What questions to ask our local politicians
As you may know, there are several local political positions that will be coming up for elections. There will be public forums available for us as citizens to ask questions about their position. Usually turn out for these meet and greets can be low. But with the internet maybe we can formulate some questions to ask, and present them to all the candidates and post their responses. Links to candidates web sites will be made available where possible. If there is no link to a candidate and you find one to their home page leave a comment and we will install the link.
Please feel free to log on and post your questions, we will then present them and post back their responses in this thread. Please in your questions, post what position you are asking of, such as Lake Dallas, Councilman place 3. If you have a good relevant question that should be asked of all the candidates, just put general question in the top of your response.
In addition, those that would be interested in attending one of the meetings to present questions, and post their responses, please put Willing to attend “xxx meeting” in your post, as I personally will not be able to attend all the meetings due to my work activities.
If you note any inaccuracies in the posting below, be sure to use the contact us form for for sending in corrections. It has been rather difficult to locate information on some of the local city websites.
Current Positions being voted on in May:
Corinth: Mayor, place 2 and 5. Good recap by the Denton Record Chronicle about the candidates.
Candidates for Mayor: Sitting council members Shannon Bryan and Paul Ruggiere.
Candidates for place 2, Jim Mayfield and Sherri Schnider.
Place 5 will be Bruce Hanson, who ran unopposed.
Friends of the Lake Cities Library are having a town hall meeting April 21, 2009 at 6:00 pm, at Corinth City Hall, Chamber Room.
Lake Dallas: Place 1, 3 and 5. Plus voting of amendments posted in the Lake Cities Sun .
Place 1 candidates: will be James Harper, who ran unopposed.
Place 3 candidates: will be B. W. Brooks, who ran unopposed.
Place 5 candidates: Rick Martin (incumbent), and Karl Hammond.
Hickory Creek: Place 1, 3 and 5.
Place 1 candidates: will be Lynn Clark , who ran unopposed.
Place 3 candidates: will be Chris Gordon, who ran unopposed.
Place 5 candidates: Eric Wiser (incumbent) and Randy Wahl.
Shady Shores: Mayor, place 2 and 3.
Mayor candidates: Olive Stephens (incumbent) and Jerry Williams.
Place 2 candidates: Polly Carter (incumbent) and ???
Place 3 candidates: Sherry Star (incumbent) and Betty Brown.
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General Political Question -
1. What are your goals in the position you are filling.
2. Do you have any friends / acquaintances that might possibly create a conflict of interest.
3. What has the current administration done that you either voted against, or feel that should have been rejected or accepted.
4. What is your main focus that you believe you can complete inside of one term in the position you are seeking.