marchese, Mickie Burton, and Tina Dickason for helping with seating and question cards; Stephen Overturf for letting us borrow his wristwatch; Elizabeth Bettenhausen for putting up flyers; Jim Kampschroer and Leeanne of KTEA FM 103.5 for broadcasting the event; and, of course, each of the seven candidates for CCSD Director. Kathe Tanner was tapping away on her laptop through the whole event…so look for something in this week’s Cambrian.
KTEA-FM 103.5 will be broadcasting the forum on Thursday October 23, 2008 at 10am and Friday October 24, 2008 at 7pm.
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A question that has not come up is term limits. I’d like to know how each of the candidates feels about limiting office to two four year terms.