Mayoral and City Council candidate forum, 6PM today, Civil Rights museum on Elm St.

Comments

[Joe Killian]

Also at Bennett College, same time.

[A.C.]

LOL @ conservatives hosting a debate at a civil rights museum.

[liv]

Only if I can bring beer!

[bubba]

"LOL @ conservatives hosting a debate at a civil rights museum."

LOL?

Tell us what's so funny.

[MojoNixon]

The bigger LOL is the Republicans trying to get themselves involved in non-partisan municipal elections. What a poorly disguised -- and tremendously putrid -- crock of shit.

[Gerry Alfano]

Does anyone know why it's the only forum that is charging an admission?

[bubba]

"The bigger LOL is the Republicans trying to get themselves involved in non-partisan municipal elections. What a poorly disguised -- and tremendously putrid -- crock of shit."

Wow! In addition to all your other "talents", you play a good Political Pollyanna.

I'm impressed. What else can you do?

[Mick]

Gerry,
I think over at Joe's someone said it was to to offset costs charged by the facility.

[Billy Jones]

Mick wrote, "I think over at Joe's someone said it was to to offset costs charged by the facility."

So how's that whole Republican lower taxes thing working out?

[David Hoggard]

After all of the teeth gnashing from many surrounding the opening of the Museum, I'm kind of impressed that the local GOP organization is contributing to it - even if it is on only a space rental basis. They could have held the forum at any number of places (churches, etc) for free.

It's sweet of the GGOP, in a reconciling kind of way. Bridge building and tent expanding efforts are important.

[bubba]

"I'm kind of impressed that the local GOP organization is contributing to it - even if it is on only a space rental basis."

For those who don't bother to pay attention to detail, C4GC is not a "GOP organization".

[MojoNixon]

So sayeth the Bob.

[Tony Wilkins]

Hogg: "impressed that the local GOP organization is contributing to it". Hogg, the forum had nothing to do with the local GOP. A local PAC sponsored the forum.

And to mojothenixon. Did you so soon forget about the involvement of the Democratic Party on the previous city council election? What was that a crock of?
 

[Tony Wilkins]

And the irony of their involvement at the time was that the money for the mailer was raised at Don Vaughan's house and it supported Nancy Vaughan's opponents. You lefties are an odd bunch sometimes.

[Tony Wilkins]

My comments related to the above from Oct. 2009. HEY! It happened!

"Joe and Ed, here is my opinion on what I believe to be an unprecedented move by the NCDP:
The only two races really affected by this mailer are the mayoral and the At-Large.
Might Alma Adams be at the core of this move as a favor to Yvonne Johnson? Mathematically, Bill Knight has a very real chance of winning this race and this mailer could be seen as a sign of desperation, or at least a very real concern.
In the At-Large there is also a good chance that Vaughan, Perkins, and Thompson could win. In a city that's 3:2 Dems this would be the first time in my memory that no Dem would be elected city wide and would be a tremendous embarrassment to the Democratic Party if that result should take place.
More to come. I await comment from the NC GOP after informing them today of this action by the NCDP."

[Laura-Kathryn Fuqua]

ummm NO.............The Guilford GOP had NOTHING to do with the forum held tonight at the Civil Rights Museum. This event was sponsored by that way far out there past right field organization C4GC. From what I hear there were very few of us "Party Establishment" type people in attendance. Except for maybe a few who are volunteering for a city council candidate.