Forum For Candidates at Marymount College

Tonight, the fourth in a series of Forums for candidates for the three City Council seats on the November 8, 2011 election, is scheduled to be held.

If you have not attended a prior Forum, please make sure you attend this one.

If you have attended any of the other three Forums, it might also be a good idea to attend this one to see if different questions are asked and what the answers to those questions will come from the candidates who have confirmed would attend.

Candidate, Mr. Eric Alegria has stated he would not attend this Forum but after learning his views on many issues, last night I encouraged him to reconsider.

Whatever surfaced at the beginning of his campaign that might have made folks feel he was 'in the pocket' of anyone supporting or even representing Marymount College is not VERY moot.

At last night's League of Women Voters Forum, when Eric was asked whether Marymount's enrollment should be allowed to rise to 1,200 students, he was probably the most emphatic with is quick answer of "NO".

Mr. Alegria brought up his concerns with the ongoing problems revolving around on-street parking and other issues regarding struggles by Marymount officials to comply with all of the guidelines with the Conditional Use Permits.

While I cannot endorse Mr. Alegria's campaign, I was very impressed with his comments on this and some other matters, during that Forum.

The 'chirps' by 'little birds' have grown to a deafening volume of late, regarding the Forum at Marymount College.

Heck, this might be the most interesting of the four scheduled Forums and I don't want anyone to miss out on whatever may come up.

More will be revealed to you by your attendance at the Forum.

I am still making sure the batteries on my video camera are at full and I am still wishing to create a video for the candidates and even Marymount's use, so we all can make sure of what was said and how everything occurs, tonight.

I was able to hand a DVD from the first Forum held, to Mr. Alegria and what the candidates did with their copies are their business, at this moment. I have not found any editing of any of that video that needs any questioning or does not appear to be altered against any candidate and that is something we can be pleased about.

I did not find any real need to consider any of the video I took needing to be dealt with on this blog.

Last night's Forum will be available for viewing I believe, this coming Wednesday. Please check your CATV schedule or our city's Web site for more information about future broadcasts.

I hope to see each and every one of you at Marymount College, later today.

The Forum is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM and parking is available on Marymount's campus.