League of Women Voters sponsoring Chatham Board of Commissioners candidates' forum

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006

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Pittsboro, NC - Chatham County residents are invited to attend and participate in the Chatham County Board of Commissioners Candidates' Forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties. The Forum will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Superior Court House in Pittsboro from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The League, which has been in existence for over 60 years at local, state and national levels, is a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Brenda Rogers, a League member, will moderate the forum. The candidates for the Chatham County Board of Commissioner candidates are District three: George Lucier (D) and Mary Delois Nettles (D); District four: Karl Ernst (R), Bunkey Morgan (D - incumbent), and Tom Vanderbeck (D); District five: Tommy Emerson (D- incumbent) and Carl E. Thompson (D).

The forum will provide an opportunity for citizens to learn about the positions of each candidate as well as ask questions of the candidates. The candidates will provide an opening statement after which the moderator will direct questions to the candidates from the League as well as from written questions submitted by the audience. At the end of the question and answer period, each candidate will provide a closing statement.