Commission Chairman Candidate Fo

Commission Chairman Candidate Forum
May 5, 2008
GJAC in Lawrenceville

Sponsored by the Greater Gwinnett
Republican Women's Club

An energized group of Republican activists came to the GJAC on May 5 to listen to the first forum of the candidates for Gwinnett Commission Chairman.

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1. Candidates Charles Bannister (Incumbent), Lorraine Green District 1 commissioner, and newcomer Glenn Pirkle of Buford. 2 - 5 Each candidate was asked several questions which had been sent to them prior to the meeting - see questions below
View candidate websites: Charles Bannister, Lorraine Green and Glen Pirkle

Left: George Chidi of the AJC was present and wrote the following interesting article about the first meeting of the three candidates.

§ Gwinnett chairman candidates debate county's problems
5/5/08 AJC -

Left: Each candidate was asked four questions by Barbara Davis, President of the Greater Gwinnett Republican Woman and Lynn Breck, GGRW member.

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Above: B.J. VanGundy and Peg Murray chat before the event. Peg was moderator for the forum
8.GEORGE CHIDI of AJC, Brandon Doty, Jennifer Doty and Barbara Davis (kneeling)
9. Some of the spectators and audience questioners during the Q and A session. Janet Gibson in foreground asks a specific question of the candidates. 10. Rosanna Szabo, Bettye Chambers and Joan Zellner listen to responses. Photos by Bettye Chambers and Tegwen Beaudreau. Video by Lynn and Rebecca Breck to follow.

Elected officials spotted in the audience were Sheriff Butch Conway and Senator Renee Unterman

Participants:

Barb Davis, Lyn Breck - Questioners
Adrienne Ellis – Time Keeper
Bettye Chambers – Webmaster/Photos
Peg Murray – Moderator
Tegwen Beaudreau – Banner
Publicity - Jennifer Doty

Questions asked of each candidate:

1. “Gwinnett is Great” is the slogan for this county. What will be your two prime issues and solutions that you will address during your term to maintain this slogan?

2. For many in the community, illegal immigration is a serious problem. It is negatively impacting the quality of schools, our health care system, our social services, our courts, and our neighborhoods. How do you propose to continue addressing illegals in our county?

3. Transportation is always atop the issues list to fight traffic. With rising costs, empty buses, and routes that don’t meet the needs of large numbers of citizens, can we make public transportation a viable alternative to the automobile? What are your plans for need roads in the county?

4. What makes you want to run for this very difficult position? And GGRW commends both of you for standing up and giving yourselves to public service.