Fulton sheriff candidate forum
July 2, 2008 at 1:00 pm by Scott Henry in NewsInterested in learning more about the men running for Fulton County Sheriff? And are you unemployed? Then you’ll be able to attend the next candidate forum this Monday, bright and early at 9:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Concerned Black Clergy of Metro Atlanta, the event will be held at the Vicars Community Center, conveniently located at 838 Cascade Road in southwest Atlanta.
Lest you think this is yet another poorly publicized sheriff debate at a weird time in a far-away locale that’s part of a larger scheme to prevent Fulton voters from learning about their next potential sheriff, guess again. The CBC holds a forum every Monday morning at that site; apparently the group couldn’t come up with a more interesting topic this week, so it invited the sheriff candidates.
Wise-cracking aside and with due respect for the CBC for holding this event, why is it that the race for the sheriff of the largest county in the state – a position responsible for reforming a troubled and expensive jail – can’t seem to rate a stand-alone debate at a centrally located venue? Is public apathy that severe?
We’d like to invite readers to post their impressions of the nine(!) Democratic candidates. Hell, we’ll even invite the candidates themselves to post brief messages here explaining why they deserve our vote. Please share your thoughts. Anyone?
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