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The third and final portion called the Face Off Round. One incumbent and one challenger are paired up. Each is asked a question. Each responds to one and rebuts the other: Face Off Round Mendonca & Hargis. Questions: Many downtown streets are inaccessible or poorly accessible to people with disabilities;…
Read More »Part Two of Candidate Forum. Group open-ended question. Three groups, Each asked one question. Each person in that group has 1 minute to answer. GROUP ONE: If money wasn’t an issue, what would your budget priority be? Elliott: Public safety. Need more police officers. Throwing money into OT account doesn’t…
Read More »Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) hosted a live candidate forum tonight for the 18 people who will appear on the City Council ballot on November 5. I watched the entire forum. Here’s what I saw and heard. The host is Mary Jo Griffin of Middlesex Community College. The forum takes place…
Read More »The Lowell Election Commission met yesterday at 4:45 pm in the City Council chamber at City Hall. The first item of discussion was “designated health care facilities” which involved the facilitation of absentee voting at nursing homes. The Commission and its corresponding Election and Census Office, do outreach and training…
Read More »In his Sunday Notes today, Gerry Nutter says that all the negativity about city government coming from the Sun and WCAP is designed to suppress voter turnout on November 5. I agree. Be sure to read his full post. A sample of it follows: That is all fact, it supports…
Read More »City council candidate Van Pech took advantage of my offer to post information from or about any campaign by pointing me to the following article about the Voter Awareness Night he organized last week. The article first appeared in the KhmerPost USA and is being republished with permission: What do…
Read More »Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) will host a City Council candidates forum on Wednesday Oct. 9th from 6:30-8:30 PM. The event will be telecast live on LTC channel 8 and LTC.org [youtube]suHWji0J_qc[/youtube]
Read More »City Council candidate Derek Mitchell shared the following press release this evening: From Derek Mitchell, candidate for Lowell City Council Lowell — In contrast to recent community commentary, I believe the perceived distinctions between new and old Lowell to be false. We are all simply, ‘Lowell’, with common aspirations to…
Read More »Fellow blogger Gerry Nutter asked City Manager Bernie Lynch for his thoughts on the recent preliminary election and on the criticisms of his administration coming from some in the mainstream media. Gerry posted the City Manager’s response on his blog. When I asked, Gerry granted me permission to repost it…
Read More »Here’s a reminder from the Centralville Neighborhood Action Group: Centralville Neighborhood Action Group Invites you to meet the Candidates for City Council Come and see what they have to say before you vote. WHEN: Mon. Sept. 30th @ 6:30pm WHERE: Dom Polski Club, 10 Coburn St. (enter parking lot from…
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