Hometown!’s Questions and Answer Forum

Who: Candidates for Key West City Commission, and Utility Board
Where: Tropic Cinema, Carper Theater, 416 Eaton Street
When: Wednesday, September 9, from 5:00 – 7:30 pm
What: A great event as Candidates are questioned by political pundits

The panelists for this event will be:

Bill Becker, the radio voice of US1 Radio, 104.1 FM and the highly rated Morning Magazine program
Kay Harris, Editor of The Key West Citizen
Rev. Dr. Randy Becker, Minister to ONE ISLAND FAMILY (The Southernmost Unitarian Universalist Congregation)
Mary Grusin, 25 years of experience in higher education administration and now active in Key West Arts and Conservation

Doors open at the Tropic at 5:00 p.m. Voters will have 30 minutes to have some refreshments in the Tropic lobby, and meet and talk to the candidates. Please come early to ensure getting a seat. Admission is free but seating in the Carper Theater is limited.

The fireworks begin at 5:30 p.m. when the panelists for this event and the Candidates take the Tropic Cinema stage in front of what is predicted to be a packed house of politically minded voters.

The segments are as follows:

(NOTICE) Hometown! PAC may change the order of the segments, may lengthen or shorten the segments, and may add or delete segments— but the foregoing is the tentative lineup at this time.

(A) The candidate portion of the September 9 event begins at or about 5:30 PM when the candidates for Utility Board, G1, G4 and G5, will be questioned.

Candidates for Utility Board G1 are Donna M. Bosold, Jim Marquardt, and Steven Wells, Sr. (The Incumbent Barry Barroso is not seeking reelection.)

Candidates for Utility Board G4 are Mona Clark (Incumbent) and Christine Gorham.

Candidates for Utility Board G5 are Charles Bradford (Incumbent) and Thomas Milone.

(B) Then the candidates for City Commissioner, District II will take their seats to be questioned. The candidates are: Sam Kaufman and Morgan McPherson.

(C) Thereafter, the panel will question the candidates for City Commissioner, District IV. They are: Tony Yaniz and Richard G. Payne.

(D) Next, the panel will question the candidates for City Commissioner, District V. The candidates are: Mike Mongo and Margaret Romero.

If you have any questions about the event, please email Sheldon Davidson at [email protected] (305-295-3560) or send an email to Hometown at [email protected] or call Todd German or email him at [email protected]

Please note that the races are not a primary. Because this is a non-partisan election. The Candidates are not running as representatives of any political party. Where, as here, there are three candidates for one of the City Commissioner positions, and if none of the three receives a majority vote (50%+1) then, the top two vote getters go to the General Election (November 4) for a run-off.

Don’t miss what promises to be an exciting and informative evening. And, don’t come alone! Bring a friend!

If any declared candidate has questions about the event, please call Hometown Board Member and Secretary Sheldon Davidson at 305-295-3560 or email him at [email protected].

UNABLE TO ATTEND?

For those who can not attend this forum, FloridaKeys.com will be recording the event. The event will be streamed live on Hometown Key West YouTube channel. You can watch the live event by going to www.hometownkeywest.com and clicking on the LIVE ONLINE icon. The recording will remain on the YouTube channel for those who cannot watch live.

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