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Patch to Host City Council Candidates Forum This Week

The three candidates for two open seats responded to questions from Patch and their answers will be posted starting Wednesday.

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Monrovia's three City Council candidates will participate this week in an online candidates forum hosted by Patch.

Each candidate responded to the same list of questions and their answers will be posted beginning Monday. Here is the schedule of the forum:

  • Monday: Robert Parry
  • Tuesday: Larry Spicer
  • Wednesday: Alexander Blackburn

The candidates will also gather for a forum at City Hall on March 14 at 7 p.m.

Correction: The original version of this post stated that the City Hall forum was taking place Thursday. Patch apologizes for the error.

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K. Eckstrom March 3, 2013 at 01:35 pm
Thank you very much for doing this. Every vote counts.
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Gayle M. Montgomery March 3, 2013 at 02:03 pm
I second that. Thank you. This is clearly one of the more interesting elections the City has seen, and it is good for the citizenry to have info. I assume the questions are identical, but will wait to see what shows up.
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R. Ray Morford March 3, 2013 at 04:53 pm
And.....If you didn't like the answers and questions given, show up Thursday 7:00 p.m @ City Hall. THEN if you don't vote, shut up and stop complaining. Voting is a privilege. Use it.
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Tom Adams March 3, 2013 at 05:23 pm
I agree with Gayle, this is one of the more interesting elections in memory. Perhaps because we almost had it taken away, we treasure it even more!
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slowsloth March 3, 2013 at 07:19 pm
Sure can't wait to read all the answers to these important questions, hoping all Monrovians are open minded & get out and vote. By the way honest Monrovians keep your eyes open around the city someone keeps taking down our PARRY / Blackburn signs. What slime ball does that???
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Cathy McCallum March 3, 2013 at 11:09 pm
Gord lord, another attempt to slur Larry Spicer?
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Gayle M. Montgomery March 4, 2013 at 03:58 am
Are you kidding me? Do they know that is subject to criminal penalties if caught? God I hope we catch them. I also would like to know if the signs can be randomly placed on public or private property on Huntington Drive? I saw one at Jack in the Box I didn't think the new owners, eager to do business in town, would agree to. Folks need to be careful about where they put up their materials, and they also need to be hypervigilant, post election, to make sure they take their materials down. But, for those of you taking signs down, no matter the candidate, I hope you recognize that is subject to criminal penalties, and that you have a good bail bondsperson.
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Gayle M. Montgomery March 4, 2013 at 04:01 am
Just in case folks don't believe me on the removal of campaign materials, here is the DOJ's position on it. Now if you do not have the property owner's permission to have a sign posted, that is one thing. But just willy nilly removing someone else's signs can get quite expensive. http://doj.nh.gov/election-law/faq.htm#remove-signs
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Gayle M. Montgomery March 4, 2013 at 04:03 am
Cathy, how do you extrapolate such a comment from the article posted or the comments made. I don't see anyone slurring Larry. Please cite that to which you take exception. Even in the removal of signs, it does not have to be the candidate himself removing them. Over zealous campaign workers have gotten busted for just such crimes in times past.
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