Meet the Candidate, or not

With two seats up for election on the Board of Supervisors this year no one can deny that this election is crucial to the future of Forks Township.

With this in mind, and as part of our mission statement, we anticipate holding three "meet the candidate" events. The first two will be before the primary vote allowing each of the *party candidates to meet the public and to answer questions about their plans for the township if elected. The third event would be held prior to the general election allowing the two finalists to have one final joint appearance opportunity to publicly state their plans and respond to potential constituent questions.

While Residents Who Care will sponsor this event, we are hoping to partner with either a media outlet or the League of Women Voters to moderate the forum.

Imagine our surprise when one of our members approached the Board this evening about using the main meeting room for this purpose and was treated rudely and abruptly. Instead of embracing the idea, they made it clear that they will throw every possible obstacle in our way to move forward with this public service.

What is clear to us is that we will need to find a non Township owned venue to proceed so we may proceed without interference and roadblocks.

Even though we are taxpayers, we have to find a non Township owned building to do this public service....WOW!


*=In the primary you can only vote for candidates within your own party. So if you are a registered Democrat, you can only vote for a Democrat. In the general election you may cross party lines and vote for whichever candidate you chose to, no matter what party they are from.