Questions will be prepared by students, to prevent unfair play or targeting of a specific candidate.
By WILLIAM K. ALCORN
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
CAMPBELL — A public forum where candidates for elective office will answer questions developed by high school government students is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell Elementary.
The forum was initiated by George N. Krinos, candidate for city council president, who said at Wednesday's council meeting that its primary purpose is to promote political awareness among Campbell students and citizens.
He said he has invited all candidates running for administrative and legislative offices to participate.
To get student participation, Krinos said he contacted Thomas Carney, government teacher at Campbell Memorial High School, who challenged his classes to develop the questions that will be asked at the meeting and made available to candidates 24 hours before the event.
Krinos said he wanted the questions prepared by students, to prevent any unfair play or targeting of any specific candidate.
Here's the agenda for the forum, which Carney will moderate:
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the event will begin at 7 p.m. with three-minute presentations by each candidate. At 7:40 p.m., the students' questions will be addressed to the candidates. At 8:30 p.m., audience members will be able to ask specific questions of any candidate of their choosing, Krinos said.
He stressed that the forum is not a debate — and no attack or comments among candidates will be permitted.
Steel mill demolitions
Also during public comment portion of council's meeting, resident Clifford Chuey criticized the city for allowing companies to tear down the old steel mills for the price of scrap metal, without the city getting its share of the profit; and for allowing the companies to go without cleaning up what's left.
"That isn't the way it works," responded Mayor John Dill.
Those buildings have sat for 30 years because no one could afford to tear them down, and it's only because of the high price of scrap metal that demolition is happening now, Dill said.
Once the buildings are down, the city can apply for Clean Ohio Fund grants to assess cleanup needs and then for the cleanup itself. Dill said the city has received three such grants over the past few years.
alcorn@vindy.com
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Questions will be prepared by students, to prevent unfair play or targeting of a specific candidate.
By WILLIAM K. ALCORN
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
CAMPBELL — A public forum where candidates for elective office will answer questions developed by high school government students is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Campbell Elementary.
The forum was initiated by George N. Krinos, candidate for city council president, who said at Wednesday's council meeting that its primary purpose is to promote political awareness among Campbell students and citizens.
He said he has invited all candidates running for administrative and legislative offices to participate.
To get student participation, Krinos said he contacted Thomas Carney, government teacher at Campbell Memorial High School, who challenged his classes to develop the questions that will be asked at the meeting and made available to candidates 24 hours before the event.
Krinos said he wanted the questions prepared by students, to prevent any unfair play or targeting of any specific candidate.
Here's the agenda for the forum, which Carney will moderate:
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., and the event will begin at 7 p.m. with three-minute presentations by each candidate. At 7:40 p.m., the students' questions will be addressed to the candidates. At 8:30 p.m., audience members will be able to ask specific questions of any candidate of their choosing, Krinos said.
He stressed that the forum is not a debate — and no attack or comments among candidates will be permitted.
Steel mill demolitions
Also during public comment portion of council's meeting, resident Clifford Chuey criticized the city for allowing companies to tear down the old steel mills for the price of scrap metal, without the city getting its share of the profit; and for allowing the companies to go without cleaning up what's left.
"That isn't the way it works," responded Mayor John Dill.
Those buildings have sat for 30 years because no one could afford to tear them down, and it's only because of the high price of scrap metal that demolition is happening now, Dill said.
Once the buildings are down, the city can apply for Clean Ohio Fund grants to assess cleanup needs and then for the cleanup itself. Dill said the city has received three such grants over the past few years.
alcorn@vindy.com
Thursday, October 4, 2007
A public forum where candidates for elective office will answer questions developed by high school government students...
