Northwood News ♦ June 2014

County Council District 5 Candidates Debate Issues Affecting 4C Area

By Jim Zepp

On 7 May 2014, the Northwood-Four Corners Civic Association joined with Woodmoor-Pinecrest Citizens Association and South Four Corners Citizens Association in sponsoring a Candidates Forum for the five individuals who are running for the County Council District 5 seat, which Valerie Ervin resigned from last December. The Democratic Party candidates are:

Christopher Barclay
Evan Glass
Tom Hucker
Terrill North
Jeffrey Thames

Since there are no candidates from other parties, the primary election winner will be unopposed in the final election in November.

Northwood resident Carole Barth moderated the forum, which was held at the Pine Crest Elementary School. More than 100 residents from the three neighborhoods attended.

A challenge of these events is having enough time for all of the candidates to express their positions on various questions. The forum organizers’ solution was to have “Lightning Round” questions, which were phrased to have simple “yes,” “no,” “maybe,” or “don’t know” responses. Each candidate had cards with these responses so they could simultaneously hold up their answers. This allowed more questions to be posed within the available time.

NFCCA Moderator Barth asked tough questions of (from left) Terrill North, Evan Glass, Tom Hucker, Christopher Barclay, and Jeffrey Thames at the forum sponsored by the three civic associations.

Even so, there were more questions than the time allowed. Consequently, the candidates were asked if they were willing to respond to the remaining questions later. These have been sent to all five candidates. Any answers received will be shared with residents via the associations’ websites and listservs. The questions asked during the forum and the remaining questions have been posted on the NFCCA Website. [Note: This is no longer online.]

Videos of the Forum can be viewed on YouTube (links below). ■

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