[RP TownTalk] Invitation to Riverdale Park Mayoral and Ward Representative Candidates

[Marc Molino]

I suppose on some level that I understand the electioneering policy, but it 
seems really odd that with no candidate's forum in the works and none 
planned for the Town Crier, that the council's only action on this matter 
before the election, would be to make sure no electronic 
discussion/propaganda/advertisements/etc. were allowed on the Town e-mail 
lists. Is that an accurate summary? It's probably not completely fair to the 
council. I suppose all this is irrelevant for the present in Wards where 
there are uncontested elections, but we'll have to wait to see who is 
running for office.

While it's mainly focussed on the local arts, I would be happy to do a post 
on my blog (we'll call it "The Art of the Local Political Campaign")--any 
candidate for office is welcome to submit up to 800 words of their choice 
(ideally, the submissions might follow the following form: outline the 
issues most important to you, evaluate the current state of things, and look 
to the future and where you'd like to take Riverdale Park). You can submit 
these to either mmolino54 at hotmail.com or therpmuse at yahoo.com. No text will 
be edited or censored--screen appearance (width and font size) may be 
changed to better fit the computer screen). I'll post these as I get them 
at:
http://therpmuse.blogspot.com

Comments can be made by anyone online by clicking on the word "Comments" 
under the blog posts.

Make sure you do NOT accidentally copy the TownTalk list if you use the 
"reply" function and submit by responding to this e-mail. Again, you can 
submit to either mmolino54 at hotmail.com or therpmuse at yahoo.com

If anyone know of candidates running for election who are not on this list, 
please pass this invitation their way.

Kindly,
Marc W. Molino
4801 Queensbury Rd.


From: Rob Oppenheim <rob.oppenheim at comcast.net>
Reply-To: rob.oppenheim at comcast.net
To: TownTalk <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Candidates' Forums before election?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:23:35 -0400

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0400, Iris McLaurin wrote:
 >Has there been/Will there be any candidates' forums before the election?
 
There are no candidate forums planned.
 
Dwight also asked me about this. He is willing to help make one happen.
If there are others who would be willing to work with Iris and Dwight, it 
might
still happen.
 
A forum could be held at the Calvert House or other location. (It is too 
late
to have it at Town Hall, as that would require approval by the Council and
that could not happen before the election.)
 
Arrangements would have to be made quickly to get an announcement in the
next Crier (the deadline is the 15th but sometimes it gets stretched a 
little later),
and it would have to be held in the beginning of May - after the Crier comes 
out.
On or after Wednesday May 2 and before the election on Monday, May 7.
 
On a similar topic, there will be no written Candidate Forum in the Town 
Crier.
The legislation I put forward to authorize such a forum was voted down by 
the
council, so there will be no information there either.
 
Rob Oppenheim
 
Ward One Councilman, Riverdale Park
5902 Cleveland Ave
Riverdale Park, Md 20737-1930
 
Home Office: 301 779 1745


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