Reminder! — First Wilmington Mayoral Town Hall Tonight
Just received notice from WDEL that they will be hosting the first Town Hall (titled the Future of Wilmington) featuring the current crop of Wilmington Mayoral candidates next Monday, 30 January 2012 at 6PM at the Wilmington campus of Delaware Technical & Community College.
They’ll be broadcasting the Town Hall on WDEL as well as live-streaming video of the event on their website. From WDEL’s Press Release:
Candidates Rep. Dennis P. Williams, City Councilman Kevin Kelley, Bill Montgomery, Scott Spencer and Rev. Derrick “Pastor D” Johnson have confirmed they will participate. Sen. Robert Marshall initially said he would participate but has since dropped out citing a previous engagement.
WDEL Senior Correspondent and anchor Allan Loudell will serve as moderator.
After providing a brief opening statement on their vision for the City of Wilmington’s future, candidates will answer questions from the audience. Listeners can also use Twitter to ask questions by sending a tweet to @WDEL.
Anyone interested in the Wilmington Mayor’s race should try to get here and start asking these candidates tough questions. I posted this early so you could get this event on your calendars and so you could spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
Let us know if you are planning to go — and let us know in the comments what kind of questions you want these candidates to have to answer.
Tags: Mayor Race, Wilmington
I’m planning on attending. Want to carpool?
Yes! I’m pretty certain now I can go.
What are the candidates plans for the future deployment of public safety for the city of Wilmington? Specifically the current process of continued rolling bypass or brownouts of engine companies throughout the city and police officer deployments when Daily staffing of officers on the street falls below 10? What changes if any can we the citizens and employees of wilmington look forward too?
We need Michael Brown for Wilmington. If liberal policies worked, Wilmington wouldn’t be turning into a wasteland.
40 years under one-party rule has done Wilmington so well.
What incredibly stupid things to type. The reason most cities elect Democrats is that the GOP has made no effort whatsoever to challenge them. It’s easier, and more lucrative, to demonize them instead — all part of the “southern” strategy, which is actually the “set the working-class whites against the blacks” strategy.
John, you clearly know nothing about Michael Brown.
JT should ask Que Pasa here about Mike Brown. He would know first hand that even his own party won’t support him for Mayor.
You’re right, Cass. I wouldn’t support Mike Brown either. He is nothing but a liberal in a purple suit looking for a handout. Actually, there are at least 3 members of City Council that, if you talked to them, would be Republicans save for the fact that they live in Wilmington and want to get elected in their districts. Brown runs at-large for a reason.
Regardless of reason, Geezer, Democrat-rule has failed in city after city, nationwide. Someday the tide will turn back to parity, but not until, I’m afraid, there are dozens upon dozens of Detroits and Camdens.
Someday Que Pasa’s prince will come! 🙂
yeah those damn democrat CEO’s of the car companies who ruined their businesses that supported the entire community. a republican would NEVER have let their city become dependent on business doing well and would have made sure a comprehensive safety net was there to catch those millions of people in case a few crooked ever made some bad decisions and never felt the consequences.
you’re my new favorite!
Brown runs for at-large as a Republican for a reason. If your own party won’t even step up to support better candidates (and there have been Rs running since I’ve lived there), why should anyone else?
There is a great deal in-flux in the city right now. The potential of alot of turnover in City Council plus a new mayor and your party can’t figure out how to even play here. Add to that, people here are pretty darned mad at City Council and the Administration. A party who was serious about itself wouldn’t let this kind of opportunity — tough as it might be — go by.
So you and your party can be known as all talk and no candidates.
Yes, Cass. I know precisely why Brown unctuously runs as a R for an at-large spot. City rules require that at least one member of council be from a minority party.
As for WHY “my” party does what it does and not support legitimate, i.e. REAL, R candiates who’ve come down the pike in recent years. Don’t ask me. Its not “my” party. As an outsider to the inside deals, I have a hunch, but that doesn’t really matter. Why don’t you call up State GOP and ask.
City rules require that at least one member of council be from a minority party.
Indeed. And you’d think that your party would figure out how to capitalize on this abit better.
But, I forget! It isn’t your party when they are failing. And I’m not supposed to remember that the interruption of 40 years of Democratic rule (which you are here fervently wishing for) means that your (oops) the other party has to credibly compete. Instead of complaining about the current state of affairs, it occurs to me that you are the one who ought to be making calls to the State GOP.
“Regardless of reason, Geezer, Democrat-rule has failed in city after city, nationwide.”
Well, that says it all. You don’t care about the reason, just the fact that “your” beloved Republicans don’t get elected.
Do you understand the principle of causality, or is that above your intelligence level? If not, please explain how Democratic policies, as opposed to bipartisan or conservative policies, caused the problems of inner cities. Please provide links.