CCTA Candidate Forum, October 16, 2012

Public Service Announcement

October 9, 2012

A Candidates Forum will be held at the Bridgepoint Hotel on Tuesday, October 16 in the room overlooking the Trent River. There will be an opportunity to meet the candidates individually, ask questions, share ideas and refreshments between 6 PM and 7 PM. The Forum will begin promptly at 7 PM and run until 9 PM. Anyone who would like to can watch the Presidential Debate with us beginning at 9 PM. The event is sponsored by the Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association, and all citizens are welcome.

Ten candidates who will be on Craven County ballots have agreed to participate. Darryl Holloman (Lib - Dist 1) who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives will be there. Two candidates for the N.C. Senate, Norman Sanderson (Rep - Dist 2) who is currently serving in the N.C. House, and his opponent, Greg Muse (Dem - Dist 2) will participate. Three candidates running for N.C. House, Michael Speciale (Rep - Dist 3), John Bell (Rep - Dist 10), and Jim Dancy (Rep - Dist 12) will be there.

Among the "down ballot" races, three candidates for judgeships and one candidate for Board of Education will participate. Ballots will not indicate the party affiliation of these candidates. Clinton Rowe and Cheryl Spencer are both running for the same judge's seat in District Court (3B); this is the seat which Ms. Spencer has held for some years; both candidates will participate. David McFadyen,III, is also running for a judge's seat in District Court (3B), but this is a different seat; it is the one to which Kirby Smith was recently appointed. Mr. Smith is still on the ballot, but has "suspended" his campaign. Mr. McFadyen will participate; Mr. Smith will not.

David Hale is the only candidate for Board of Education who has agreed to participate.

All candidates (regardless of party affiliation) who will appear on Craven County ballots have been invited to participate.

Info provided by:

Raynor James, PR Chair, Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association (CCTA)
252-288-6228 (home) (Answering machine message says "fsboamerica," but that's correct number)
252-626-2804 (cell)
305 Calico Drive, New Bern, North Carolina, 28560