2020 Election Coverage: Candidate Forum for County Commissione Candidates

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This is a placeholder post for the February 13, 2020, candidate forum that was held at the Macon County Library. When all video segments have been uploaded, and articles are written, the full forum will be posted here and links added to the segments. The current goal is 5am Monday, Feb 17th.


A forum for candidates for Macon County Board of Commissioners was held last Thursday, the 13th of February at the Macon County Public Library. The event was hosted by The Macon County News and WNCC-FM/WFSC-AM.

Brittney Lofthouse of the Macon County News was the Master of Ceremonies.

Before the main event, other candidates who were present and wished to speak were given the opportunity to speak about their campaign for office. Links to each of those speakers is below.

Justin Greene for District Court Judge[LINK]
Tamara Zwinak for Congress [LINK]
Karl Gillespie for NC House [LINK]
Dr. Sarah Conway for NC Senate [LINK]
Kevin Corbin for NC Senate [LINK]
Jim Moore for District Cout Judge [LINK]



Below are videos of the County Commissioner Candidate Forum, divided into segments by question.



Introductions

Funding for Public Education



Use of National Forests in Macon County




Sheriff's Budget




Balancing Representation of Outlying Communities



Last Words






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