Public Forums
City Council-at-Large Candidates
UPCOMING PUBLIC FORUMS
October 4 Forum at Nunemaker Auditorium (Loyola University)
At-Large City Council Candidates Field Community Questions at Election Forum
The Election Forum is designed to provide the entire New Orleans community with information about the candidates running for the At-Large seat of City Council, allowing voters to make a more educated choice on October 20. The fo rum was organized because it is often difficult to access comprehensive information on City Council candidates.
Date and Time:
Thursday, October 4, 2007 ~ 7:00 pm
Forum is free and open to the public and news media
Location:
Nunemaker Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Monroe Hall, Loyola University
Free parking available in the West Road Parking Garage (enter from St. Charles Ave.)
Candidates:
(confirmed as of 09.25.07)
Diana E. Bajoie
Virginia Boulet
Quentin Brown
Kimberly Williamson Butler
Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson
Dyan French
Kaare Johnson
Joe Jones
Thomas Lewis
Malcolm Suber
Tommie A. Vassel
Cynthia Willard-Lewis
Moderator:
Lee Zurik, Anchor/Reporter WWL-TV
For additional information, go to:
http://citycouncila tlarge.blogspot. com/
Please contact us with information about upcoming election events so we can send out the latest updates!
October 11 Forum at Xavier University
COUNCIL-AT-LARGE FORUM ALLOWS VOTERS TO QUESTION
CANDIDATES IN CITY’S MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION
With the governor’s race not shaping up to be much of a contest, the most important ballot most New Orleans voters will cast in the October 20 election will be for the City Council-at-Large seat vacated by Oliver Thomas. The winner will assume the presidency of the City Council next year, and play a major role in the pace and direction of the city’s recovery.
To give voters the opportunity hear directly from the thirteen candidates about their visions and plans for the future of New Orleans, there will be a Candidate Forum on Thursday, October 11, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The Forum will be held in the Xavier University ballroom, and will be moderated by Roop Raj from WDSU-TV.
The Candidate Forum will be sponsored by the League of Women Voters, the Urban League of Greater New Orleans, the Committee for a Better New Orleans/Metropolita n Area Committee (CBNO/MAC), and Xavier University.
All thirteen candidates for the Council-at-Large seat have confirmed their attendance for the Forum.
For more info, contact:
Lea Young, League of Women Voters, (504) 289-1791
Nolan Rollins, Urban League, (504) 620-2332
Keith Twitchell, CBNO/MAC (504) 943-7970
October 16 Forum at Ben Franklin High School
COMMUNITY BASED ISSUES FORUM WITH CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES
Tuesday October 16th, a nonpartisan community issues forum for all 13 candidates for the at-large city council seat will take place from 6 pm to 8:30 pm at the Ben Franklin High School, located at 2100 Leon c. Simon Blvd ( on the UNO campus). The emphasis of the forum will be on the issues involved in the recovery and rebuilding of the city, especially as the recovery affects flooded neighborhoods, dispersed citizens, low income and public housing residents, African Americans and other racial groups. The candidates will be questioned on a variety of citywide and neighborhood recovery issues.
This forum is being organized by the African American Leadership Project (AALP), and the Louisiana Unity Coalition, and is supported by the New Orleans Association of Black Social Worker’s, the Millions More Movement, the Neighborhood Rebuild ing Plans Collaborative, Rainbow PUSH Coalition , the NAACP, ACORN, and SCLC. A special feature of the community issues forum will be the participation and involvement of youth and their parents. The forum format will consist of an opening statement from each candidate regarding why they are seeking the seat, and their summary of their position on the major recovery issues.
For more information, e-mail wazuri@aol.com, or call 504-285-8969