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Posted 8/25/10
Where's the love?
Incumbent commissioners, county's policies, draw heat at candidates forum
On August 23, Citizens for a Better Charles County hosted a forum in front of a packed room at the Waldorf Jaycees to listen to the candidates for county commissioner explain their stands on the issues and why they deserve to be elected, or in the case of the incumbents, re-elected.
Election day is September 14th.
LISTEN to the two hour forum.
Watch some of the key moments:
In the race for County Commissioner President:
Candice Quinn Kelly (D):
"I'm very concerned about openness and transparency."
Edith Patterson (D):
"We have prevailed."
Sam Graves (D):
"My three top priorities are . . ."
Ken Robinson (D):
"In just the last month, the commissioners violated the open meeting act."
In the race for County Commissioner District 1:
In the race for County Commissioner District 2:
Johnny Degiorgi (D):
"I'm against the Charles County Connector."
Rick Campbell (R):
"We're not being asked for our opinions and we're not being asked to join in on the conversation for our ideas."
Debra Davis (D):
"We all agree that growth is coming, we have to manage it . . . some of the ways we prepare for it is economic development."
In the race for County Commissioner District 3:
Reuben Collins, II (D):
"One of the things I've committed to my entire time as county commissioner is . . . "
Eric Vrem (R):
"We need
more open government."
Eric Vrem (R):
"We need to look at something called smart growth . . . we have a place where development should occur . . . it's called Waldorf."
Al Smith (D):
"To disband that economic development and tourism department was not the brightest idea."
More videos from Edith at the forum:
"We have to go out and seek a AAA bond rating." -- WATCH
"I'm even tempered and fair." -- WATCH
