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No campaign season would be complete with out candidate forums. This week, an invitation from the Northwest Neighborhood Alliance (web site: www.nwna.org) became the first forum invite we at Scoop have received for the post Labor Day run.
The group has scheduled their event for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19 at Calvary Church, 1665 Pleasant Ridge Road in Greensboro. According to an e-mail from the group, each candidate will be allotted 10 minutes to address the audience on a topic of their choosing, which will be followed by a 5 minute question and answer period.
Invited to attend are: Senate candidates Erskine Bowles and Richard Burr; House candidates Howard Coble and William Jordan; at large commissioner candidates Roger Cotton, Paul Gibson, John Parks, and Trudy Wade; and at large board of education candidates Dot Kearns and Jim Kirkpatrick.
The northwest neighborhood association is a group of about 500 residents who live mainly in the Colfax area who are concerned about growth issues in Northwest Guilford County. Questions about the forum should be sent to Jennifer Thomas: j-m-thomas@mindspring.com .