As part of our continuing coverage of the West University municipal election and commitment to voter education, Essentials is presenting this candidate questionnaire created by the city’s volunteer Sustainability Task Force. (The task force report is available here, on pages 79-112, to use as a reference for the candidates’ responses.) From Richard Beck West University … [Read more...] about An issue of sustainability: West U candidates weigh in on government’s role
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The candidates, Part 2: West U Council candidates on the ESSENTIAL issues
Five West University residents are vying to fill four seats on City Council — two of them incumbents. They are (in the order they will appear on the ballot), Clay Brett, Shannon Carroll (I), Buckley Morlot, Matt Hart, John Montgomery (I). This year’s Essentials candidates’ questionnaire on the issues contains questions from them and from the two mayoral candidates, incumbent … [Read more...] about The candidates, Part 2: West U Council candidates on the ESSENTIAL issues
The candidates, Part 2: Mayoral candidates on the ESSENTIAL issues
Essentials continues its 2023 West University election coverage with an issues questionnaire that has become our tradition — this time with a twist. We’ve asked the candidates themselves each to come up with three questions, which we then reviewed and turned into separate documents for the two mayoral and five council hopefuls. The author of each (as well as any tweaking of … [Read more...] about The candidates, Part 2: Mayoral candidates on the ESSENTIAL issues
WEST U ELECTIONS/ The Candidates: Who they are, why they’re running
Essentials is launching our two-part West University election coverage by offering the two mayoral and five council candidates — from which voters will choose four — a chance to introduce themselves, with responses on their background and qualifications and a 100-word-or-less statement on why they are running. The second part, appearing in our April edition and posted online, … [Read more...] about WEST U ELECTIONS/ The Candidates: Who they are, why they’re running
Here’s how to watch Essentials/InstantNews West U mayor, council candidates forums
The two candidates for West University mayor and nine for council participated in two separate virtual forums — sponsored by Essentials Magazine/Instant News — leading up to the election, and they are now available on YouTube to help voters make their decisions. Questions were submitted by residents and posed by Publisher George Boehme in a rapid-fire, round-robin format, … [Read more...] about Here’s how to watch Essentials/InstantNews West U mayor, council candidates forums