Ward 1 candidates lay out their
objectives
Published: Friday,
August 23, 2013 at 22:31 PM.
New Bern residents of Ward 1 got
the opportunity Thursday evening to meet the three Board of Aldermen candidates
hoping to represent them after the October municipal election.
The seat is up for grabs following
Alderman Sabrina Bengel’s decision to run for mayor.
Dallas Blackiston, Alfred Barfield
and Tony Bonnici spoke to about 60 people at the Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Room on South Front Street.
The candidates were asked three
questions that provided insights into their backgrounds, their passion for New
Bern and the strengths and challenges facing the city.
Blackiston, 63, of 1507 N. Pasteur
St., a retired Marine infantryman and pilot and retired community plans and
liaison officer for Cherry Point air station, said it was the people that
brought him back to New Bern in the 1990s.
“The wonder of it is not that we
have found New Bern but New Bern has found us,” he said, alluding to the spirit
of the city.
Blackiston said when it comes to
challenges, his first is to get elected, causing the audience to laugh.
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