LWV hosts candidate forums

LWV member Joe Gershtenson welcomes Circuit Judge candidates Judge Bill Clouse and Judge Jeffrey Walson to the Oct. 21 forum.
CIRCUIT JUDGE FORUM

Running for the circuit judge position vacated by Julia Adams are District Court Judge William T. Clouse Jr. and Family Court Judge Jeffrey M. Walson. Both candidates appeared Oct. 21 for the forum sponsored by LWV and the Institute for Politic Governance and Civic Engagement at EKU. The forum was moderated by the Institute's director, Joe Gershtenson.

One difference in the two campaigns is the acceptance of campaign donations from local attorneys. You can view the campaign expense reports that the two candidates have filed with the Registry of Election Finance Searchable Database. Find Search by name in left column to get a search window. Enter the last name of the candidate and locate 11/04/2008 in the pop up window for this election. In the next screen, you can open the summary or detailed view of the campaign report, which lists contributions by name and occupation.

LInk to Bill Robinson's story in Richmond Register.


RICHMOND CITY COMMISSION FORUM
All eight candidates for Richmond City Commission participated in the Oct. 20 candidate forum sponsored by LWV and produced by EKU Media.

Candidates for Richmond City Commission in order of the November ballot are Michael F. Bryant, Mike Brewer, Richard M. Thomas, Kay Cosby Jones, Robert R. Blythe, William H. "Bill" Strong, Rita H. Smart, and Ian Ward . LWV moderator was Lynnette Noblitt, who also is head of EKU's paralegal department.

Link to Ronica Shannon's story in the Richmond Register.

BEREA CITY COUNCIL

Candidates answered questions submitted to LWV Web site by citizens at the Oct. 14 forum. Photo by Jeanne Hibberd.
The 16 candidates for Berea City Council participated in a LWV forum in Berea Oct. 14. The candidates for the eight positions include incumbents Glenn Jennings, Chester Powell, Violet “Vi” Farmer, Greg Lakes, Denise Hagan, Howard Baker, Virgil Burnside and Truman Fields. Challengers are J. Donald “Don” Graham, Troy VanWinkle, Hubert Chasteen Jr., Ronnie Terrill, Billy Wagers, Jerry Little, Robert “Peanuts” Johnson and Glenn David Johnson.

Read Register story by Bill Robinson.

To contact the League, e-mail LWV at lwvbmc@yahoo.com.