Rockville Candidates' Forum 10/22/2011

The Woodley Gardens Civic Association, College Gardens Civic Association, and Plymouth Woods Homeowners' Association co-hosted a forum for the candidates running for Rockville Mayor and City Council on October 22, 2011 at the Senior Center.

Here's a timeline of the questions to help you view the debate:

2:00 Opening statement -- describe Rockville as you see it in 10 years. How will you help Rockville realize that vision?

20:00 If the City faces a budget shortfall, how... will you deal with it?

28:30 APFO (Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance) -- How will you balance the City's need against the requirements of the APFO?

38:00 Economic Development -- How should Rockville grow in the coming decade?

55:00 The Fence -- Do you support reopening the fence and what steps do you will you take to realize your position?

1:07:30 Was spending $70,000 worth the money to acquire the new Rockville logo?

1:10:00 Which mayoral candidate have you or will you endorse and why?

1:15:00 What are you looking for in a new City Manager?

1:25:30 How well is the City dealing with BOE, county, state, and federal government? Grade the City A through F.

1:33:00 There's buzz about deteriorating relations between mayor & council and the City staff. Is this true and how would you change it?

1:39:30 Why is it a good idea to build a Wal-Mart on Rockville Pike? Do you agree and if not how will you stop it?

1:45:30 What do you think of Rockville's website and what would you change?

1:48:00 What question were you NOT asked that you would like to answer now?

1:55:20 Please identify one candidate and their position you oppose and why.

2:02:00 Closing comments.

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Rockville City Elections 2011
• Rockville Mayor
• Rockville City Council
• Phyllis Marcuccio
• Piotr 'Peter' Gajewski
• Les Francis
• Rich Gottfried
• John Hall
• Tom Moore
• Mark Pierzchala
• Bridget Donnell Newton
• Virginia Onley
• Dion Trahan

[thmoore301]

Thanks for posting, Tom! I'm especially impressed that you labeled us as we spoke! -- Tom Moore

[Tominer]

@thmoore301 - Hi Tom, ALL the credit goes to David Spitzer. He did the camera work, all the editing and the uploading. All I did was offer my YouTube account as a place to uplead it.

[DonandAshia]

Im only halfway through this video and am convinced that Cheryl Kagan should moderate the presidential debates.

But in all seriousness... This forum was a great idea and I am grateful to you for organizing it!