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Candidate Forum Scheduled for Montgomery Independent School District (MISD) Board of Trustees

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The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the Voter Awareness Council (VAC) are pleased to announce that they are co-hosting a non-partisan, unbiased candidate forum on Thursday, April 18, 2019, 7:00 pm at the Lake Creek High School, 20639 FM 2854, Montgomery, TX 77316. Position 6 candidates Kent Pope, Matthew Fuller and Larry Hereford; and Position 7 candidates Russell Messecar and Gary Hammons have all been invited. Early voting is April 22nd through April 30th. Election Day is May 4th. Chamber and VAC officials will be co-hosting and introducing the session but will have no role in the actual forum.

Julie Cannon, General Manager of the Community Impact Newspaper – Conroe / Montgomery Edition will act as forum moderator. Julie will use questions based on the media’s overall awareness of MISD issues, questions submitted to her from anyone prior to the session via email at jcannon@communityimpact.com, and written questions submitted by the audience during the early stages of the forum. Candidates will make opening and closing remarks, answer questions in a round robin question format, and have the opportunity to comment on all questions. Reasonable time constraints will apply throughout the session.

“We are pleased to be working with the Chamber, Community Impact Newspaper and VAC on this opportunity for our residents to gain first-hand information and input from candidates for the MISD Board of Trustees” says MISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Communications Dr. Sonja Lopez. “Hopefully a large number of people will take advantage of this unbiased forum to aid them in reaching their own voting decisions” adds Dr. Lopez.

VAC is a local non-profit corporation established by a number of Montgomery County residents designed to help encourage and equip citizens to vote. Totally non-partisan and unbiased, VAC’s mission is to inform and educate citizens on our local elections, improve the overall voting experience and to increase voter turnout. See www.vactx.org for more information. Questions about this forum can be directed to Shannan Reid at info@montgomeryareachamber.com or VAC President Steve Leakey at spleakey@yahoo.com.

Candidate Forum Scheduled for Montgomery City Council Position Races

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The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) and the Voter Awareness Council (VAC) are pleased to announce that they are co-hosting a non-partisan, unbiased candidate forum on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:00 pm at the City Hall building at 101 Old Plantersville Road in Montgomery. Place 1 Incumbent Jon Bickford, Place 3 Incumbent TJ Wilkerson and challenger Nick Haddad, and Place 5 Incumbent Thomas Cronin and challenger David Brown have all been invited. Early voting is April 22nd through April 30th. Election Day is May 4th.

Chamber and VAC officials will be co-hosting and introducing the session but will have no role in the actual forum. Julie Cannon, General Manager of the Community Impact Newspaper – Conroe / Montgomery Edition will act as forum moderator. Julie will use questions based on the media’s overall awareness of Montgomery area issues, questions submitted to her from anyone prior to the session via email at jcannon@communityimpact.com, and written questions submitted by the audience during the early stages of the forum.

Candidates will make opening and closing remarks, answer questions in a round robin question format, and have the opportunity to comment on all questions. Reasonable time constraints will apply throughout the session.

“After our very successful forum last year, we are pleased to once again be working with the Voter Awareness Council on this opportunity for our residents to gain first-hand information and input from candidates for their City Council positions” says Chamber Director Shannan Reid. “We also very much appreciate Community Impact Newspaper working with us to ensure that this will be an unbiased forum for our residents to aid them in reaching their own voting decisions” adds Ms. Reid. VAC is a local non-profit corporation established by a number of Montgomery County residents designed to help encourage and equip citizens to vote. Totally non-partisan and unbiased, VAC’s mission is to inform and educate citizens on our local elections, improve the overall voting experience and to increase voter turnout.

See www.vactx.org for more information. Questions about this forum can be directed to Shannan Reid at info@montgomeryareachamber.com or VAC President Steve Leakey at spleakey@yahoo.com.

Candidate Forum Scheduled for Shenandoah City Council Race

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The City of Shenandoah (City) and the Voter Awareness Council (VAC) are pleased to announce that they are co-hosting a non-partisan, unbiased candidate forum on Thursday, April 18, 2019, 6:30 pm at the City Hall building on the I45 southbound access road. Incumbent Position 2 Councilman Ted Fletcher and challenger Andrea Konzem will be present. Early voting is April 22nd through April 30th and Election Day is May 4th. City and VAC officials will be co-hosting and introducing the session but will have no role in the actual forum.

Vanessa Holt, Editor of Community Impact Newspaper – The Woodlands Edition will act as forum moderator. Vanessa will use questions based on the media’s overall awareness of Shenandoah issues, questions submitted
to her from anyone prior to the session via email at vholt@communityimpact.com, and written questions submitted by the audience during the early stages of the forum. Candidates will make opening and closing remarks, answer questions in a round robin question format, and have the opportunity to comment on every question. Reasonable time constraints will apply throughout the session.

“We are very pleased once again to be working with the Voter Awareness Council on this opportunity for our residents to gain first-hand information and input from both candidates for our City Council,” says Mayor Ritch
Wheeler. “We also very much appreciate Community Impact Newspaper working with us to ensure that this will be an unbiased forum for our residents to aid them in reaching their own voting decisions,” adds Mayor
Wheeler.

VAC is a local non-profit corporation established by a number of Montgomery County residents designed to help encourage and equip citizens to vote. Totally non-partisan and unbiased, VAC’s mission is to inform and educate citizens on our local elections, improve the overall voting experience and to increase voter turnout. See www.vactx.org for more information.

Questions about this forum can be directed to Kathie Reyer at kreyer@shenandoahtx.us or VAC Director Amy Lecocq at amylecocq@gmail.com.