Atlanta Press Club 2009 municipal election debate schedule
October 24, 2009 at 2:02 pm by Thomas Wheatley in News
If you’re still on the fence about who to vote for in Atlanta’s Nov. 3 elections — and there are plenty of you out there, we’re sure — be sure to tune to PBA on Oct. 25 and on Nov. 1.
The Atlanta Press Club’s wrangled candidates for Atlanta mayor and city council, forced them to stand at podiums, and allowed journalists to pummel them with questions.
Prerecorded APC debates for Atlanta City Council’s three At-Large posts will air Sunday morning. Atlanta mayoral candidates will participate in a live one-hour debate at 7 p.m. And a prerecorded debate between Atlanta City Council president candidates will air on Nov. 1.
The full broadcast schedule follows after the jump.
Atlanta Mayor
Invited Candidates: Lisa Borders, Peter Brownlowe, Kyle Keyser, Mary Norwood, Kasim Reed, Jesse Spikes
Live at GPB from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.Atlanta City Council Post 1 At – Large
Invited Candidates: Michael Julian Bond, Adam Brackman, Dwanda L. Farmer and Christopher Vaughn
Airing: Sunday, October 25 from 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. on PBAAtlanta City Council Post 2 At – Large
Invited Candidates: Amir Farokhi, Weslee Knapp and Aaron Watson
Airing: : Sunday, October 25 from 10:45a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on PBAAtlanta City Council Post 3 At – Large
Invited Candidates: Lamar Willis and Shelitha Robertson
Airing: Sunday, October 25 from 11:30 a.m.- noon on PBAAtlanta City Council President
Invited Candidates: Ceasar Mitchell, Clair Muller and Dave Gregory Walker
Airing: November 1 from 10:00 – 11 a.m. on PBA
(Courtesy Atlanta Press Club)
October 25th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
So did anyone distinguish him or herself in these debates? Did anyone watch?
October 25th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
BOTR,
Thanks to the digital transition, I couldn’t watch them on TV. I’m going to the mayoral debate. You can watch it live on PBA at 7 pm.
October 25th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
TW: Make sure to give us your take on the debate.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:48 am
This from the AJC article; “Norwood stressed that she is not a Republican, but an Independent. She said she can’t remember whom she voted for for president in the last few elections and can’t recall voting for George W. Bush.”
Anybody else here who can’t remember who they voted for in the past few Presidential elections?
Anybody?
Not only is Norwood an imbecile, she’s a freakin’ liar.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:56 am
@rico: I can recall every presidential vote I ever made. Norwood’s “can’t remember” comment in the AJC struck me as dishonest, too.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am
TW
Yes, what’s with that PBA digital business? My in-home VCR recording expert thought our cable would get PBA as usual, but it didn’t.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
I agree. Her “no comment” may as well have been “I voted for a Bush three times and Dole and McCain once”
In my opinioin, Reed’s question to Norwood about Republican ties, and her response, were one of the most interesting parts of the debate.
October 26th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Kyle – Fresh Loafer favorite – confirmed he has no ideas on how to deal with crime, let alone on how to run the city. Anyone who votes for him might as well abstain.
Did anyone feel Reed was hurt by not budging on the two conflict of interest questions thrown his way?(Refusing campaign money from those with City Hall business and getting rid of his brother from the procurement office.) And did anyone understand how he’d disagreed with Shirley about the appalling CFO, Janice Davis?
I thought Mary’s first answer of the debate, about the $19mm that was $1mm on another report and so forth, showed up her inability to identify what forest she is in.
Borders simply sounded mad that Reed and Norwood are ahead in a race that she felt entitled to win.
What matters for the election is not my reactions but whether many undecided voters watched and if so how the performances struck them.