Friday, April 11, 2008

Mayoral Forum Announcement

Mayoral forum
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, April 11, 2008


The Bee, News10 and The California Museum are sponsoring "Mayoral Race '08: Candidates Face the Voters." The forum will be televised and online and will include questions from the public.

When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 7

Where: The California Museum, 1020 O St.

Participants: Mayor Heather Fargo and challengers Adam Daniel, Leonard Padilla, Muriel Strand and Shawn Eldredge have accepted. Awaiting word from challengers Kevin Johnson and Richard Jones.

Length: Begins with a 60-minute televised forum on News10, followed by a 30-minute online discussion.

Panelists: Forum is moderated by News10 anchor Dale Schornack; panelists are The Bee's Terri Hardy and News10's Marcey Brightwell. Claudia French, museum executive director, will present questions from the community as the third panelist.

Public's role: Questions from the community will be posed in prerecorded tapings or submitted online during the forum.